another one of those "help me fight this stupid mccain supporter" posts...

[parabolabear]

I'm at my WITS END with this chick. She's my best friend's girlfriend. I love my friend Luis but his girlfriend is an idiot - she repeats everything that comes out of her mom's mouth and he had to tell her that Obama's not a Muslim. Now that that's over with, she's resorted to copy/pasting shit from AOL boards. AOL BOARDS. I cannot take it.

here's her email: Roughseas33
12:47 PMOct 03 2008
A poor black man with a Harvard education. Bravo! Does that give him the experience to be Commander in Chief of the United States of America? With his black racist affiliations, as far as I'm concerned, we have already rewarding him way to much by making him a Senator

LuvMBJ
12:47 PMOct 03 2008
Petereyn12:40 PM Oct 03 2008
Obama and Biden think people are all stupid about his tax plan. Companies don't pay taxes, people who buy the products and services pay the taxes. Raising taxes on companies only means that you will pay more for the goods and services and that means that Obama is raising your taxes.

----------> ISNT IT JUST SO SAD HOW PEOPLE JUST DON'T GET IT? BESIDE THAT IF THESE OBAMA SUPPORTERS REALLY TRULY BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GET A TAX BREAK UNDER OBAMA, THEY ARE FALLING FOR IT HOOK, LINE AND SINKER. NOT ONLY WOULD HAVE A BROKEN THAT PROMISE...IT SHOULD BE SO CLEAR TO EVERYONE WITH THIS BAIL OUT EVERYONE'S TAXES ARE GOING UP, PLUS WITH ALL HIS SPENDING AND HEALTH PLAN...PEOPLE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO HAND OVER THEIR ENTIRE PAYCHECK TO OBAMA AND ACORN.

"Clinton last week said in an interview that this crisis is a direct result of the dems ignoring and turning their heads, failure to admit the problems,, because they were protecting their interests in fannie and freddie, also the clinton dereg allowed banks to cross into wall street and the decline was underway, the huge payouts to dems in place in financial committee"

VIC MARKARIAN
01:18 PMOct 03 2008
Joe Biden made about $400,000 last year in his income tax, lives in a $3,000,000 home and donated only $350.00 to charity is that what he calls patriotic.

SMOKEitUP
01:21 PMOct 03 2008
OBAMA'S GRANDMOTHER AND STEP BROTHER LIVE IN A SHACK IN AFRICA...OBAMAS WIFE ALONE MAKES $365,000 A YEAR WORKING FOR A MEDICAL CENTER!!!!! YOU'D THINK THEY WOULD BUILD RELATIVES A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE!!!!! IF HE WON'T AKE CARE OF HIS OWN, HOW THE HELL DO YOU PEOPLE THINK HE WILL HELP US????????? FOR $20,000 YOU COULD BUILD A MANSION IN AFRICA!!!!!!!


the beginning of my reply: It's no surprise that these commonly heard, unrepresentative smears of many right wingers are found on AOL, which is possibly the lowest common denominator of political intelligence out there. Seriously, Kayla - if you want to cheat your way out of formulating your own thoughts, at least look for a decent political blog to steal from, not an AOL board. Also, if you're going to refuse to support a candidate, do it because you disagree with their policies, not because you want to slander them with false accusations regarding their families.

This girl and I have a history of being nasty to each other so it's okay if I call her a bitch. Which I might.

I want to tell her about McCain's reckless behavior in the military, his trashing of their equipment and his incredibly quick and hot temper, his demeaning comments towards women...I want to explain to her that the number of days you've been a ________ doesn't matter so much as whether or not you've been EFFECTIVE in office, or if you've done things that agree with my ideology. Your ideology. A person's ideology, whatever.

Oh my god, I'm seething after today. At school it was all GOD PALIN WAS SO GREAT and BIDEN REALLY HAD IT COMIN' TO HIM and AT BEST IT WAS A TIE! from the students and NOBODY LISTENED WHEN I TOLD THEM OTHERWISE. NYC public schools, driving me insane and it's only been a month.

Help. Save my sanity.

[Beaverhausen]

1. I wouldn't bother

just tell her to stop sending you those emails. It's very hard to change bigots' minds. Not worth trying.

[parabolabear]

2. I would be satisfied if she even just did some of her own research

and THEN came to like McCain. Whatever, I'd still think she's an idiot but that would make me feel less murderous.

[childslibrarian]

3. Agree with her

Tell her you are confident that the world will turn out fine with McCain at the wheel. Tell her she has convinced you. Go McCain! Tell her that although Palin has no experience to speak of, that higher spirits lead the way. Then smile again.
Make her nervous....

[gravity]

4. Don't counter what she says, you are playing her game

If you want to get under the skin of a republican shill, compare the country under Clinton compared to Bush I & II.

Talk about balancing the budget especially, it really drives them crazy because deep down, they know it is true. Talk about how we raised taxes, balanced the budget, and had a robust economy which created millions of jobs. George Bush lowered taxes The republicans will rationalize it, but dismiss their arguments as interesting theories, but you only concerned about the facts/results.

This tactic is so easy with 8 years of Bush.

[dgibby]

5. Here's my reply to people like this:

Boy, are you ever in for a shock! I feel so sorry for you. When you wake up and wonder where your country went, call me and I'll explain it to you.