71 yrs old, and can't stand to look at him.

Another encounter today... brought on by this:



... among other bumper stickers.

She was 71 yrs old, with silver hair, walking w/a cane. As I got out of my vehicle, she came over, pointed at the sticker & said, not verbatim, but pretty close, "You know, I can't stand to look at him. I can't stand to look at his face. When he comes on the TV, I get so mad, I could punch it. I have to turn it off. I have a sister who voted for him. She thinks, excuse my language, and I shouldn't say this because I'm a Christian, that he shits ice cream. She goes to church every day, yet she supports these hooligans, she defends everything they do. What's Christian about that? I won't even talk to her anymore. A friend at church said she wished she had a sister... I told her she could have mine. My brother hasn't talked to her for five years. If my father were still alive, he'd have some choice words to say to her and to that hooligan in the White House, and all those hooligans in Congress. I want them all out before I die. I'll be out campaigning for the Democratic presidential candidate, arthritis and all, even if I'm in a wheelchair by then. And I'll be waving my signs over by the freeway, too. By God, we're gonna get them out."

This lovely woman made my day... "By God, we're gonna get them out."

My dear paternal grandmother used to do that in her later years when she got really riled up about something, and I loved her dearly for it. You really had to be careful not to stand too close to her, though, or you might get whacked by mistake.

That woman you met today ROCKS.

"she has lost all respect" for the administration and "will not vote republican again anytime soon"...

Not as good as "shitting ice cream" ... but damn amazing for a life long Texas girl.

MZr7

...bless her! She should join Granny D.

What a wonderful encounter. Gives me hope that there are other Christians out there like myself who think that Satan is in the White House. Inspiring.

I dealt with this today, so I am overjoyed to hear a voice of reason. And I so completely understand her feelings about her sibling! Thank you!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5667975

She sent me one of those email 'petitions' to bush to lower gas prices... you know, the ones where you add your name & forward it on. The exchange went back & forth, and ended like this...

You are a deaf, dumb, and blind chimp-supporting kool-aid drinking moranic fool.



Do not bother replying to me again. I have blocked your email address.

Not very civil (or mature) on my part, but damn, it felt good.

laughed my butt off. I feel better. Thanks, Sapphire! :yourock:

That's not immature; that's called "Taking care of myself"!

My initial reply...

Subject: Re: Gas petition

Your pResident & vice-pResident are in bed w/the oil companies; why on earth would you expect them to do anything but facilitate the price gouging?!?!?! This is what you voted for... are you happy now?

PS - How do you think your pResident is handling the crisis resulting from Katrina?

To which she replied:

Subject: Re: Gas petition


There were lines at the pump under Pres. Carter- these things happen.
..AND where we should all go is to
the State Govt. who jack the prices up with local and state taxes. Whe
my dad was in business- he
said the MAIN fault also was with State Govt's who ride up the price
70-100 on the gas.
I didn't sign the petition-- but thought you would be interested in this
as politically active as you are.
I understand too that this can happen under ANY president- it is NOT
particularly Bush's fault here.
I was a big fan ( and still am) of Carter and I remember sitting in line
to get gas in the 70's when he
was in office... if was NOT his fault either.
IT is expensive but at least so far there is enough to go around and we
don't have to sit in line for it.

Then I replied:

Subject: Re: Gas petition

Individual states have gas taxes... these taxes are not rising during the price gouging that is now occurring under your pResident's Administration, and individual states have no control over what your pResident's oil industry buddies are doing. Your pResident's oil industry buddies are responsible for this price gouging, not state governments, and not gas station owners.

It must be nice to be unconcerned w/the oil industry's price gouging as long as you're not inconvenienced w/waiting in line. It's not so nice for those who have to choose between filling their tanks and buying such things as food, medicine, clothes for their children, paying utility bills and other housing costs. Wonder how many people who have oil furnaces will freeze to death this winter as a result of not being able to heat their homes... while your pResident's billionaire oil exec buddies (some of his 'haves & have mores'... who have even more as a result of your pResident's tax cuts for the rich) laugh all the way to the bank?

This sadistic, callous & cruel disregard shown by your pResident's Administration for 'the least of these My brethren' is not something that could or would happen under any president, and most certainly not President Carter. Does your pResident's cruelty make you proud?


"And the King shall answer and say unto them, `Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.' " - Matthew 25:40


Much of this current disaster in the wake of Katrina, specifically, the flooding, could have been averted had your pResident's Administration not cut FEMA funding. FEMA, btw, is now under the Department of Homeland Security... now if this flooding had been the result of a terrorist attack, would or could DHS have responded any differently? Would they have had the means to respond any differently? What about the more than 100,000 troops in Iraq who could be helping in the effort had they not been deployed to fight a war based on lies? What about all of the equipment sent to Iraq to fight your pResident's illegal war based on lies... equipment that is unavailable in this crisis? What about the hundreds of billions of dollars that has been diverted to pay for your pResident's war based on lies, much of which has gone directly to your vice-pResident's company - Halliburton... money that should have been spent on Homeland Security & FEMA. This current response is an indication of your pResident's failure to fulfill his duty to the country.


"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiently or otherwise he fails I his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else." - Theodore Roosevelt

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Theodore Roosevelt


Impeachment of this rogue Administration is the only possible step to restore Democracy in America.

You clearly support this criminal Administration, and continue to excuse their brutality. Please remove me from your email list. I will do likewise.

Then she replied:

Subject: Re: Gas petition

This is NOT Bush's fault. I'm sorry you think so. Clinton is working
with Bush and his father now and he said as much. At least HE
supports Bush.

Which led to my last not so civil & somewhat immature reply:

Subject: Re: Gas petition



You are a deaf, dumb, and blind chimp-supporting kool-aid drinking moranic fool.

Here's another of bush's buddies (possibly a relative) showing support... <oops - I left this out of the post above>



Do not bother replying to me again. I have blocked your email address.

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Thank you for posting this story.

i about did a spit-take on the monitor.

you can learn a lot of good shit in 71 years if you're paying attention ...

thank you for sharing. so, promise, if you run into her again, you tell her seabeyond says....... i love her.

:hi:

universal.

Most of them remember the Depression and WWII and know what real sacrifice is all about. They all despise Chimpy because they know a hypocrite when they see one.

He's in mighty good shape for the shape he's in, but he shares this silver-haired lady's take on the Bushco. Since my beloved intends to live to 115 (he swears!) he'll probably outlast Bushco but doubtless not the long-lasting effects of this evil administration, which our grandchildren will be paying for all of their lives and their children's (unless we can talk them out of the procreation notion!). As the other Fantastic Seventy-one-year-old in this story affirmed, by God we're gonna get them out.

As a Christian (my spouse's a lapsed Catholic) I can only hope and pray she's right. I'll be 71 in a scant 3-1/2 years and we must get it done by them. By God, we must get them out!!

Tired Old Cynic

70s have plenty of life and energy and brains.

They'll use the hatred against us.

They are experts at that.
That is entirely Limbaugh's expertise and existence....to warp hate to the benefit of new age Reaganites.

Think positive.
Think of how America's real rise to greatness was not due to cutthroat selfishness but a sense of doing what's right.

Clark 2008

Thanks for sharing, K&R



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and can't stand dubya. She keeps saying she is so glad my dad is no longer alive to see the mess this country is in due to such an incompetent president.

a demented mp3 from my freeper-retardo-nazi Uncle Vern that was about New Awlins. It was a racist diatribe set to the battle of new orleans. I almost died.

the person was a disgusting racist. Yech.

And here I thought most older people were for Bush. I guess not. :)

Tammy

From what I've seen & heard, most older people are not for bush, and they don't hesitate to let you know it, too... they're pissed & very vocal about it.

or my 83 year old FIL before he passed a few months ago.

sharing this story. God Bless that woman wherever she is.

it too! My mother is 85 and she is still kicking and going strong! My mother Hate Bush!

I LOVE hearing these kind of things! :bounce:

Now that is my kind of lady!

we have -- i think -- our poster person for 06 and 08!

''by god, we're gonna get them out.''

Does he shit soft serve, or hard scoops? Chocolate or vanilla? Do you think he can do the choc/vanilla blend? Maybe it's Rocky Road!

roflmao, just picturing it

Brick-shaped ones.

she does rock!

might adopt that phrase as well.

colourful indeed!

:rofl:

What a wonderful story! Good for her! It's really not surprising how much the 'greatest generation' (I think that's what they are called) hate the shrub. My mom is 75 years old and never voted in her life. She registered in 2004 just so she could vote for Kerry. She said she doesn't even recognize her country anymore.

parachuted into Normandy on D-day, a true American hero. He can't stand Bush; says he didn't fight and his buddies didn't die so a little twerp like Bush could wreck America.

... this country could have a goddam nazi president. Called bush a namby pamby son of a bitch play soldier who went AWOL... among other things.

Even as a Jew, I admire Christians whose Christian values really make them hate * (e.g., "Jesus loves you, Bush doesn't)! :thumbsup:

the list of seniors who hate the chimp. They can't understand how any elderly person living on SS and Medicare could ever vote for a repuke. They are church-going Catholics, too, and always tell the people standing outside church with RW voter "guides" at election time to get lost.

They hate the Chimp, and always mention the rest of the players.

And they're all Christians of various faiths. They're not afraid to rant & rave. We can learn a lot from our elders.

They're not church-going, but tried to get us to go when we were kids. They were always Democrats, but they HATE shrub - my mom is signing petitions, sending emails to her friends, and they both voted this past year - prior to that, voting wasn't a huge priority for them, but it's kind of funny to see my mom signing petitions and stuff like that. Wonder how many seniors are on the list of domestic terrorists....

Everytime I'd watch the news with her and her 71 y/o boyfriend when this was going on, she'd look at the news and say I wish we had more money and you didn't have to work or we'd be camping at Crawford with Cindy and she meant it.

I love it! I'm adopting that verbage and going to use it alot. Finally a snappy come back that has legs, so to speak.

My mom is 81 and is an activist. Her articles are printed in the opinion page of our paper at least once a month, and she's been writing and submitting them since the 2000 election. She also is computer savvy and prints out political posters and tapes them to her front door, where everyone from the postman to neighbors have to read them when they ring her bell (a very conservative city in Tx). She's a definitely "in your face" fiesty 81 year old gal.

And pretty much feels the same way!

stands for "Get Old People"

just a few weeks before 9/11. She called the sorry fool "stupid asshole." She'd watch C-SPAN and nightly news, and I could always tell when "stupid asshole" was on the TV. She had choice words to describe some of the other neocons, too.

I think the older many of us we get, the more we feel free to speak our minds. We start to care less what other's think of us and just start telling it like it is. That's why a few old folks can get pretty nasty - they just don't care what anyone thinks any more and their real selves come out.

for posting this, it brought me tears of joy and hope!
I love this lady!