A conservative colleague just sent me this:

We talk politics all the time. He is no fundie, but it is good to see, coming from him, a 70 year old white man.

Few months ago, I was talking to him about how we have to have real opposition in DC, how we need to have more balance in our governement...etc. He was not having any of it.

Now this:

"I think this election may be the turning point. We are going to vote
and not even look at names... just select whatever has a "D" next to
it. Have never, ever done that before but it's time to punish those
arrogant dopes!"

However I learned a long time ago a lot of people especially Republicans can not be trusted. I am not having any expectations about the election. I do have hope though..

bush is walking down the street - he comes across a small boy sitting in a front yard with a box of 2 week old kittens..

after initial pleasantries - the boy informs bush that the kittens are republicans

a few weeks later, bush and cheney are walking down the same street. bush tell's cheney about the boy and republican kittens.

bush then spots the boy in the front yard, and yes, there are the kittens. bush and cheney rush over to the boy, they chit chat for a few moments - then bush says to the boy "Son, tell the Vice-President here what political party your kittens belong to"

the boy beams and with a large smile says "They belong to the Democratic Party!"

Cheney scowls, bush sputters "But son, a few weeks ago you told me they were republicans."

The boy nods, "yeah, they were, but now their eyes have opened."

He is not religious at all, doesn't care about the value stuff.

this time around.

at least among those that I knew. Many R's switching to D's, none going the opposite way.

He is a reasonable guy. And he is beginning to see that dubya is a disaster.

Republicans have gotten to where even the most staunch R's, which he is, can't defend them anymore.

That's a great story and I want to keep hearing more like it. I would like to read something like this every day to give me hope. thanks!

Putting them in jail and stripping them of their ill-gotten gains is punishing them.

for hope.

Phonebanked the other day and got a Repugnant on the line...he said, 'People have got to be brain dead to vote for Republicans.' He's voting for Dems and this is in OHIO.

I thanked him for his time, hung up, and went on to much more supportive people.

Kind of funny, though, that after all this he still thinks ONLY republicans are GOOD people.

'and they have come back to haunt you....have a lovely evening.' lol.

House was stolen? And, the Senate, and courts, and the White House? And, all that money that we now have yet to pay back? Why were they so arrogant? Why did they believe everything these people said about themselves and especially why did they believe everything they said about Dems?

But, I'm told not to.. not socially correct...

in his creepy voice of course

. . .about 5% of the white male vote.

As noted in the quoted sections below, some variation of the following has been posted on DU many, many times.

Thanks for posting another bit of supporting evidence.

I see or hear about more cases every week.

And with every case, the pain of the missed opportunity (running on impeachment) increases.

was rigged. Maybe finally the public will get what
we have been trying to say.

While they have been napping, their country has been stolen.

It has now boiled down to this, plain and simple. Are you with us, or the fascists?