Posted on 05/03/2009 7:44:46 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
Last weekend a friend of mine passed away unexpectedly from heart disease.
He was only 65 but had suffered from heart problems for at least 30 years and had had open heart surgery at least twice.
Eight years or so he was in such bad shape he could hardly get around and had given up his psychology practice.
But he had a miracle in his life, a friend had steered him to some vitamin supplements that enabled him to get off his medications and resume a somewhat fuller life than he had.
My friend was also about as Left-Wing as you could get and it was nigh impossible to have any sort of rationial political conversation with him. So I tried to avoid them as he was a good person.
When my own Father had open heart surgery over four years ago at the age of 80 my friend went by to see him many times, helped him cope and get over the depression he was having.
Outside of his being a liberal my friend had a Big Heart and did many things for other people.
In any event as I was reading his obituary, right at the end it stated that in lieu of flowers please make a doantion to either the ACLU or Amnesty International.
Now being a Conservative that just wasn't in the cards for me to make such a donation so along with a couple of others that knew him we decided to make a Memorial Donation in his name at The Reagan Library.
My friend had a keen sense of humor and I would guess if the situation were reversed he would donate in my name to the ACLU.
Right now I hope he is having a good laugh over this one. Goodbye Roy and God Speed Old Friend.
Actually, no. Nor would I. I don’t believe in compromising principles and ideology for the sake of a non-relative friendship. But I don’t fault you for your friendship.
RIP to your friend. After Obama was elected I cut my liberal friends off want nothing to do with them they are pure evil
Well it is a nice you did something, but it probably would have been more appropriate to make the donation to the American Heart Association or something similar you agreed upon. God bless him and may he rest in peace.
Sure. Bill Buckley had some friends that were way over on the other side. And I can’t forget the Ed Meese/Bob Beckel friendship (talk about an odd couple). Those two had quite a yuck-up on a long ago episode of “Crossfire.” Sorry for your loss.
Is there a charity that you and he could both support, like a charity for children with disabilities or children’s cancer hospital?
Sorry for your loss.
Thats funny. Because after the election, my liberal friends cut me off. I would think they’d want me around just so they can gloat. But no. It’s like they decided all forms of conservatism must be exterminated. So I got kicked to the curb. Maybe the fact that I am incapable of recognizing obama’s a messianic superior being and I laugh uncontrollably when others do has something to do with it too.
That is an idea and I thing I will look into making another doantion along that line. Thank you for your suggestion.
He chided me when Reagan died and lamented about us Conservatives having a two week love fest over his passing.
I pointed out that if Carter or Clinton died I would not begrudge him and his side having a three week love fest. That really silenced him, no comeback remark.
I did, but he became so arrogant and insufferable after the election that I don’t trust myself to go near him.
Condolences to you for your loss but I would never call a liberal a friend. I have a family member who I use to be close to who is now dead to me. She can cling to her 9/11 Truther moonbat beliefs if she wants but she’ll do it without her brother in her life.
Unfortunately, they weren't really friends at all.
I have this problem with people who tell me, “I know it will hurt you, but we need ( ‘fill in the blank with liberal cause’). What I'm hearing in that circumstance is that they care more about ‘winning’ and sticking it to others than they do about fairness, or certainly me. Kind of inconsistent with the ‘liberal’ badges of ‘tolerance’ and ‘compassion’. In truth, with all due respect to the kindhearted liberal friend that is the focus of this thread, I have consistently found most (not all) liberals to be the least compassionate people I've encountered in life.
When Ronald Reagan died a few years ago, I saw a couple of liberals at work high-five each other and the joy on their faces must have been the same that the Nazis had when they herded those people into the gas chambers.
It is conservatives who truly practice tolerance and a respect for other opinions.
I do, and some no longer “associate” with me, but I love them dearly in spite of their political near-sightedness (history has taught them NOTHING!) and I’m sorry for your loss. I totally understand.
I can’t imagine having as a “friend” somebody who is so rude and selfish that he would stroll into the polling place on election day and vote for big government to confiscate more money from his neighbors. I admit, I do have acquaintances like that, but that’s as far as they’ll ever get with me.
FRegards,
LH
I know my sister voted for the one we don’t talk politics i love her dearly but she is just so stuid she also has worked in a college for the last 25 years
I love your sense of humor......I would have done the same thing.....
Considering the time he took going by to see my Father and helping him through a very difficult time I think I would rather take the High Road here and not go the other way.
Even though Liberals show Conservatives no tolerance and are for the most part very disjointed all you can do is pray for them even being as misguidedas they are.
I have a friend who is like that too, to the point of being irrational. Only hears what he wants to hear. Obama could say he wants to blow off the head of every American and my friend would twist it to mean what he wants it to mean. Of course, he listens to Olbermann, which explains a lot.
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