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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-20-05 08:16 PM
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Another Heartening Encounter.
As many of you know, I live in the reddest part of a blue state. Red, red, red. I also live in a very economically stricken town. Bit that does not deter the majority of them: they would vote for a ham sammich if it was a repuke.

I went to the little food store/butcher today. The owner's wife, a cancer survivor and a wonderful woman, was manning the butcher desk.

Somehow, she led me into a discussion that led to The Iraq War. My blood ran cold. Folks, these people are republicans, through and through.

She is foursquare against the war. She sees so little future for the kids and the country. She hates the chimp.

Every day, the repukes are eroding. Every day, a little sanity returns. One essentially good person at a time.
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-20-05 08:18 PM
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1. Good to hear.
Keep 'em coming!
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-20-05 08:19 PM
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2. What was her turning point?
Did she vote for * last November?
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-20-05 08:35 PM
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3. Great, but will she still vote for them?
I just do not have much hope for people who are taken in by such obvious propaganda and lies.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-20-05 08:37 PM
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4. One by one
That's how it'll happen. They're losing their support. Hopefully by 2006 the republican party won't be in much power so we can help get our country back on track and clean up everything.
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jazzjunkysue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-20-05 08:38 PM
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5. I heard that one today, too. Someone at work. My Dad turned before
the election, thank god, so he doesn't have to feel guilty about it all.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-20-05 08:40 PM
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6. You can't fool all the people all the time.
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woodsprite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-20-05 09:03 PM
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7. I'll believe it's the tide turning when
the guy I work with changes his way of thinking. He knows how I feel (and at least 3-4 other people in our immediate group) and he is very loud and blatent about his feelings. He knows he's being an ass and he wants to be one. One of the dems eggs him on daily.
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 12:35 AM
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8. the best aspect of these encounters is . . .
that each of these people talk to others in their families and communities . . . and while those folks likely won't listen to us "libruls," they WILL listen to family members and neighbors who they know and trust . . . and that's how the sea change will take place . . . people talking to other people, one on one . . .
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