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MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 05:45 AM Jun 2014

My "Close Encounter Of The Turd Kind" With A teabagger Yesterday. [View all]

Hi. My job is working in Community Support with adults with mental illnesses. I take them out into the community so they can do the things they want to do, enjoy doing or need to do. It Does NOT pay much, but, at the same time, it's also not a very difficult job to do and I like it.

My car's back is loaded with bumper stickers touting my beliefs. I have Obama stickers from 2008 ND 2012, Ready for Hillary, ACLU, pro ACA, Michaud for Governor, Shenna Bellows for Senate ( ), and, last but not least, an old sticker that says "When Bush Took Office Gas was $1.46".

Yesterday, I was driving my client back to the office so he could fix his lunch and a van pulled next to me and the guy started shouting something to me that I couldn't hear. At the light I pulled next to him and asked what he said and he asked how I felt when gas was $3.75 under Obama. I told him that I felt a hell of a lot better then than when it was $4.29 under George W Shithead. He said that at least Shithead kept us safe and I said that about 3000 American families didn't feel safe while Bush read "My Pet Goat" as their loved ones burned to death. He said that Obama was a Kenyan socialist and I told him to take it back to his teabagger rally and that there should be one starting in about 14 seconds and put my window up. I can only deal with just so much idiocy in one dose. I'm surprised that I didn't hear that we had to "fight'em over there before we had to fight'em over here"!

I know that the teabaggers are still out there and, newsflash, they are NEVER going away! That doesn't mean that I have to let their drivel go unanswered OR that I have to respect them in the least. Our local Democratic Chairlady points out that the teabaggers' beliefs are sincere. I always counter that by saying that the beliefs of the Salem witch hunters were sincere also...and THEY were BS, too!

That's my 2 cents...and quite possibly overpriced at that!

PEACE!

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You done good madokie Jun 2014 #1
Thanks, madokie! MarianJack Jun 2014 #2
Good on You brucefan Jun 2014 #4
I wrote a letter to the local paper a few years ago madokie Jun 2014 #7
Yes, for many years I wrote letters to the editor but now it is too dangerous. Now I write my jwirr Jun 2014 #27
(It could also be referred to as Darth's 'reign of error'....FWIW lastlib Jun 2014 #59
That it could madokie Jun 2014 #62
And as you know... elzenmahn Jun 2014 #52
Snark questions: Was the t-bagger older and was his van a POS? CurtEastPoint Jun 2014 #3
Every car with a Paul or Don't Tread on Me sticker on it is an old rust bucket doc03 Jun 2014 #20
The guy's van WAS a POS, but... MarianJack Jun 2014 #45
M.J. Scarsdale Jun 2014 #5
Wasn't trying to convince,... MarianJack Jun 2014 #46
You reminded me of a similar account... Sancho Jun 2014 #6
The job is my pleasure, but... MarianJack Jun 2014 #47
how funny MarianJack.. although it probably didn't feel like it at the time.. it makes Cha Jun 2014 #8
Sincere Morons! MarianJack Jun 2014 #48
I'm sure it felt good to vent, but . . . Vinca Jun 2014 #9
Thanx! MarianJack Jun 2014 #49
Nice Job - and you made me laugh, too n/t Mira Jun 2014 #10
Glad I could help! MarianJack Jun 2014 #50
Also, the beliefs of the Nazis were sincere also and if there are a few centenarian Nazis left raccoon Jun 2014 #11
Thanx! MarianJack Jun 2014 #53
lol Love it. ctsnowman Jun 2014 #12
Very true! MarianJack Jun 2014 #54
this is a minor point, but one that bugs me DrDan Jun 2014 #13
Yes, the innocent non-American lives were great losses, too! MarianJack Jun 2014 #55
First, kudos to you for keeping your cool. beerandjesus Jun 2014 #14
Teabaggers OLDMDDEM Jun 2014 #15
You did the right thing shenmue Jun 2014 #16
GREAT JOB Mr Dixon Jun 2014 #17
You probaly broke that off at a good time. lpbk2713 Jun 2014 #18
Be careful when confronting. They may be an open carry. Frustratedlady Jun 2014 #19
and you are right too rustbeltvoice Jun 2014 #23
Salute to you, rustbeltvoice Jun 2014 #21
Thanks, MarianJack. You made my morning. mountain grammy Jun 2014 #22
I had to work with one. 47of74 Jun 2014 #24
Wrong venue I believe. While I too have engaged in bumper sticker repartee at stoplights, I try to FailureToCommunicate Jun 2014 #25
I keep stickers off my truck but quietly carry a billy club and an iron pipe under my seat. gordianot Jun 2014 #26
Be careful, I was run off the road by an irate republican. HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #28
You are GOOD at intelligent comebacks!!!!!!! I'd like to memorize some of yours BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2014 #29
I see Romney/Ryan bumper stickers narnian60 Jun 2014 #30
"When Bush Took Office Gas was $1.46" Roland99 Jun 2014 #31
What I want to do... Springslips Jun 2014 #32
Good for you! druidqueen Jun 2014 #33
Go team ! toby jo Jun 2014 #34
What gets me is when they say, "We'll just have to agree to disagree.".... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #35
I love it when they call him a Socialist......... dirtydickcheney Jun 2014 #36
My response to one calling Obama a socialist was "yeah? then.... lastlib Jun 2014 #60
Way to go, MarianJack! And thank you for your service to the community. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #37
I hope you didn't scare your client off. Warpy Jun 2014 #38
Well done... Aristus Jun 2014 #39
So that's how LePew got in. KamaAina Jun 2014 #40
You can't argue with stupid smallcat88 Jun 2014 #41
We can't be silent anymore, WHEN CRABS ROAR Jun 2014 #42
good for you barbtries Jun 2014 #43
Nice job! smirkymonkey Jun 2014 #44
Thank you for your service to Truth nikto Jun 2014 #51
LOL! Alex P Notkeaton Jun 2014 #56
I drove around Idaho for about four years with "Somewhere in Texas, a Village Is Missing It's Idiot" brewens Jun 2014 #57
good for you!! and far more polite than I have been on occasion in this oh-so-red county niyad Jun 2014 #58
Your last paragraph is 1000 bars of gold-pressed latinum, MarianJack! calimary Jun 2014 #61
Good one! treestar Jun 2014 #63
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