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ceilirose · 03-19-2004, 05:41 AM

That's pretty brave of Zapatero to do that in such a Catholic country. It will be interesting to see how that works out..here's hoping for the best.

In keeping with idork's idea of having a good laugh (great cartoon BTW) the following is courtesy of dailykos - the link is
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/3/19/51615/1790

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Howto: Talking to the GOP
by badger
Fri Mar 19th, 2004 at 05:16:15 GMT

At our local Dem Party meeting tonight, the PCO (Precinct Committee Officer) related a story about talking to the GOP. Keep in mind this is an extremely Republican area, and thanks to our PCO, we're just beginning to build a Dem Party organization here.
He went to a local Home Show this past weekend. The GOP had a booth set up manned by volunteers, and he wandered over to see what they were up to. The following exchange took place:

Diaries :: badger's diary ::

GOP: Are you a registered voter?
PCO: Yes.

GOP: Do you vote?

PCO: I've voted in every election since I was old enough.

GOP: May I ask your party affiliation?

PCO. Sure. I learned about politics a long time ago - about the same time I learned to drive. That's when I learned that 'R' makes you go backwards and 'D' makes you go forwards.

GOP: <Stunned silence>

That's my contribution so far to the political process: he got the line from my wife who got it from me, and I got it from someone here or possibly at Eschaton (I believe the original setup was "Voting is like driving:")

I wish I had kept the name of the person I got the line from. Thanks - whoever you are.

My wife added tonight: N is for Nader - no matter how hard you try you're going nowhere.

Originally posted by StellaSlight:

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You know what I love about Bush-supporters in general? how they always use the word 'hate' like it was vital to them.

LOL..the new word now is "appeasement"..pretty soon all of us here are going to have to wear a big red "A" just like in The Scarlett Letter.

[ 03-19-2004: Message edited ceilirose ]