Yet another story of a repug turned bush hater

[flygal]

My mother was flying first class - I cashed in my miles for her :) and when I picked her up she was just busting at the seams to tell me about her seat mate. An executive from Wal Mart - VP of something or other. She is not the type to confront people - especially on a long flight, but during landing he gave her an earful of bush-hate. "This war is bullshit, our kids are dying....." OH YEAH! Said he voted for the idiot too!!

WTF is going on?! She also had a long time repug customer come in her store and go off on bush. My freeper mother-in-law still adores the creep but father-in-law is expressing some doubt - he doesn't agree with the constitutional amendment defining marriage - you coulda knocked me over with a feather when I heard that one.

[wildeyed]

1. My repub inlaws don't like Bush, either.

They don't support Iraq, the constitutional ban, they are not opposed to abortion, and they are fiscal conservatives who are opposed to the deficit. But they voted for him, anyway. Too freaky to vote for an NE democrat or something, they would rather vote for someone they disagree with on 90% of the issues but feel comfortable with culturally.

My husband was magnificent. He confronted them on all the issues, including his distaste about the deficit and how it would effect our children, their grandchildren. No dice.

Maybe if things get bad enough, they will finally hit bottom with the whole radical republican thing, get some help.

[FreedomAngel82]

5. That doesn't make any sense to me

If you disagree with someone but yet don't want to vote for the other person why not just not vote at all or just vote for the local stuff? It's not like you're going to be arrested or something. Around last November my family and I saw my Dad's side of the family. My two aunt's are Bush lovers (I wonder if they still are) and I had a Kerry/Edwards sticker on my car and they said they were ashamed of me for having the sticker. :eyes: My uncle asked if my dad was raising a democrat and of course he is. ;) My brother asked my uncle if he was voting in this last election and he said, "I'm not voting for either of those fools." So didn't hurt me none. He didn't like Bush obviously and wasn't fond of Kerry I guess. I hope so with getting help. They need to take back their party. Wouldn't it be funny if what Karl Rove wants worked in reverse? He wants us to be a one party nation (the republicans) but they're doing so much damage to themselves they don't know people are leaving them every day. I wonder what's up too. :shrug: Did people leaving Nixon happen this fast for those who were around then??

[wildeyed]

12. Doesn't make any sense to me, either.

Let's just say that change is not their forte. :eyes:

[sarcasmo]

2. Are they starting to see through the Propaganda?

[imax2268]

3. I have...

several family members back east that are now saying that they are sorry the voted for him.

I think these people are finally starting to wake up...hopefully...I have my fingers crossed.

[FreedomAngel82]

6. The only thing with me

and them waking up is if they go out next year and vote and vote democratic. All this waking up won't do any good if they still vote republican.

[Ian David]

4. Here's another Freeper-gone-mad for you...

I've tried to explain to him he's just "rooting for the shirt."

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT READ CAREFULLY, I AM NOT DAVID GROSSACK!

By Atty. David Grossack Updated: 4/25/2005
Member of the Hull, MA Town Republican Committee
www.USAexposure.com
THE BIG BETRAYAL IN WASHINGTON

I have been a Republican since the age of 18. I am a member of the Hull Republican Town Committee and have been for about 20 years. I have long believed that the Republican Party symbolized the best hopes for all Americans of attaining prosperity through freedom. I have believed that Republicans wanted to limit the size of government, reduce taxes for everybody and return the country to a pre-New Deal ideal of self-reliance, responsibility and fairness.

I have strongly promoted George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, the Party and the principles for which I hope the Party stood.

I am being disappointed.

I am watching what is going on in Washington and I instead see a small clique of wealthy and powerful launching economic warfare against the majority of the American people. At a time when Republicans control both the White House and the Congress, what an opportunity for greatness is being squandered on a program of seemingly mean spirited legislation that caters to special interests.

There have been numerous components to this lost opportunity.

First, is the surrender to the insurance industry. The government is determined to limit class action lawsuits which simply results in the end of access to the courts for people who have been the victims of negligence by large companies. The message being sent is that the Republican Party cares more about the bank accounts of large companies than peoples’ rights. I am sickened by this kind of policy formulation. It tends to prove that everything the Democrats say about Republicans being the party of the heartless rich is probably true.

More:
http://usaexposure.com/news/news.php?sid=96

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FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT READ CAREFULLY, I AM NOT DAVID GROSSACK!

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[pretzel4gore]

8. his disappointment in bushinc= pure pleasure for me!

hurray for economic catastrophe and global warming; it'll stop these bastards....lol :)

[Bozita]

14. interesting read ... thanks

[WolverineDG]

7. It does take time

Pre-1996, I had a conversation with my dad during all the Clinton "scandals" in which I was (obviously) supporting Clinton. My dad made the following comment: "DG, I supported Nixon almost until the end. Once it was proven to me he was a crook, I supported his impeachment & then his resignation. I remember how much it hurts to realize the person you supported & believed in is, in fact, a crook & a liar."

I say "pre-1996" because by 1996, dad was solidly in the Clinton wagon & voted for him.

dg

[Kazak]

9. I guess, now that they've held up their end of their deal with the devil..

they don't feel like they have to pretend like they like him anymore... :shrug: :puke:

[Gloria]

10. The question is....while they may dislike Bush, will they vote

for Frist or another GOP creep over a Democrat?? Will they continue to vote for Repug Senators and Reps??

[Ian David]

11. We have work to do. Find out why they hate Bush and use it.

Find which of Bush's acts and policies they hated most and then show how the current GOP candidates were part of it.

By the way, now that so many anti-gay GOP people are being outed, can we start calling them The Gay Old Party?

[wildeyed]

13. I can only speak for my inlaws.

And actually, I am only guessing with them, too. But I don't think it is really who the repugs are running, it has more to do with who the dems run. They didn't like Bush, but they didn't like Kerry more. And it was cultural, not the issues. Plus they were being loyal to their party. But I think they do cross over and vote for Mark Warner, dem governor of VA, so they are not completely lost.