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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 07:30 PM
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One of the people I talked to while phonebanking told me I could get "educated"
By watching Bill O'Reilly. He wasn't being sarcastic. He was trying to get me to "understand" why Democrats are bad for the country. This is what we're dealing with, folks. Sometimes, it takes everything I have to say "Thank you for your time, sir".
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 07:34 PM
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1. That is a lost soul
You can't save people like that from themselves.
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 07:34 PM
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2. I know, my hairdresser is one of those.
He told me he couldn't trust Obama because he's not patriotic enough and he named three republican talking points. It made me realize how easily swayed people are.
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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 08:12 PM
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10. Ooh, listening to that stuff while getting a haircut would kill me.
Luckily, the woman who cuts my hair is even more radically liberal than I am...
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 07:34 PM
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3. You did good
I'm so put off by people who think your caller is "evil." If someone thinks differently from you, well, that's what America is about, and I say "Good for you!" for behaving properly and with dignity.
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JerseygirlCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 07:37 PM
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4. I've had neighbors tell me that Hannity is so smart, and
just middle of the road - that you can really learn from him, and that he's not partisan.

After I stopped choking, I decided to move the conversation into a different area..

Then there was the radio caller around here who attempted to say that Jerome Corsi was non-partisan, not a Democrat or Republican, and so people should read his book to learn the truth...
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muntrv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 07:45 PM
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5. 2 words: Andrea Mackris.
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DeadManInc Donating Member (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 07:51 PM
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6. You should have told him you
would need a lobotomy to think like him.
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eshfemme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 07:58 PM
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7. OMFG, what did you say in response? I woulda had a hard time just trying to hold back the sarcasm.
Edited on Tue Aug-12-08 07:58 PM by eshfemme
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 08:51 PM
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17. I can only say "Thank you for your time, sir". nt
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eshfemme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 09:01 PM
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21. Sigh... yeah it's kinda hard to reason with someone like that over the phone... All you could do. nt
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 08:04 PM
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8. Yes, the loofah tips are instructive.
If by instructive, you really mean downright creepy.

There's also the ability to quote non-existant publications.

Etc.

Etc.
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roseBudd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 08:07 PM
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9. You could have said, "But sir, I am not better off than I was 8 years ago"
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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 08:15 PM
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11. I was helping train a new coworker today - He's a global warming denier
Instead of getting into it with him, I decided to err on the side of a cordial workplace environment, so I changed the subject.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 08:15 PM
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12. You're a much better person than I am, zanne.
:rofl:
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 08:16 PM
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13. I had a book with me at the hairdresser
She asked me what I was reading and I said it was a biography of "Clarence Thomas, the Supreme Court Justice". She said, "Never heard of him." End of conversation.
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mnhtnbb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 08:22 PM
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14. Propaganda works.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 08:52 PM
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18. Yes, it does, and so does negative campaigning, unfortunately. nt
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MJW Donating Member (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 08:23 PM
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15. my republican sister
told me McCain deserved my vote because he "reached across the isle " to get Leibermans support. She is a lost cause
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 08:26 PM
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16. Bill O'Reilly ..... educate
Now there are two words I never thought I'd have heard together in the same sentence.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 08:56 PM
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19. Maddening, isn't it?
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-12-08 08:56 PM
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20. If you walk in to a place of business that has a television,
chances are very good that the tv is turned to fox news.
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