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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:04 PM
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Just bumped into a republican at the grocery store
I was wearing my IMPEACH CHENEY hat, as I almost always do. Now that it is coat weather, my IMPEACH t-shirt isn't always showing. So I make sure to wear my hat.



So anyway, I had just walked in the door and was getting a cart when a guy breezed by me, grabbed a cart and said "Proud Republican coming through!"

I laughed. He froze. I guess he didn't expect me to laugh at his clever little comment. He stared at me and I said "Good for you! The Republicans need all the proud people they can find nowadays. I am sure you are a dwindling minority."

Then my kid glared at the guy and we walked off. Didn't even wish him a Happy Thanksgiving. I want to make sure he knows there is a war on ALL holidays. :)
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:05 PM
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1. Being a Republicker stopped being socially acceptable after Hurricane Katrina. n/t
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:09 PM
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10. This is red state bible belt hell
There are still way too many proud Republicans here.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:55 PM
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48. Buy them all toys from China for their kids. n/t
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 10:11 AM
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53. Republicon amorality destroyed their credibility
Americans are sick of being lied to by sex-deviant, treasury-pilfering, santamonius, Constitution-hating republicon homelanders.

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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:05 PM
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2. "Proud republican" reeks of oxymoron. Or just moron. Oxymoran?
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:08 PM
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6. All of the above
LOL
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:05 PM
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3. Killer response! Kudos! nt
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Hobarticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:06 PM
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4. Nice comeback! Fast on your feet...
I would've just told him to Cheney himself.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:07 PM
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5. I'll try to remember that next time
I actually do get quite a few comments about my hat. :)
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Hobarticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:09 PM
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12. Nah, your response was far more classy and cerebral...
My response would've just let him know that he got my goat, which is what he wanted, becasue you obviously got his.

He'll be weeping in his pillow tonight, after your response.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:22 PM
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24. I have practice
I stand on a street corner twice a week here and protest the war and the Bush administration. We get yelled at a lot. So I have had time to develop clever comebacks.

When they say "Go Bush!" we reply "You bet he needs to go! Straight to jail!"

When they say "Get a job!" we say "Educating YOU is my job!" On Sundays, we way "But it's the sabbath!"

When they say "Fuck you" we flash the peace sign. We also see that middle finger as half the peace sign.

One day, a woman walked up and said "My husband is stationed at Whitemen and he is a pilot in the air force and proud of his work!" (Whiteman is the home of the B1 bomber and is about 40 miles from here.) So one of the guys in our group said "So your husband gets up in the morning, flies halfway around the world, drops bombs, kills people, and is home in time for dinner. Yeah, I'd be proud of that too!"

She was so stunned she just stood there. Finally her friend pulled on her arm and she walked away.

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vireo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:08 PM
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7. Well, at least you share the same first name!
;)
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:08 PM
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8. Way to go. Good for your kid too.
How come your hat has a question mark on it?
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:30 PM
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28. It is supposed to be a conversation starter
Here's the website http://usalone.com/impeach_cheney_cap.php

I blacked out that question mark before I even put that hat on my head. There is NO question.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:08 PM
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9. You are so bad.
I'm ordering one of those hats today. :toast:
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:10 PM
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13. I blacked out the question mark
No question about it. IMPEACH CHENEY.

Did you ever get signed on to that FOB group? Barb sent out an email about how to get posters from the same people giving the hats away. I think they are free too.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:15 PM
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20. I did, thank you! Keeping up with the reading, another matter.
Am nursing an ugly ankle right now, so there's more time to read (and to not cook!)

Happy Thanksgiving, my friend. I hope you have a great day tomorrow. :hug:
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:27 PM
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27. Traffic has greatly increased lately; it used to be lots slower
And hey if you ever get down to San Diego, you need to hook up with Barb. She is AWESOME!

Sorry to hear about your ankle. I just ordered our dinner and will pick it up - fully cooked - at noon tomorrow.

It snowed here today. Yuck I hate winter.

You have a great day tomorrow too. Greetings to mom and your kids! :hug:

Oh, btw, I AM coming to SF next summer. Trying to get a Camp Casey SF set up. :)
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 11:52 PM
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49. That's excellent! Oh, the trouble we can get into!
lol!

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Sabriel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:09 PM
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11. Did you ask him exactly what there was to be proud of?
I sure can't think of anything.

Spending?
Oil and gas prices?
Food costs?
Poverty rate?
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:11 PM
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15. War on abortion here in Kansas
They are damned proud of that.
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:24 PM
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26. Pedro is on it.
Nobody ever even gets to talk to him anymore :(, I miss him but he is doing an enormous amount of work. I certainly hope they win this one and soon We could use him back on 2 of the boards I sit on with him. Absent but not forgotten.

You have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Give Ryan a hug for me, I still have not met your other son or hubby! Tell them all to have a wonderful day. We will be out your way, Prairie Village for our Turkey day. I will send a vibe of good feeling your way.

Great response to the Proud Republican. You are very quick on your feet. :hi:
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:32 PM
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30. Hey say hi to PV for me.
We are staying in OP. There's a Little People marathon on and we will be planted in front of our TV.

Ryan is doing good. Thanks for the greetings. :)

Have a great day tomorrow! :hug:
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:11 PM
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14. Here's another line: Real republicans have their maids push their carts.
Great hat.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:33 PM
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31. That's good
:rofl:
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:11 PM
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16. Great come back
Who in the hell talks like that? Proud Republican coming through
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:13 PM
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17. A true "moran"
it seems.


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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:15 PM
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21. In her part of the country lots of them
We are living in the center of the cold dead reptilian heart.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:36 PM
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33. Idiots in Kansas
that's who.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:14 PM
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18. The laugh is good.
Even a chuckle says volumes.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:15 PM
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22. On my way out of the polls on election day recently...
I looked at a very conservative Republican that I've know for a long time and just barely chuckled. If looks could kill.......
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:14 PM
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19. Why is there a
? mark after cheney on your hat, proudlib?

As for that "proud republican"..the only logical way anyone could still be proud of being a republican is if they've been locked in a closet for the last 48 years.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:17 PM
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23. Y'know how the Red Sox still cheered them on for about 100 years?
Same thing.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:23 PM
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25. The Red Sox weren't
killin' 'em.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 07:58 AM
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50. zidzi : I was trying to answer the question you asked;
"Why are they still proud to be Republicans"? I thought I'd offer an analogy of the poor Red Sox fans who waited for almost 100 years for a World Series
victory!
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:35 PM
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32. I blacked that out on my hat
http://usalone.com/impeach_cheney_cap.php

It's supposed to be a conversation starter.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:38 PM
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34. Aha! Like I'm carrying
around a Pocket Constitution(conversation starter) that my friend, who just retired from teaching government, gave to me last week. Dennis gave me the idea and Le Taz Hot said we should send them to all our congresspeeps!
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bluerum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:30 PM
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29. Hmph. I wonder what exactly, he was proud of??? The pubs will take anyone these days.
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leeman67 Donating Member (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:52 PM
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35. If that really was your comeback line, then good one!
when I'm faced with that kind of situation, I'm usually like George Constanza and the "Jerk Store called" line. I always think of the good comebacks AFTER the opportunity has passed. :P
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 06:05 PM
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36. I am usually not that quick
:)
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 06:06 PM
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37. "Gay Pride", probably!
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 06:10 PM
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38. You rock
:headbang:
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 06:15 PM
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40. Thanks Shadow
You rock too! :yourock:
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democrank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 06:13 PM
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39. Right, Mr. Republican....
I`d be proud too if my party`s #1 guy blew up frogs, went AWOL, mocked a woman about to be executed, lied about the reasons for war, helped out a covert CIA agent, approved extraordinary rendition, spent America into obscene debt, ruined at least two countries, and was responsible for the deaths and maiming of tens of thousands. "Proud Republican coming through." Right, Mr.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 06:15 PM
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42. Can I take you to the grocery store with me from now on?
:)
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democrank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 07:29 PM
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43. Yes indeedy. I`d love a trip to the store with you.
You wear your hat and I`ll wear my tee shirt, the one with yet another brilliant Bush quote:


"I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS FOR YOU TO PUT FOOD ON YOUR FAMILY"
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 06:15 PM
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41. Is he more proud of the war crimes or...
the child molesting? :rofl:

--IMM
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CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 08:27 PM
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44. Humor deflates them.
It's an amazing thing to watch. Throw some humor into the mix & they deflate.

Good for you!!
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:02 PM
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45. Ain't that the truth?
:rofl:
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:27 PM
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46. Wide Stance Republican

coming through!
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:43 PM
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47. Make way for diapers
Republicks gotta get a new big box of those big boy huggies
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Perry Logan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 08:03 AM
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51. Remind Repubs that Hillary will have dictatorial powers. Some of them will drop dead on the spot.
Edited on Thu Nov-22-07 08:04 AM by Perry Logan
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 10:07 AM
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52. Republicans eat?
I thought they sort of surround their food and absorb it directly.
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