I was a naughty girl at the doctor's office today.

I took my mom to the ophthalmologist for a post-catarac-op check-up. Every time my mom has gone to this doctor, the waiting room is generally filled to the max with senior patients. And, of course, the parking lot is full -- I dropped my mom off at the door while I squeezed into an available space on the side of the building.

As I backed into the parking space I noticed an older lady getting something out of a large pick-up truck with the back end plastered with "freedom" ribbons parked near me. She walked ahead of me into the doctor's waiting room.

After I got settled in my chair, I asked Mom, "Did you hear about David Vitter?"

"Yes!" Mom said.

The ribbon lady kept her head down, looking at a magazine.

"You know," I said, "This type of thing knows no political boundaries, & by the time all the clients are revealed, there's bound to be politicians from both sides exposed. But what gets me is the hypocrisy of those who have been preaching 'family values'."

The ribbon lady's head was still buried into the magazine, but I was pleasantly surprised when an older lady sitting next to her husband chimed in very animatedly, "Yes! And Vitter went after Clinton!" I wish I could have heard everything she said, but she was sitting across the room & she began speaking in a hushed tone, but it was clear that she was ready to vent & she was seizing the opportunity to do so.

At that time, unfortunately, she was called into the doctor's office & she smiled broadly at me as she passed by.

It felt good.

There was no hole she could crawl into and she probably wasn't carrying earplugs so she could avoid hearing something negative about a Republican.


Magazine pages just don't muffle the sound well.

Mz Pip
:dem:

who stuck her fingers in her ears and started making noise to block out the content of the news. Remember that one?

Good for you!! I'd bet most of the doctor's staff would agree, too. :)

I wish so much I could have heard what the lady was saying or that I could have been able to read her lips (she had a magazine held to the side of her face while she talked), but she was comparing Clinton to the hypocrites who went after him.

Well done.

In these simple interactions we may make more progress than in our incessant ranting here.

Hope your mom is well.

dupe

How the heck does that happen?

that would be a rhetorical question really

you just know the fucking type they're gonna be.

"Lyin' Hypocrites" comes to mind.

Vitter is also a Roman Catholic who has condemned others for using birth control, while promoting sex as limited to acts of procreation.
So, did he use a condom, whether through the insistence of the whore, or not?

:toast:

When we speak up in public places it gives hope to others.More importantly it helps remove the fear and feelings of alienation brought on by the propaganda mind-fuck being perpetrated upon us by the cabal that has hijacked our country.
The more we speak up the more people will speak up in agreement.Courage is contagious.

She seemed to be thrilled to be able to vent.

And, yes, I grab any opportunity to speak out, but this Vitter thing was a golden opportunity. The story is on the front page of today's Times-Picayune. :)

Out those hypocrites in their faces!

:evilgrin:

They should know better.

"Why NO, I DON'T HAVE INSURANCE. I LIVE IN GEORGE BUSH'S AMERICA."

cracks the receptionist up every time.




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