Should I attend a Republican Fund Raiser on Saturday?

[BOSSHOG]

My wife will be gone to town with her girlfriends and do whatever the hell girlfriends do together on a Saturday afternoon. The county gop is having a catfish fry with all the fixings for 10 bucks. Those who know me would really be surprised to see me show up but I'd only be there for the food and I'd get it to go.

[whistler162]

1. Okay with me as long as you....

donate $20 to the local DNC as an atonement for your sin!

[BOSSHOG]

2. Thanks

that's what I was looking for, good advice!!! My sin is the love of fried catfish filets and hushpuppies.

[slackmaster]

4. Perfect atonement suggestion

Well said, whistler162.

[slackmaster]

3. $10 for a catfish fry? I'd do it in a heartbeat.

I've attended Republican events with my mom on several occasions. She quit the party about 13 years ago because the leadership went way too far to the conservative Christian right, but she still occasionally does work for moderate GOPers who are running for non-partisan offices.

You might learn a few things, maybe pick up some useful intel.

[monmouth]

5. Good food, good price and undoubtedly good entertainment..Do it!....n/t

[DangerDave921]

6. ahh fried catfish

One of my faves. Go and enjoy.

[BrklynLiberal]

7. Who knows...You may even change some minds while you are there...

[BOSSHOG]

9. Never thought of it that way

but those with "values" tend to bring out the worst in me.

[BrklynLiberal]

11. Then just keeping eating the good food, and enjoy ...

[BOSSHOG]

12. I told my wife I was thinking about doing that since she would be out

All she said was "don't get in a fight."

[BrklynLiberal]

13. Guess she knows you too well....

:hi:

[BOSSHOG]

15. She's run me out of the house more then once

when bush was on the TV. She knows me much more then I know myself. I'm very lucky.

[MidwestTransplant]

8. After you get your fill, you should streak the gathering with only an Obama sticker covering your

know what.

[BOSSHOG]

10. It would have to be a real big sticker

If I did that I would be locked up and never heard from again. But that's a great idea. The Naked Truth??

[BrklynLiberal]

14. hahahahahahaah

[BOSSHOG]

17. There is no doubt in my mind

that local members of the party of integrity who know me think I am a gargantuan prick.

[BrklynLiberal]

19. You are a very funny man..

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[Gabi Hayes]

16. definitely do it. I went to a Bush rally with 20,000 people at a JC in

western Chicago suburbs in 2000. it was like Nuremburg. they kicked a guy to the ground who was wearing a Nader sticker on his sweatshirt.

I saw the governor of Illinois introduce Mike Ditka as 'one of the greatest football players in history.....Dick Butkus!' I had W sign (two sided, stapled together), with the letters A,O,L hidden on the inside (about 2.5x2 feet), that I tried to get people to hold with me, but there were no takers, and I almost got socked myself

it was lots of fun!

just ask them if they feel better off, or name ONE thing that Bush has done that's helped the country, other than his rich pals. that always works when I talk politics with wingnuts

have FUN!

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=L3lhTbTly6U

[Gabi Hayes]

18. more ammo: McCain very bad on Vets' issues:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6633027

[BOSSHOG]

20. Hey I could go in uniform

even if they have shrank over the years. Just pisses the locals off knowing that I am an evil liberal and a military retiree. They just can't understand it. How could a veteran possibly be a democrat??

[Gabi Hayes]

21. that's a great idea. I wear my dad's dogtag from WWII. gave the other one to my brother

for his birthday on a nice jewelry chain, but he doesn't wear it.

Dad's american flag is in it's triangular box in the dining room

he got his ass blown off (half, to be accurate), literally, in Belgium....80 percent permanent disability.

[BOSSHOG]

22. My dog tags

are proudly hanging on my shadow box about seven feet from where I am typing. My office is a shrine to my Naval Career, my garage is a shrine to my beloved Razorbacks.

God Bless your Daddy. My father in law lost his left arm after landing on Omaha Beach 6 June 1944. He's always been my hero.

[Gabi Hayes]

23. Stephen Ambrose has a 5 or 6 CD audio book on DDay.

you should get it. your library can probably order it from another one, if they don't have it. that's how I get most of the books I listen to

Ambrose also has a ~15 CD set of Band of Brothers. compelling, especially Capt. Winters, a hero of the highest order

can't recommend either highly enough

and highest regards for your dad. they both fought the good fight, but I'm afraid we're losing:

[Geoff R. Casavant]

24. Wear your medals.

I wear my medals on my suit jacket. It never fails to elicit a question from someone at the courthouse. I wear them in memory of the Pentagon victims of 9/11. Some folks then start talking politics and Iraq, and are astounded when I tell them I'm a Democrat.

[snowbear]

25. If you go....

1) Don't write your real name on any lists
2) Give them the local recorded weather report for a contact number
3) When you leave, hand them a white, sealed envelope with "donation" on it. Inside that envelope, place an Obama for President bumper sticker.

If you can do all three of those ..... Yeah, go snoop on them if you want!

[iconicgnom]

26. shudder

[demokatgurrl]

27. Only if you're packing a gun....

KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!B-)