Posted on 11/27/2004 2:30:55 PM PST by Pokey78
WASHINGTON — I've been surprised, out on the road, how often I get asked about my family. They're beyond red - more like crimson. My sister flew to West Virginia in October to work a phone bank for W.
People often wonder what our Thanksgiving is like.
It's lovely - if you enjoy hearing about how brilliant Ann Coulter is, how misguided The New York Times's editorial page is, and how valiant the president is as he tries to stop America's slide into paganism.
This year, my brothers were on the warpath about news reports that Maryland public schools did not teach about Thanksgiving from a religious perspective. "Who do they think the Pilgrims thanked?" demanded Martin. "God."
There are moments - when my brothers are sharing some snarky thing Rush Limbaugh said about me, or the latest bon mot from Pat Buchanan, with whom they grew up - that I'm tempted to stuff my ears with my mom's potato stuffing, or go off and read a book by David Sedaris about normal family life.
People often ask me why President Bush inspires such passionate support. My brother Kevin, a salesman who lives in Montgomery County, Md., can answer that; here is a recent e-mail message, trimmed for space, he sent to friends:
"Ladies and Gentlemen,
Now, just as four years ago, I breathe a huge sigh of relief and rejoice in the common sense of the American voting public. Congratulations to President Bush for winning re-election in a poker game played with a stacked deck. No candidate, including Richard Nixon, ever had to endure the biased and unfair tactics of our major media in their attempt to influence the outcome of an election. ... He never complained, just systematically set about delivering the same consistent message. You may remember that four years ago, I felt physically ill watching the Democrats try to legislate their way to the presidency. ...
A very big thank you to Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon, Rob Reiner, Bill Maher, Barbra Streisand, Alec Baldwin, Al Franken and Jon Stewart for your involvement. You certainly energized the base. Now, please have the courage of your convictions and leave the country.
To Bob Shrum - Cut your fee.
To Mike McCurry, Joe Lockhart and Paul Begala - You don't seem quite as smart without a great candidate.
To The New York Times and The Washington Post - If Bush and Reagan were so stupid, how did they both go four for four in elections involving two of our biggest states and the presidency without your endorsement?
We do not live in a secular country. There are all sorts of people of faith that place moral values over personal freedoms. They are not all 'wacky evangelicals.' They are people who don't like Howard Stern piping a hard porn show over the airwaves and wrapping himself in the freedom of the First Amendment. They don't like being told that a young girl does not have to seek her mother's counsel about an abortion. They don't like seeing an eight-month-old fetus having his head punctured and his brains sucked out. They don't like being told the Pledge of Allegiance, a moment of silent prayer and the words 'under God' are offensive to an enlightened few so nobody should be allowed to use them. ... My wife and I picked our sons' schools based on three criteria: 1) moral values 2) discipline 3) religious maintenance - in that order. We have spent an obscene amount of money doing this and never regretted a penny. Last week on the news, I heard that the Montgomery County school board voted to include a class with a 10th-grade girl demonstrating how to put a condom on a cucumber and a study of the homosexual lifestyle. The vote was 6-0. I feel better about the money all the time.
To Dan Rather - Good luck in your retirement.
To Gavin Newsom - Thanks for all of the great shots of the San Francisco couples embracing their mates at City Hall in direct defiance of the law.
To P. Diddy - 'Vote or Die' might need a little work.
To John Edwards - Thanks for being there.
To my friends - only 1,460 days until the next election. Stay vigilant. The Democrats, CBS, the NY Times and the Post may think Hillary is the perfect antidote for all those 'stupid' voters out there.
Best regards, Kevin"
As much as I detest Maureen Dowd, I can relate to her frustration ... I have a west coast liberal sister (you want to hear West coast ... try Vancouver Island, BC). This beloved sister of mine (I'm sincere) flew back to Canada's capital ... Ottawa, to participate next week in bashing the Bush visit to Canada. You people standing on the sidelines have no idea ...
Like that name .. from a coverite. How does it feel to be a redneck in a blueneck state?
Was she adopted or were the rest adopted?
I have a running joke at holidays. When one of my brothers brings a new girl we haven't met. The first thing I do is ask her to pull up her sleeves. When she asks why, I say, "I'm checking for tree bark on your forearms." I then ask said brother if she is a tree-hugger. It's always good for a laugh.
Now that deadbeat Dad is over 65, lonely and financially pot-less, the rest of the family has to suffer his MSM talking points about how GWB is going to steal his SS check and how Bush is getting our boys killed in Iraq over a lie. It's pitiful how gullible some people get when retirement age approaches. They exit this world as they entered it; bald, toothless and dependant on everyone else for their survival.
He's gay. That should tell you all you need to know.
Maureen Dowd? Still writing? I'm confused. I thought I saw on the TV cable news the other night that a house from Kansas, dislodged in a tornado, had fallen on Dowd and killed her.
MoDo'sBro?
MoBro..Dho
So the bitter old commie hag has normal family members. Just goes to show ya.
I can think of one FReeper right offhand named Kevin. Uh, True, is there something you're not telling us?... :-)
When she returns you can point out to her that by Bush visiting Canada he's helped the economy, she's the prima facia evidence!!!. Thank her and remind her it's 4 more years, get used to it, LOL.
There have to be more normal Kevins in the world.. right?
Was Dowd on the wrong side of a bet with her bother. Me thinks so.
We just moved back here from Southwest Florida. My wife was born and raised in Oregon in a family of democrats. I converted her to a gun toting hardcore Republican. That is scary since she is a redhead. Her family refuses to discuss politics with us now. Her uncle went ballistic when he saw the autographed photo of George and Laura on our mantle. He wouldn’t say anything, but he was shaking. I worked ten and twelve hour days at the Republican headquarters for the last three months of the election. When my wife told her family, the comment was, “That’s nice.” Then they changed the subject.
I let my four year old granddaughter play with my Ann Coulter doll today. What a hoot. When her mom picked her up we told we were indoctrinating her daughter.
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