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Botany

(70,504 posts)
Fri May 18, 2012, 08:40 PM May 2012

Great Funny Story aka why some people still vote GOP

Me .... i am going to Northern KY in the AM to help in a tornado clean up volunteer project
.... (storm happened in march)

shop that sharpened the chains for my chain saw worker:

Wow I didn't know you could go and see a tornado


me ..... it happened a few months ago I am just going to help for this weekend

shop owner .... well the real shit will happen if Obama is re-elected

me .... what will happen?

shop owner .... redistribution of wealth


me ..... thanx for the work on my saw.

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Great Funny Story aka why some people still vote GOP (Original Post) Botany May 2012 OP
Don't take your chain to be sharpened at a shop, MadHound May 2012 #1
the people @ the shop have been my friends for years Botany May 2012 #4
Yeah, Obama's gonna take money from a guy who sharpens chains for a living and give it to the poor. Scuba May 2012 #2
I had a similar experience back in '09... Drunken Irishman May 2012 #3
Yep, the republicans are a very strange breed IMO ... it's like the RKP5637 May 2012 #6
Should have asked him Politicalboi May 2012 #5
 

MadHound

(34,179 posts)
1. Don't take your chain to be sharpened at a shop,
Fri May 18, 2012, 08:42 PM
May 2012

They use an electric sharpener that takes for too much metal off your chain.

Get a hand file and guide, it takes only slightly more time than an electric sharpener, costs less and saves your chain. Oh, and you don't have to deal with idiots.

Botany

(70,504 posts)
4. the people @ the shop have been my friends for years
Fri May 18, 2012, 08:53 PM
May 2012

and have always done right by me. The guy who sharpens my chains does a great job.

If you make your living w/ tools like chain saws it helps to have all kinds of people who
can help you out.

Close to my shop/home ... they get my power tools ready to start and go to work for me
and that is a good thing. Politics can wait sometimes.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
2. Yeah, Obama's gonna take money from a guy who sharpens chains for a living and give it to the poor.
Fri May 18, 2012, 08:49 PM
May 2012
 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
3. I had a similar experience back in '09...
Fri May 18, 2012, 08:50 PM
May 2012

I was on a cruise and we were all waiting to enter the dining area. It was a bit backed up, so, the line zigzagged a bit toward the elevators. There was an older man, probably in his 70s, or 80s, who obviously was getting disgruntled. I get it. No one likes to wait. Anyway, i'm right behind him, and he turns around and tells me, and everyone listening, that this is all Obama's fault. I was like, "Wha?" and he started ranting and raving about Obama. It was embarrassing. Everyone felt awkward. His wife looked embarrassed. Then, he turned to a black couple and pointed at them yelling, "you're the reason he's president!"



The couple just stood there stunned. The doors opened and we all entered the diner without incident.

That's the mind of a Republican.

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
6. Yep, the republicans are a very strange breed IMO ... it's like the
Fri May 18, 2012, 09:04 PM
May 2012

republican tent gives those with some peculiar manner of processing information a common place.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
5. Should have asked him
Fri May 18, 2012, 08:54 PM
May 2012

Don't you want more money? They remind me of that baby on the TV commercial with Jimmy Fallon.

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