"I cannot believe that you walked into MY store with THAT t-shirt on!"

in_cog_ni_to

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Thu Aug-19-04 04:58 PM
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"I cannot believe that you walked into MY store with THAT t-shirt on!"

Edited on Thu Aug-19-04 05:20 PM by in_cog_ni_to

I went to Radio Shack today and THIS is my adventure! :hi:

"You know, I should just kick you out of here!" and THEN he *sort of* grins and said, "Nah, I'm just jokin'." "I" said "Oh, PLEASE G-D, tell me you are NOT voting for BUSH!" He then walks toward me and says, "No, I won't tell you I'm voting for Bush. Just let me say this. I did vote for Bush the first time." *Me*..."Oh dear G-d, what a mistake." He says..."Now, let me finish!"

He continues....."I voted for this "regime" (his word) because I'm a small government kinda guy. THIS administration has been anything but small government. I understand some of it had to happen because of 911, but not all of it." I said..."And not to mention the HUGE deficit he has created with his tax cuts and the war." *Him*..".Exactly and I'm not sure I will be voting for him again." *Me*...."PLEASE, don't vote for him."

Then we talk about why I am in HIS store in the first place. I had stopped in to talk to them about my new Sirius Satellite radio. I wanted a modulator and asked him....."You want to know why I bought this "Orbiter" Satellite from Radio Shack? The ONLY reason I bought it here was because Radio Shack advertises on Air America radio." Surprised, he says....."Oh, really? We advertise on that station? They have Sirius Right and Sirius Left, right? *me*..."They sure do AND Air America!" He asks, "Is that a "left" wing station?" I said, "Yes, Al Franken "left" (meaning as far left as Al) The guy said..."Al Franken left the station?" LOL! :) "No, no, no...the station is a far left, nothing but left wing talk and that's why I bought this radio so I could listen to it." My son pipes up..."Yeah, Air America has Al Franken, Mike Malloy and Rhandi Rhodes!." The guy had NO clue who Rhandi Rhodes or Mike Malloy were.

Then the guy says to my son, "I noticed that you laughed when I said I had voted for Bush. How old are you, 10? My son..."No, I'm 11." The guy asks, "Why did you laugh? What do you know about politics?" My son said...."I don't know. I know Bush lied about the WMD and we have lost 1.8 million jobs." The guy..."You know what? I am just amazed that you know that! Most kids your age couldn't care less about politics. Heck, most people MY age don't care about politics!" (I would guess Mr. Radio Shack to be 23-26?) I said, "Well he knows a LOT about politics. He's been to a Howard Dean rally and a Wes Clark fundraiser and we live and breath politics." My son then says..."And don't forget our trip to Tennessee to help the Wes Clark Campaign."....The guys jaw dropped. :7

Then, I said to the guy..."Please, don't vote for Bush. Do you have any idea what he's doing to our country? We will be living under a fascist regime." He said..."Yeah, but Kerry is just so *honest* " and rolled his damn eyes. I asked...."What has Kerry lied about?" Him....."His so called Vietnam service." I said..."He didn't lie about that. He WAS in Nam! What did he lie about?" He couldn't answer...of course. Then I said, "Please, let me tell you what I learned this morning." He, AGAIN, rolls his eyes and said..."No, no, no nevermind." I touched his arm and said, "Please, just let me tell you this and maybe you will change your opinion of Kerry and the Swiftboat Vets." "Ok, go ahead."

I told him "This morning I read the Washington Post, A RIGHT WING PAPER and DRUDGE a RIGHT WING web site, they both had an article about Thurlow, the ONE and ONLY swiftboat Vet who actually KNEW Kerry and was actually on his boat. He had signed an affidavit stating that Kerry's boat had not taken small arms fire and it was a FLAT OUT LIE. Drudge AND the WP both had copies of his military records and Thurlow had received a Bronze Star because HIS BOAT HAD BEEN ATTACKED BY SMALL ARMS FIRE. THAT boat was the same boat Kerry was on. The man has been lying just because he wants to destroy Kerry." The guy says..."Oh, really?" and was speechless.....didn't say a word. :eyes: I asked him 3 times to tell me what Kerry has lied about and all 3 times he blew me off and changed the subject. :grr:

THEN, he says..."What about our Senate race? Oh, I know who YOU will be voting for." And I said...."OBAMA!" You're voting for Obama, right?" He said, "Probably not." I CRINGED!*&^%$#@ and said...."You're not voting for Keyes are you?!" He said, "yeah, I am, why?" *&^%$#@!@#$%%^ "WHY?!!!! Because the man is a TOTAL LOONY, that's why." He said..."You really think that?" *&^%$#@! "Uh, YEAH! The man actually had the nerve to say that Obama isn't a "TRUE" African AMERICAN because his dad wasn't born in this country." The guy..."He really said that?" Me...@#$%^&* "Yes, he REALLY said that. The man is NUTS!"

He then says...."Well, I agree with Keyes about Hillary and NY. He said SHE went to the NYers and the people of Illinois went to HIM." I said, "Oh puhlease! Hillary is an AWESOME Senator and the people of NY LOVE her! If she would have run for President this time around we would have had our first female president." The guy...."You think so? I don't." Me..."Every time they take a poll with presidential candidates and throw Hillary into the mix, she wins." That shut him up. ;)

He also told me that when he lived in Virginia he worked on the Governor's campaign. I asked him if that's where he's from and he said he was from EVERYWHERE because he was from a MILITARY FAMILY. Aaaaaah. That explained a LOT to me. :eyes:

So, I check out and say to him, "Don't forget to vote! Vote early and vote often!" He just grinned and we left. Whew! Was THAT fun! :bounce:

We left Radio Shack and walked down to the theater to see a movie and the young man selling the tickets says, "I really like your t-shirt!" I said "THANKS, want a bumpersticker?" Him..."Do you really have one? I would love to have one!" I gave him a bumperstcker and he asked, "Do you work for the Kerry campaign or something?" I said, "Nope, just a HOPEFUL citizen!" He said..."That is awesome that someone would care enough to hand out bumperstickers for a campaign. Thank you so much!"

What a day! Wear your Kerry t-shirts wherever you go! and keep a supply of buttons and bumperstickers with you. I have run out of buttons and had to re-order. People ARE interested. :bounce:

Sorry this is so long. It's been a loooong day politickin'! :hi:

edited to break up the loooong paragraphs. :hi: