My 77 Year old friend said "That's the Next President"

[TexasLady]

We invited him to come in out of the hot hot air outside, he needed my husband to take a look at his computer.... As he took a seat in my humble single wide abode, he noticed the TV was on, kinda low, but Obama's face was on. "That's going to be the next President, ya know." I said, "ya think?" He said, "Well, yeah, isn't it obvious?"
I said, "well, are YOU voting for him?" He said, "yeah, this time around I sure as hell am, because there's already one dumbass in the Oval Office, and everyone that I talk to KNOWS that McCain is just ANOTHER dumbass. " (I found out he almost never even VOTES! He has been so disillusioned by so many politicians..He said he was voting this time for DAMN sure,..)

LOL...we never talked politics before, but it sure was nice to hear it from an opinionated, albeit sweet, 'old timer'.

Hearing it from a lifelong Texan, was music to my ears!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Shake his hand for me

and tell him he's a mighty smart Texan, and that my native born Texan husband agrees with him!

[patrice]

2. Sweet!!! And thanks for taking care of the "old guy"'s computer problems!!

You and your hubby are saints for doing a thing like that!

:hug:

[TexasLady]

4. to be fair

My husband does cars and computers for a living, and my semi retired friend does keys and locks. We scratch each other's backs often. :D

[patrice]

11. That's the way it SHOULD be and, as far as I'm concerned, that qualifies you

for beatification, at least.

I get kind of down sometimes, your story really cheered me up.

[TexasLady]

13. and your post made me cheery as well!

:hi:

[Kaleko]

3. Ah yes. Good anecdotal evidence.

Hoping for a landslide with huge repercussions on Congressional morale... :toast:

[redstate_democrat]

5. I get that a lot when I'm out registering voters.

It's as if it's a foregone conclusion. Basically we're just counting down the days.

[TexasLady]

9. as a fellow redstater, I totally agree

just countin'...:D

[NatBurner]

12. tell me about it

i'm optimistic about texas tho

[grantcart]

6. my elderly neighbor who is a republican and a marine widow

just laughs and says "no one thinks McCain can actually win"


I have gotten that a lot.

Yet to get somebody that actually thinks he has a chance.

[dionysus]

8. i have, and it's laughably pathetic trying to talk with them

not a literal freeper per se but it's like seeing one in the flesh...
you switch from very angry to trying not to laugh your ass off many times in the same conversation when listening to them...

[Hamlette]

7. follow up on election day, make sure he goes to the polls n/t

[DesertFlower]

10. that's great.

i'm in arizona and sometimes when i see these old cowboy types, i wonder what they think about obama.

[Jazzgirl]

14. I'm in Texas too TexasLady.

I am amazed that when I go to the store, older people are the ones that stop to just talk to me about politics. Every one I have talked to says they're voting for Obama. It warms my heart! I'm talking people in the 70's and 80's too!!