I'd say that'd qualify for "Understatement of the Week," wouldn't you? {g}
Did you hear Rush today talking about the people he ran into this past weekend?
Wealthy, well educated people?
Yea...
"I helped ween a co-worker off NPR and his outlook has been sooo much rosier as a result."
Good job, kid.
I do what I can when the opportunity presents itself, in my own way, also.
But hell, I'm no "diplomat" either so sitting [there] & explaining "Why there is air & the shy blue" is an infuriating excerise for someone like me, too.
BTW & FWIW, I agoligize for neglecting to *add* that this woman also told me -- after I'd got on her case :o) -- her Mom, Dad, her & her husband intended on voting for Bush, regardless.
But after making the kind of statement she did -- & how it was said -- I gotta wonder why or if maybe she wasn't scamming me.
I think it's clear this person -- & millions just like 'em -- really aren't plugged into what's really going on out there; which, we aready know full well is *precisely* what the ponytailed Liberal-Socialist quisling SOBs at these assinine networks pray on.
Frankly, there're times I suffer "fools" much better than others & she caught me at a really bad time.
"That 87-year-old needs to check his sources and discard those that are too willing to spout the DemonRAT talking points."
First off, I'm not about to travel 9 hours east to WVA, to tell a (now retired) lawyer whose practiced law since God was a Private, what & where he can get "accurate information," Mud.
The guy's like so many others who've [passively] abdicated their RESPONSIBILTIES as citizens of our great Republic to relative strangers who they blindly trust will completely tell 'em what's really going on so they *can* make an informed decision.
Most people I've met pride themselves on making fair & just choices, as long as the data they're processing toward the eventual outcome is *accurate*?
The reality of the situation for far too many people are that they're adamnet their news sources, be it print or television, would never lie to them & I know that's not new, too.
But dammit if it doesn't gall me to no tomorrow, nonetheless.
I mean the youngsters are blistfully ignorant & happy to remain as they are comfortable in their dumbed-down euphoric state buttressed by Ritalin, Crank, Pot & whateverinthehell their drug of choice is, granted.
But to old timers [read: mature adults] the mere thought the mediots would and/or are lieing to 'em is actually thought by them to be, unAmerican.
There's just no more time for people to be that damned naive in my book, none.
"As yer you, 'Dru, you've often given me good advice to not get too high or too low in watching these campaigns...there's a lot of twists and turns ahead of us between now and November..."
Yea, I've tried & this thing's just getting going, too.
Truth is I've not even broken a [small] sweat, yet.
"...don't pop a blood vessel!!"
You don't "know" me as well as you think you know me if that's what you're thinking.
But thanks, just the same.
Not to worry, ain't gonna happen.
HA!
But I'd sure like to break a few necks.
...every now & then. {g}
I noticed MTV is promoting a 20 Million Voter drive in which they want to increase the Youth vote. Yesterday, they had a "reporter" riding along with Kerry on his campaign plane and interviewed a bunch of ABB's ("Anybody But Bush")...these kids are exactly the sorta quislings you reference. Most of these folks are probably unreachable before next November, but I believe we have the votes to overcome their ill-conceived opinions.
"The guy's like so many others who've [passively] abdicated their RESPONSIBILTIES as citizens of our great Republic to relative strangers who they blindly trust will completely tell 'em what's really going on so they *can* make an informed decision. Most people I've met pride themselves on making fair & just choices, as long as the data they're processing toward the eventual outcome is *accurate*?"
Me, too...my younger brothers hang out with a lotta younger folks who span the spectrum of political thought, so it's interesting when we get together to talk politics. They are surprised to find that I'm not squarely in Bush's camp this time, and I believe it opens their minds to my entreaties about the dangers of allowing Kerry to become Commander-in-Chief. I may not be turning them into Bushbots, but there is some movement towards an "Anybody But Kerry" mentality.
"...don't pop a blood vessel!!"
"You don't "know" me as well as you think you know me if that's what you're thinking. But thanks, just the same. Not to worry, ain't gonna happen. HA! But I'd sure like to break a few necks. ...every now & then. {g}"
I was just kidding you about letting yer blood come to a boil, but I have no doubt that you could break those necks if push came to shove...LOL!!
FReegards...MUD