Fox News?

And that Obama is in fact President and not the governor of the state in question?

... and damaging the relationship?

I think discouraging ignorance is a form of love.

Shortly after she realized that her old Auntie actually knew what she was talking about and now my niece is an ardent liberal and Democrat. So, don't give up hope.

This area is extremely republican and very NRA. East of Pittsburgh PA. I think she is with a group of people that just hate President Obama and she is listening to these right wing web sites and nothing I say is going to make a difference.

pet-sits for me.

She hates Obama but hated Bush & Cheney, too. Also, she apparently never took a CIVICS class - or geography for that matter!!

It is depressing to me to expose myself to this. I have to remind myself that she came from less fortunate circumstances than I did. I think the education system failed her badly.

had been totally on state and federal assistance since the 2008 downturn. I admired her honesty, not many people are willing to talk about their financial circumstances to a total stranger. The thing that floored me was how she blamed Democrats for her dire circumstances, I couldn't fucking believe that. There are some truly ignorant people out there.

on welfare and medicaid growing up. It must be self-shame.

saying it fast will blow right through her ears.

Mock her.

Ask if she's still on her parents Health care plan.

Ask her to name the President, the Speaker of the House, Senate Majority leader, and 4 Supreme Court justices.

Ask her if she prefers the ACA to ObamaCare.

Ask her if the stock market has doubled since Obama took office.

Ask her if UE is lower now, or on the day Obama took office.

TalkingPointsMemo has the scoop on how this played out.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/scott-walker-resists-federal-order-to-close-parks-during-shutdownd out.

if each State decides to do so. I just spent the weekend at Tomales Bay & Mt. Tam States parks here in CA after being turned away at national park Pt. Reyes.

When the white people are rounded up, what better place to be housed than a park

People have a tendency to lose the deeply-held views they just decided they possess when faced with a financial penalty for being wrong. I know you won't offer a wager to a relative, but it was a fun thought for a moment.

learned to read, learned about the 3 branches of government, including which one holds the purse strings.

to shut up and sit down...she is only 21 and probably never paid attention in her life. There are times for patience, and then there are times for truth is "what's for dinner".

Just a guess.

Maybe she's a lesbian? Assexual? Single? Maybe she's dating a man and her belief has absolutely nothing to do with him.

I don't like the pseudo-wise musings on the man/woman intellectual dichotomy.

her hair dryer.

Based on my experience with such people, no matter what "reality-based" information you give her, it will make no difference. But perhaps your results will vary.

Our state park here (upstate NY) shuts down for the Winter. You can drive through, but there's nothing to do but sleigh ride if there's snow.

It's the Congress and the Republicans that are responsible for the shutdown.

Period.

No executive orders to the DNR from him at all. Last Executive Order kept his advisory committee members in service so he would still be able to work.