Today, I helped a Bush supporter. What the hell was I thinking?!

Earlier today, I was in a supermarket parking lot. The car next to which I parked had the following bumper stickers: BUSH/CHENEY '04 and ABORTION IS HOMICIDE. My initial disgust, however, quickly turned to vindictive glee when I noticed that the car had a flat tire.

"Good," I thought. "Think about how much you love Georgie Boy and rice-grain-sized fetuses as you change your flat, jerk-off."

A little while later, as I was putting my groceries in my car, I saw a slow-moving, frail-looking elderly woman whose every step seemed labored as she pushed her shopping cart across the lot. I felt badly for her, and that feeling only increased when she approached the car with the flat tire. The old woman unlocked her trunk and struggled to put her groceries inside.

I said, "Excuse me, ma'am? You know you've got a flat tire?"

She looked up at me. "What? Where?"

I pointed it out to her.

She groaned. "Oh, no. I knew I shouldn't have gone out this soon after my surgery."

That clinched it for me. "Do you have a spare?"

She answered yes, at which point I volunteered to change the old woman's tire. For a Bush-loving Republican, she was anything but stingy with her expressions of gratitude.

Normally, I'd have felt good about having helped another human being, but I keep thinking about those goddamned bumper stickers. I almost feel guilty about having changed that old woman's tire! A strong part of me says that I could've just gone on my way and left her to solve the problem herself. After all, don't the Bushites believe in pulling yourself up by your bootstraps? Would a Republican my age have done the same thing for an old woman whose bumper sticker said, IF YOU CAN'T TRUST ME WITH A CHOICE, HOW CAN YOU TRUST ME WITH A CHILD?

Congratulations, Mr. Bush. You've polarized our country so badly, I now feel guilty about having helped an old woman with a flat tire because she supports you. I hope you're proud of yourself!

i wouldn't have been able to stand not helping her :)

You helped an elderly lady today. That is ALL that matters. Good will revisit you x10. :hug:

Way to go, you helped an elderly lady.

Would Bush have helped her out? I think not. The important thing is that you helped a woman in need. Good deeds are not political.

Sheesh.

thanks for the laugh.

"By the way, I'm pro-choice and I voted for Kerry."

Shit, shit, shit!

Maybe she borrowed it from an obnoxious son. Benefit of doubt.

it just stinks when you have to feel bad for doing something good. Still, you were a hero today, poor little lady. :loveya: NightTrain: just a damn fine human being.

That's always a good thing :bounce:

What if she had driven off with that flat tire and caused an accident?

You may have prevented the suffering and/or death of someones child.
:hug:

Happy New Year :toast:

We are divided. And we need to help each other. Not them. Not until they wake up and smell the paranoid skunk farm.

selflessness.

But yeah, damn you Bush for polarizing this country. Damn you!

worse if you had seen the old lady and driven off, knowing she had the flat tire.

You helped an elderly woman who, in her own way, has done us all a great harm, supporting bush**. But you looked beyond that to her age and helplessness. You did the kind and right thing. You helped an old lady. A brain dead wretched old woman without one single ounce of political sense who isn't smart enough to realize that bush** would rather starve old creatures like her off the face of the earth. Or let them croak from lack of medication. But hey, she's buying groceries and driving a car, so life is good for her.

and she did not have any say about those bumperstickers.

On second thought, don't answer that! :scared:

Admit it, accept it, come to embrace it

you did a cool thing, and I believe in karma.

That's the way we should lead our lives, by doing the right thing all the time.

It makes you the Good Samaritan and a good person. :toast:

Good karma will come your way as a result of your actions. :hi:

not being like them. They need to be more like us.

of them intellectually. I would've done the same thing as you.

:evilgrin:

to be a Democrat. Thank you.

Great job!

...doesn't mean she's not a nice person or a good person. It's ok to be nice to people who are Bush supporters. It shows them we practice what we preach!
Duckie

You did a kindhearted, human thing. A Freeper would've told the same woman, with a Kerry/Edwards sticker to go fuck herself. That's the difference.

Good on you. May karma be (almost) instant for you.

Don't question yourself. You're a good person :)

Some political opposites geet married.

A rethug probably wouldn't have helped a little old lady dem, but you proved that you are better than they are. I was always told not to stoop to level of those I despised, it would only make me one of them.

Honest.

You done good. My theory is peace starts with me. Maybe your kindness will inspire her to reach her hand out to someone else. Kindness to strangers always transcends politics. What a nice way to end the year.

Help=good

too bad you couldn't tell her you changed it inspite of her policital ignorance.

You did right. That's what makes us better people than Emperor George. Would he have helped that old woman, even with the bumper stickers. You can bet not. Somehow, I get the feeling that the Boy King has never changed a flat in his life.

That is never a bad thing.

that's a good thing!

Just kidding, you did the right thing. That is one thing that separates Libs from Cons, the ability to overlook our differences to do the right thing.

I would have left the lug nuts a little loose though.

Never feel bad about doing the right thing.

You did the right thing. Now stop agonizing over it.

If it makes you feel any better, did you consider the possibility that it wasn't HER choice to put the sticker there?