My Father, the Typical GOP 30%
My Q to him:
So the stock market, the housing problem, the bank’s failing, circuit city going out of business is Obama’s fault?
A: YUP!!
As I said to you a long, long time ago; it is a psychological war. Before the conventions, they (e.g., Reid, Pelosi, etc.) were all saying how bad things were and the markets were still in pretty good shape. Keep in mind that on 10/8/2007 the market hit a high of 1561.70. Also, when was Buffet buying into Wells Fargo? Then the Democrats starting saying how terrible things were. Did they know something that Wall Street and Buffet did not know. It was all psychology. Now, that is why Clinton, NPR, The News Journal, The New York Times, and just about everyone that is on tv is picking up on the fact that he keeps saying how bad things are. Are things bad: YES. But, I told you almost two years ago, that the Democrats do not care about anything but getting themselves re-elected and elected and they will do and have done anything they can to have that happen.
One last thing: Obama keeps undoing everything that Bush did and he also blames everything on the administration of the past eight years. This is what Hitler did. This is what dictators do. They blame the people’s woes on something or someone else. Chavez is doing that. Putin is doing it.
Wow, did you get me started. ha ha
Feel free to provide me with some rebuttal’s.
Feel free to provide me with some rebuttal’s.
“Dad – I’m gay.”
No rebuttal, but at least you can take comfort in the fact that he’s not blogging. 😉
You have my deepest sympathy.
That doesn’t seem like the writing of someone for whom a rebuttal will have any meaning. To have such a horrifically paranoid view of things leaves little room for logical reason or argument.
I can only tell you what I’d do. (Full disclosure: I already did it IRL.) Don’t speak to your father.
DG,
We love to argue with each other to be totally honest. it is a family tradition…
stop getting your “facts” from Hannity
Steven Colbert is comedy, not news.
: special thanks to a. price :
Don,
Just turn to him and say, “Dad, I love you. Please! Please! Please stop drinking the kool-aid…… It will kill you!”
Does he respond to graphs? There’s plenty of graphs showing how pitiful growth under the Bush administration was compared to others.
Anyway, I’d tell him to stop subscribing to Tinkerbell economics, i.e, if we all clap harder than things will get better. Ask him why didn’t all the Republican pessimism about the Clinton economic reforms (passed in 1993) lead to a huge recession? Is the economy so fragile we’re not allowed to even discuss it?
Seems to be a perfect example of the effect producing a cause.
DV – As a fellow paisiano I completely appreciate the loud obnoxious Italian argument between family members. (I think loub obnoxious and Italian might be redundant.)
If that’s so than you really shouldn’t need advice, yes? Bring out the fucking howitzers and don’t stop until he’s unconscious.
My response would be:
“How does your new set of balls (read: your soon-to-be-step-mom) feel about that, Tinkerbell?”
😀
Just tell him why the economy is so bad. Ignore all his bullshit talking points and tell him about how Wall Street ripped everyone off because Bush let them do it. Force him to defend Wall Street greed.
VC,
AWESOME!
glad you likey.
stay strong!
foshizzle