My "Close Encounter Of The Turd Kind" With A teabagger Yesterday.

[Sancho]

6. You reminded me of a similar account...

In the late 90's I was at a stop light when a very young man in uniform saw my bumper stickers and rolled down his window. He said, "Everyone in my platoon voted for Bush. He'll protect the country." I said, "He'll probably start a war and you'll change your mind then! I'm old enough to remember Vietnam, and you really don't know what you're talking about...but tell me what you think 10 years from now."

I've always wondered what happened to that guy.

My father went to college on the GI Bill after WWII, was a Major in the army, and was as conservative as you could get, but after Korea and Vietnam...he changed. He hated it when I burned my draft card, etc. but towards the end of his life he really started questioning the fake wars and growing military. He was seriously worried about the growth of the CIA and FBI.

Most of these tea baggers are the product of years of propaganda, social conditioning, and misinformation.

Thanks for doing the job you do too!