I put my money where my mouth is today (ALERT for Augusta, Maine)!
For those of you who live in Augusta, Maine, This took place in the Tim Horton's on Western Ave. That and the other Tim Horton's on Bangor street are owned by the same people.
Yesterday my wife and I were running a few errands while our son was at home a little under the weather. On the way home we stopped at Tim Horton's to get him a treat because he LOVES their frosted cinnamon buns. There was a woman there with campaign literature, signs and bumper stickers promoting one of the teapublican senate candidates for Tuesday's primary. It appeared that there were volunteers coming and going. Since we live in a free country my wife and I believe that even teabaggers have the right to believe what they want to believe. We also like to ignore the baggers unless we have the opportunity to really piss them off.
Today, the three of us stopped there for a snack while we were out and about. The same table in the same Tim Horton's was regaled with the same literature for the same teabagger candidate. When our order was completed, I asked to see the manager on duty. I asked him if Tim Horton's had made an endorsement of this particular candidate. He said that he didn't know 
. I stated that if this were the case, than I doubted that my wife or I would be patronizing either of their stores again because we would interpret this as an indication that our Democratic money was not wanted, or at least we didn't want to spend our money at a place where the beliefs held by the ownership were directly contrary to ours.
On both days, there was a car in the parking lot with a very large sign for the teabagger candidate on display and visible to the street traffic. I should also mention that I've seen campaign material from this candidate that promotes him as the teabagger candidate for the US Senate this year. Two years ago when he ran for governor, he embraced the teabagger movement then, too. 
After we left, we saw through the window that the manager was speaking with the teabagger woman. I don't know what was said and I don't particularly care. My hope is that the ownership realizes that opinions can frequently be bad for business. If they are not endorsing this teapublican candidate, I hope that they realize that the baggers using their store as a de facto headquarters certainly gives that appearance and is equally bad for business.
I believe in voting with my pocket book and my very big mouth. Whenever I see faux noise on in an establishment, I either make an issue of it, stop patronizing or both. Unfortunately, there are way too many people on our side that still have the post 911 neutered puppy mentality that dictates the silence of our convictions and allows the right to spew it's venom with impunity. They are afraid of rightists calling them traitors. Rightists have been calling me a traitor since the Spring of 1967 when I was just shy of my 12th birthday and expressed my opposition to the Vietnam war. 
Horseshit! 
When george w moron had his illusory 92% approval rating immediately following 911, we were proud to be in the 8%. We are patriots who will support our country without supporting the unelected fraud who'd been appointed to office before a national tragedy occurred.
My wife and I have NEVER been quiet about our beliefs. We never will be. And we will NEVER willingly or knowingly financially support political views that we find repellent.
That's my 2 cents and quite possibly overpriced at that!
PEACE! 
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We'll be moving to Winthrop this Summer though, so my trip will be right up 133 soon.
My family will be volunteering quite a bit this year for President Obama, Mariage Equality, and to get the majority back in the legislature and keep our teapublican governor from having a rubber stamp in his (please God) final 2 years in office.
Unfortunately, no matter which of the 6 teapublicans wins the nomination this Tuesday, he or she will be a bagger. Equally unfortunately, I don't think that the DSCC will give much help to our nominee. I think they're going to concede this race to angus king's enormous ego.
PEACE!
I'm shocked. 
...cheap and stupid. It almost sounds like an ad line, doesn't it? 
PEACE!
...I have a big mouth and I'm very good at using it! 
PEACE!
I share your & your wife's disgust.
...that's what most of his photos looked like! UGH! 
And HE represented us to the world for 8 years!
BTW, isn't the look om Putin's face absolutely PRICELESS?
PEACE!
But hey, I'm willing to give it a try.
I had a troll post to my thread and he was gone before I could respond? POOP! 
Thank you though, kestrel91316!
PEACE!
