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In reply to the discussion: Gingrich Suggests Illegally Firing Federal Employees Over Liberal Views [View all]eyewall
(674 posts)He said to me "You can't work here with long hair. You'll have to cut your hair."
I said "why is that?"
He said "We're a conservative company."
I said "how do you mean, politically conservative?".
He said "yes".
I said "you mean "Republican?".
He said "yes".
I said "I'm going to go talk to Steve (the President of the company)."
I told Steve he needed to watch this guy cause he would surely put his company out of business. I told him I wouldn't pursue the matter but I hoped he was aware of how stupid his VP was. I grudgingly accepted the job with the stipulation that I wasn't working under the VP. (The stupid conservative VP did in fact put the company out of business less than a year later.)
What Newt said he wanted to do is sooo illegal. Do the republicans have any idea what the laws of this country are? Do they care? I know, stupid questions. I'm swimming in cognitive dissonance and it's just getting deeper every day.