Of these last two a couple things were intersting. The first guy, and both were males, said he just didn't think either we qualified. Fair enough I said, but do you think Sarah Palin is qualified to be president? He hung up on me.
The second's first question: "are with acorn?" No I said. The conversation went downhill from there. In the end he hung up on me after proclaiming "you give them some wine and a dollar bill and they vote D all the way down the line."
Coincidentally, Jen just sent me a joke news article about illegal aliens (liberal democrates) sneeking into Canada. In it one of the punch lines was "They did have a nice little Napa Valley cabernet though". But I digress.
Truth be told, I had no idea that wine goes so well with democrats. It wasn't until later I realized by "them" he likely meant black folks. Yeah they are just drunken fools who sell their vote for a dollar. What was I thinking?
To all those who think voting is a waste of time or that it is ok to toss your vote by going libertarian or voting for Mickey Mouse - please take a moment and think. If you don't counter balance the idiots out there, who will. If you don't counter balance those you disagree with by voting, who will?
Sigh.
Michael, i am surprised that yu are surprised. racism is not dead in america, racists have simply learned to keep a low profile. lately they just find it hard to constrain themselves.
ReplyDeleteracism, prejudice and bigotry are all american staples. always were, and always will be. there was a period when it was considered not to be politically correct to express such view, but recently with the likes of the ultra-fanatical religious right and their beliefs of exclusion, and the likes of pols like palin, anything goes now, and the end justifies the means.
lets just hope their is such a landslide of votes that they could not possibly steal another election, otherwise, they will.
as crosby, stills and nash once sang - teach your children well, it is our only hope.