my boss thinks clinton PERSONALLY killed many people

[datasuspect]

my coworker "likes" bush and then tells me to "shut up" when i run down the reasons why he is a piece of shit.

so many other examples: and they all get that glossed over look when they salivate about bush.

and they are mostly nice people, probably not very stupid.

i think that in this world where advertising and marketing has largely replaced actual thought, it is too easy for people to be swayed by an administration that takes marketing and spin as its primary endeavor.

but its sad, these people don't even know they've been hoodwinked and they are content with the way things are and they don't even know why: they just like bush.

where am i?

[democracyindanger]

1. FEAR THE CLENIS OF MASS DESTRUCTION! nt

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. What state do you live in?

I am not seeing much of that sort of thing up here in NJ.

[datasuspect]

3. illinois

chicago actually, but i work out in a semi-suburban area in a middle-manager mill. bunch of tight asses.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

8. Well, don't worry.

In IL, those people are definitely in the minority.

[cornermouse]

4. Sure.

He was a regular Jack the Ripper who spend years with either Arkansas state troopers and the Secret Service following him around, cleaning up the evidence, protecting him from prosecution.

If your boss believes this, he is very stupid.

[datasuspect]

6. a "she" actually

and this person oversees several multi-million dollar accounts, so i know she can't be a complete idiot.

i'm just astounded at the disconnect i feel from them and see when these people start talking about politics.

[cornermouse]

11. Ask her to explain to you how he managed to

commit multiple murders when he had Arkansas state troopers trailing his steps every time he left the governor's mansion and the Secret Service every time he left the White House? Does she really think anyone could successfully commit murder even once under those conditions? (sigh)

I'm sorry I don't care what she manages, she's not very smart.

[datasuspect]

18. i'm not saying she is a genius

and i countered her imbecility along those lines: just going from the patent absurdity of her claims and basically telling her that she heard this from limbo.

i was astounded when she said that she knows more about this than i do, because she knows "politicians" and things many people don't know about.

naturally, i was pissed, but i really didn't want to "go for the throat" with someone who has decision-making power over my employment.

i guess what really confuses me is that SO MANY of these bushbots are seemingly decent enough people on the surface, but it's like dealing with a pod person when you bring up the subject of politics.

they revere this man like god: almost like they think he is infallible--this is WHAT SCARES THE LIVING FUCK OUT OF ME.

[cornermouse]

20. You might want to start thinking about looking for a new job.

This can't be a very comfortable working situation and this is bound to get extremely old, extremely fast.

[datasuspect]

23. it already has

but it doesn't have to do with politics: they aren't wearing it on their sleeves (my boss and coworker).

it WAS a hell of a lot different in texas when i was there. the workplace was SATURATED with bush, jesus, and war.

i had a boss there who ended almost every "joke" or answered questions with the punchline/answer: "because kerry is a fag."

and this was in the workplace.

prayer meetings.

laying on of hands for the lady with cancer. in the front office. by the reception desk.

so in illinois they don't usually bring it up (at least these two people). i'm almost sorry i broached the subject with them. i probably would never have understood where they were coming from politically.

i guess before i found out their political orientation, these two seemed like decent enough people. that's where i have a hard time reconciling their politics with them.

[cornermouse]

25. Bad news. You opened the door. You showed interest.

Guess what comes next?

[datasuspect]

27. my "reconditioning?"

yeah, i know.

i'm trying to decide whether to ride it out or have some fun with it.

it will suck (and the ball has started to roll).

[immoderate]

13. Money and intelligence do not correlate.

--IMM

[politicaholic]

5. Probably not very stupid? Probably not very smart.

I hope your job requires a helmet, your co-workers need all the protection they can get.

[Todd B]

7. *Sigh*

*Sigh*

Clinton is damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't.

Now everyone is going after him because he didn't do enough to catch Bin Laden, but back in the '90's the Republicans would have his head for "wagging the dog" to distract everyone from Monica-gate.

I guess killing thousands of civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan with "precision guided weapons" in *not one, but* two illegal and unjust wars isn't too bad for them, huh?

[ck4829]

9. RICHARD... MELLON... SCAIFE

I sometimes think the people on 'Clinton's Hit List' were murdered... but not by Clinton.

The deaths of these people were very convenient for Scaife and the RW'ers looking to blame Clinton for something.

Combine that with Steve Kangas, and I think somebody should look into it again.

[H2O Man]

10. He killed Terri Scaivo

and Laci Peterson. Both cases were reported on Fox News. If you hippies and communists weren't smoking so much pot and watching the Grapefull Dead's movie "Yellow Submarine," you'd know this.

[immoderate]

15. Made me laugh, WaterMan

--IMM

[H2O Man]

17. Sure.

You obviously haven't been the victim of a homicide. Those who have see little humor in this. Are you aware of the fact that Bill Clinton performs abortions -- often in the fourth trimester on women who aren't even pregnant -- in China? Bill is a communist. Hillary is, too. She's killed more people than Bill.

[immoderate]

28. "You obviously haven't been the victim of a homicide."

You got a link for that?

:rofl:

--IMM

[H2O Man]

31. I'm beginning to think

we need an official; list of the victims of the uncontrolled urges of the "Clintons" -- IF that's their real names. We know that Hillary had Nancy Keerigan's knee smacked so she couldn't win the Gold Metal. We know that Clinton is close friends with the bin Ladens .... wait, wrong president. But I think that we need to uncover the truth here.

[InfoMinister]

12. Power of Nightmares Part 2 Discredits A Lot of Those False Claims

Let them check out the part about Clinton from that documentary. It even has one of the writers who made stuff up about Clinton giving an apology.

[Maccagirl]

14. They justify their hatred by choosing to believe

lies that support their worldview and belief system. Truth be damned. It's been going on (in Clinton's case) since 1992 and I see no end in sight.

[smoogatz]

16. On a positive note

Clinton personally invented oral sex. So we have that to thank him for.

But seriously. Your coworkers are high-functioning dumbasses. They need to stop watching Fox News and start taking their anti-psychotic meds. I mean, my ex-girlfriend thought Clinton was out to get her, too--literally--and she ended up where she belonged--in a mental hospital.

[datasuspect]

19. whoa

that is WEIRD.

[smoogatz]

21. Common, garden variety paranoia

She's a borderline schizophrenic, who actually functions pretty well most of the time despite harboring some truly bizarre ideas. Maybe your boss is, too.

[Pool Hall Ace]

29. "high-functioning dumbasses"

Thank you for that term.

[smoogatz]

35. My pleasure.

Feel free to use it as needed.

[Cocoa]

22. Hillary does all the killing in that family

that's the commong RW fantasy anyway.

[pretzel4gore]

24. bush hates the US, maybe your coworkers do too...

2 million americans are in prison, run by the same type goofballs who ran the prison in iraq, and most are in jail for non violent offenses; millions of kids have no medical coverage, poverty is growing and good jobs are being exported; police raid a highschool with swat teams looking for non existent marijuana, a school principal forced prom girls to expose themselves by lift dresses etc in order to see who was wearing thongs, and sent home the guilty, 23 hischool football players ordered to take a lie detector test after denying they drank beer at weekend party, all are expelled but 3 who admitted it; a pastor ordered those members of the congregation who didn't support bush in '04 election to leave the church; a guy in north carolina was sentenced to 10 years in jail for having a hand-drawn picture of a 'child engaged in sex act'(?) in his notebook, a mentally ill terror suspect pleads guilty to everything he was charged with, another mentally ill person eagerly rushes off to his execution cuz he doesn't want to miss the simpsons.....
what a fukking maroon (the bushnut USA)

[datasuspect]

26. yes

yes and yes.

[VOX]

30. Whatever's bad in the world, from a hangnail to a famine, Clinton did it.

Gee, he must be a very, very, very **powerful** guy, to have done so much EEEEE-VIL. And to think, he's been out of office now for, what, 4 1/2 years, and everything's *still* his fault!!! :sarcasm:

Tell your boss that the * Family is marinated in blood. :evilgrin:

[H2O Man]

32. That's it!!!

Even bad things that haven't happened are that bastard's fault. For that matter, let's toss in this that could have happened, but didn't. I say let's forget about minor things like the war in Iraq. We need to impeach Clinton.

[Blue Belle]

33. Where are you?? Uhmmm... Utah??

or Idaho (the other White State)...

Or you're a producer for Bill O'Reilly's show...

[datasuspect]

34. if i'm a producer for o'reilly

you must be one for rush.

what orifice did you pull THAT from?

[punpirate]

36. After some research into this...

... it comes back to FDR and the New Deal. Some of the things said about Eleanor Roosevelt in the `30s are identical to what's been said of Hillary Clinton in the last ten years. There were rumors spread in the `30s that Roosevelt must have done many illegal things to get to the governorship of New York and the Presidency, that he had cancer, that he had syphilis, but, most frequently, that he was insane.

Most of the Bush supporters today don't even know the roots of this--that the purported ills of all Democrats stem from this campaign by wealthy industrialists, through mechanisms such as the American Liberty League and American Action, Inc., to discredit Roosevelt, the New Deal and all Democrats--because of Roosevelt and the New Deal.

It's been going on for so long that such people don't know why they hate the Democratic Party--that part of the mythology has been forgotten. The neo-cons and the Bushies, however, have managed to whip up the emotions of it without the need for context. All it requires today is a rumor set loose in cyber-space. There's enough blind hatred around for it to take hold.

[mitchum]

37. Rob her blind!

Should be easy since your boss sounds like a complete dumbass. Pin it on your idiot coworker

edit for correct gender for dumbass boss