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1StrongBlackMan

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82. Yep ...

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 09:00 PM

Sep 2012

He lost his GOVERNMENT job, working for the state, under bush AND bat$shit crazy, teaparty darling Governor jan brewer.

It was always funny getting all passive-aggressive with this guy ... Me, with a BA, MA and JD and 25+ years in professional employment, him with a high school diploma and an unskilled laborer (former) job; Me, with an equally academically and professionall accomplished wife, him with a equally unaccomplished wife, who quit her government clerical job to pursue a real estate career ... in 2006, just AFTER the housing market imploded; me living in a house I (and my wife) bought, him living in a house next door to his wife's parents that his wife's parents bought at 20% above market, so that their daughter's commission would be more.

Yeah ... the devil in me has great fun with him ... but I don't think he gets my digs.

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My straight-up red Republican coworker today said... [View all] DonRedwood Sep 2012 OP

YES! riverbendviewgal Sep 2012 #1

I'll be there! geckosfeet Sep 2012 #2

Love stories like this! Fantastic! Tennessee Gal Sep 2012 #3

Not my rw co-workers... liberallibral Sep 2012 #4

Tell them Rmoney doesn't pay burrowowl Sep 2012 #8

...Obama is a food-stamp president." WinstonSmith4740 Sep 2012 #25

Thank God For Obama and Food Stamps! Liberalman777 Sep 2012 #58

My remark to this rightwingers are Thank god you don't have to be in a position to get food stamps southernyankeebelle Sep 2012 #64

A couple of months after I first started cashiering AmyDeLune Sep 2012 #86

Yeah, stock market up 67% = "food stamps"? :eyes: Show them this chart: Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #60

I would ask them how long they could live on their own resources if they lost their jobs, paychecks smirkymonkey Sep 2012 #76

I bet they're part of the 47% too Shitty Mitty Sep 2012 #89

you gotta figure Skittles Sep 2012 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author littlemissmartypants Sep 2012 #27

How many of them care? How many of them agree with rMoney? R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2012 #52

I have not heard a lot of agreement with Rmoney Skittles Sep 2012 #71

Avarice. He is deeply sick. aletier_v Sep 2012 #6

I agree...like many wealthy people there is some deeply rooted messed up psychosis DonRedwood Sep 2012 #54

When you have $20 billion, but still get up every day to go out and earn another $100,000... arcane1 Sep 2012 #62

It is strange isn't it... kenfrequed Sep 2012 #67

. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #7

I think a bagger kin has just changed her mind. She's excited about being able to retire on SS soon freshwest Sep 2012 #9

Mitt's Boca Raton Cha Sep 2012 #22

wish i could rec this post ;0) DonRedwood Sep 2012 #30

Excellent story up there, uplifting. Hope the good vibes keep spreading. Those numbers he cited... freshwest Sep 2012 #36

i pictured romney starring in the movie Trading Places :0) DonRedwood Sep 2012 #37

That movie was classic. My favorite scene shows how Romney got rich: freshwest Sep 2012 #39

Heh... kenfrequed Sep 2012 #68

Teachers pay taxes. knitter4democracy Sep 2012 #73

I didn't mean to imply that teachers don't. I said some may not. I have friends without spouses who freshwest Sep 2012 #74

Taxes plus student loans...sigh....between those two things the govt. gets over half my check DonRedwood Sep 2012 #83

Oooh! Romney wants your vote, then! freshwest Sep 2012 #84

thanks for that marions ghost Sep 2012 #10

I had a similar experience with a mostly right-leaning coworker today... TroglodyteScholar Sep 2012 #11

awwwwwwwesome DonRedwood Sep 2012 #55

I wish they knew G. W. Bush was the same..he hid behind a texas good 'ole boy thingy... Tikki Sep 2012 #12

Especially since he was and is a Conneticut yankee. efhmc Sep 2012 #20

I have never understood how he became a good old boy DonRedwood Sep 2012 #51

That is exactly the point.... AnneD Sep 2012 #59

Bush was every bit as much a whore for the 1% (I call you my base), but eridani Sep 2012 #49

That video is just the tip of the iceberg. Imagine what you'd get if it was just Romney, the Koch brewens Sep 2012 #13

Just imagine his secret conversations with the Mormon church leaders! aletier_v Sep 2012 #29

Yep! bushisanidiot Sep 2012 #88

I'm sure many straight up red republican's deaniac21 Sep 2012 #14

We need to remember that these frustrated red voters jimlup Sep 2012 #15

yes. robinlynne Sep 2012 #16

Agreed. efhmc Sep 2012 #18

You Are Absolutely Correct... Check This Out !!! WillyT Sep 2012 #23

Yes, that's what everyone is concerned about. freshwest Sep 2012 #75

I don't think so justice1 Sep 2012 #38

I'm with you. Even most repubs think starving people should be fed DonRedwood Sep 2012 #50

I think the Lib candidate might get more votes than Thurston. sarcasmo Sep 2012 #17

And another Rmoney vote bites the dust!! WinstonSmith4740 Sep 2012 #19

This is a Par-tee! Cha Sep 2012 #21

I'll believe the shift after Nov 6th...until then...pedal to the metal. cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #24

yes, i'm thnking of all those downticket votes now....going bluer and bluer the harder we work :) DonRedwood Sep 2012 #56

I think alot of conservatives will not pull the lever for him. hrmjustin Sep 2012 #26

Yeah, a lot of them are punting on the presidential race davidn3600 Sep 2012 #35

if they bother to show up, that is.... DonRedwood Sep 2012 #40

Mine said: bhikkhu Sep 2012 #28

lol Well, at least you can take comfort in the fact that BOTH of you are projecting... Volaris Sep 2012 #43

Party on. Stryder Sep 2012 #31

Welcome to DU, Stryder! calimary Sep 2012 #41

welcome to DU! DonRedwood Sep 2012 #57

Give her time. The Right Wing will tell her to hate the 47% and she will do it. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #32

I know 2 people who were not going to vote Incitatus Sep 2012 #33

yay! I love hearing that! DonRedwood Sep 2012 #42

Ditto my Republican friend, this was the last straw cherish44 Sep 2012 #34

The punting part, sadly your friend might be right nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #45

No need to invoke grand conspiracy when gross incompetence combined with ambition is sufficient. nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #61

I REALLY LOVE IT every time I heard about a republican that is NOT going to vote for Romney. Tx4obama Sep 2012 #44

Get out the Senate and the House Aerows Sep 2012 #46

Class consciousness is a beautiful thing. n/t Monk06 Sep 2012 #47

My Republican coworkers B Calm Sep 2012 #48

The right wingers I know mainstreetonce Sep 2012 #53

That's the feeling I get too Populist_Prole Sep 2012 #65

I just hope some give up and stay home. Just 2 or 3% would be enough to make me happy. DonRedwood Sep 2012 #87

I have a neighbor ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #63

So, it would seem he lost his job under W's administration. smirkymonkey Sep 2012 #78

Yep ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #82

Congrats, but call me a skeptic . . . aggiesal Sep 2012 #66

What you should have replied: robbob Sep 2012 #69

'What's wrong with him'? Was this the first time she noticed anything wrong? n/t Beartracks Sep 2012 #70

They've got too much money to not come back with something that could cause her to shift. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2012 #72

Get her phone banking. n/t Ian David Sep 2012 #77

Cheers! Hubert Flottz Sep 2012 #79

hubby works with a lot of middle to upper middle class hispanics who tend Repuke NMDemDist2 Sep 2012 #80

Wish my encounter with my wingnut boss was as fulfilling. Curmudgeoness Sep 2012 #81

I had a similar experience tavernier Sep 2012 #85

Send her this link... L0oniX Sep 2012 #90