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hlks 
2:16pm Tuesday
It's amazing how many conservatives I've seen crawling out of the woodworks of my friend's lists, not only here but other networking sites such as myspace. Upon inquiry as to why one supported McCain I find that people fall into certain categories
sheeple- these people listen to the smear adds and do no research themselves. also known as the ignorant.
religious- these are the christian nut jobs who are against a lot of equal rights or intelligence in general.
the misinformed- closely related to the sheeple. The little research they've done has been through places like, friends or family who are also ill informed or sources such as faux news which, for some moronic reason called CA for McCain with 0% of the votes in.
the racist- those who refuse to support Obama because he's black, a muslim, or an atheist. The latter two, of course, being completely false, but should nonetheless have no baring and points to straight ignorance and hatefulness.
No matter which of these you fall into (and there may be more sub categories of these) I have to laugh at your unwitting claims of leaving the country, usually by going to Canada.
Ah Canada. More liberal than the US, they actually support abortion, gay rights (yay! Everyone go to canada to get married!), are anti-war, and have that oh-so-evil socialized health care. Not to mention, far less right wing christian nut jobs to chew tobacco with. No matter which country you want to attempt to flee too, it's going to be far more liberal than the one you're already living in. And we all know how horrible equal rights, peace, and health are for you so perhaps you'd better stay put or you'll realize the rest of the world is far scarier and open minded than you think. Wait. Better yet, please do leave so the rest of us can live happily, be healthy, and marry who we like. We'll improve education and stabilize the economy while we're at it. K?
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did YOU write this??? I don't see any authorship attributed? AWESOME statement! can I steal it? ;)
GeocacherNY
lol i did write it yes, and sure you can use it :-)
hlks
definitely needs to be posted elsewhere too. too good to just keep here!
GeocacherNY
I know if I cut/pasted it I would catch a lot of flak for it... but I'm really upset seeing reaction. I know if McCain would have some how stolen the election, the 52% who went for Obama would accept the result and seek to work Together. I am so floored that these people you so clearly describe are saying the things they say. But then I remember the things they already profess to believe. Those poor people. They think they're so much above everyone else, they just don't realize they're living LIES
GeocacherNY
maybe I won't post it, I'll just share the link ;)
GeocacherNY
thanks geo :-) i would certainly appreciate some positive traffic. did you catch the speeches? When McCain said Obama's name everyone booed. When Obama said McCain's name everyone cheered. Really shows the difference doesn't it?
hlks
yes, it does. I put the link in my journal but I don't see too many stopping by mine any more
GeocacherNY
awe, well thanks. i'm flattered you saw fit to repost the link :-)
hlks
What you were saying about some of the nutters around, I recently heard that in some states if somebody is a convicted child abuser they have to have a sign in their yard letting people know.
Maybe other people should be required to have signs like:
RACIST
KLOO KLUX CLAN MEMBER
NEO NAZI
WIFE BEATER
MAGGOT BANK CEO
CORPERATE SWINDLER
WAR MONGER
ARMS COMPANY EXECUTIVE
HOMOPHOBE
BIGOT
HYPOCRITE
INVESTMENT WANKER (sorry I mean BANKER) gets off on all the money he swindled
At least people would know to stay away from these bastards.
Any more ideas?
SimonM
Simon, that's a great idea :-)
hey, anyone wanna take turns guessing which kind of mccain supporters siive and aydansmom are? i'm gonna go for religious nut job since that's the most common
hlks
Hey I just thought of 3 more signs
BUSH
RUNSFELD
CHENEY
I really don't know how those guys sleep at night.
SimonM
*shudders* indeed... the scary part is that i think they actually believed that what they did were the right things...
hlks
Excellent journal entry. Thanks. Gracie
Grace53a
Yeah I agree, actually in some ways I can see where Bush is comming from he was a recovering alchoholic with issues. Should have had councelling but what can you say.
Runsfeld and Cheney on the other hand make my skin crawl, they have some serious pathological problems.
SimonM
Dick Cheney is a dick. Cheney is corporate america
Misred
well said misred
hlks
You know I used to have a boss who looked like Runsfeld, acted like him to.
The guy's son commited suicide and I am convinced that it was because he had a control freak father. After that event the guy carried on just the same as before.
There are some people that you can't read when you look into their eyes you see emptiness somehow they have managed to eradicate compassion from themselves.
SimonM
oh man..that's terrible
hlks
Barak Obama on the other hand is an honerable man with a passion to do what is right. I believe he will try to do the right things for the US.
It is nice to know that the US will no longer be permitting torture the most horrible of war crimes at Guantanamo once he is elected.
SimonM
Excellent journal sweetpea! I couldn't have said it better myself. You have effictively summed up ALL of my feelings on this election, and for the first time in my life, I am truly PROUD to be and American...and truley proud that I will be able to tell my grandchildren that I voted for change...not because he is going to be the first Black President (although I do think thats pretty damn awesome) but because it is time for people in this country to get past the dumbass backwoods redneck Republican views, and start working toward becoming a united nation again. A nation who cares about it's people, the people HERE in our country, who need us.
Thank you for posting this.
Liza
ldmay0426
Nice! As a recovered religious nutjob myself (I was hard-core "Jesus Camp" indoctrinated as a kid, and "came out" as both bisexual and an atheist when I was 18), I understand the impulse to force the rest of the world to conform to your well-meant beliefs. But as much as they bitch and moan about being "persecuted" by the "liberal media" and "mainstream America," they don't realize that they live in one of the only places in the world that would allow them to spew their beliefs all over.
And yes, I love your post. :) I know so many people who threw out random numbers that they either made up or found on some crackpot website. Like the one above--McCain's 6 negative ads to Obama's 1100...? Saying things does not make them true. Thank the good atmosphere above.
mauree
Haha, that sign idea is good Simon. Would make life easier, no?
And hlks? I can't say anything for Aydansmom, but I am definately not a religious nut. xD Far from it in fact I have a problem with religion, so I don't associate with one. Good try though.
Siive
I think the person who dissed Canada as not having anything worth going there for has obviously not ever seen the how posh their igloos are! HaHaHa! Now that's being informed.
Shantih
or how low their crime rate is!
hlks
As an English person I just have to say this.
People in the UK have the BBC news and the BBC world service is an even more objective news outlet. That is what I try to watch in the US, that and PBS. Because neither are primarily driven by comercial interests.
Many people in the US do not know this but the FOX network is owned by Rupert Murdock an Australian Media Mogal who owns a large proportion of the commercial channels in the UK. In the UK we know him to be the media manipulator that he is.
On FOX, Murdock's editorial mouth piece is O'Reily.
I have a particular dislike for Murdock because he was partially responsible for pursuading Tony Blair the center left prime minister of the UK (the great hope for many of its citizens), and leader of a party with socialist roots to start supporting hard right policies fo the Bush government.
This resulted in one of the most popular and well liked prime ministers in the history of the UK becoming one of the most unpopular towards the end of his term.
Possibly second only in unpopularity to Margerate Thacher at the end of her term.
SimonM
I love this! :)
gabimary
All the rest aside, Canada rocks!
Yorick
I would agree, all studies and statistical facts concur that Canada does indeed rock hard
hlks