What is going on?
Here in the Metro DC area, I keep my political views to myself in the real world. Not that I’m afraid of the stick-armed, puny, intellectual midgets that live here, it’s just that I usually need to get from point A to point B without delaying every ten feet to explain why I think everyone on the way are morons.
Every person in DC has the political depth of the Daily Show and the calm demeanor of a typical Daily Kos diarist. As I’m fond of pointing out, DC voted 90% for John Kerry in the 2004 election (they picked Howard Dean in their straw primary, and Al Sharpton came in second). So why should I waste my day trying to penetrate that level of ignorance?
TSO wrote the other day at The Sniper that he’s tired of fending off the Obama-ites in DC’s subway system in Virginia (a state Obama hasn’t quite locked up yet). I guess I’m lucky…Obama figures he’s got Maryland in the bag.
But to my larger point. Every numbskull in the area has taken it upon themselves to just start a conversation with me to declare how stupid John McCain was to pick Sarah Palin as his VP. People I’ve never spoken a word to, just walk up to me in elevators, on the sidewalk, on the subway, at my desk, on my balcony and start right out with “Do you believe this Sarah Palin person?” The conversation varies with whatever rumor is popular that day, whatever Obama tells them is important through their party organ at the Washington Post.
When I actually take the time to point out how they’re wrong and present actual facts, they just move on to yesterday’s rumor, then the day before that. When I get tired of listening to it and turn to walk away, they declare themselves the winner (I didn’t even know it was a competition). Each encounter is the same as if they’re all scripted. My building maintence guy in my apartment building started in on me the other day.
They don’t think much of Alaskans either, as if they’re savages from some outlying territory. They’re also fond of demeaning Palin’s term as governor of such a backward territory as somewhat less worthy than being a community organizer. When I remind them that Palin isn’t running against Obama, they bring out the fact that McCain is a cancer survivor and near death at any given moment.
I’m charged with being a partisan Republican just defending my “people”. Well, if Sarah Palin and John McCain supported each and every one of their issues exactly the way they themselves would, these clowns would say the same things about Palin and McCain just because they’re Republicans. So who’s really being partisan here?
It’s a nuisance akin to Hari Krishnas in the airport. I’ve tried to find a movement on the internet that would explain this odd behavior, but I can’t find one. I guess it’s just indicative of the fact that Democrats suck.
But I guess it could be worse (h/t The Jawa Report);
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Liberals suck, Pointless blather, Politics
People just walk up to you — even on your balcony, Jonn? Wow. You must have that flashing sign over your head that says, HEY, TALK TO ME!!
You know, it’s like the one on my car that says PARK NEXT TO ME, PARK NEXT TO ME!!!
Well, at least the DNC kids have now gone back to school and the sidewalks are more open for, hey!, actual pedestrians. There were some of the ACORN lot out to register voters at the Wheaton metro one day, thankfully, haven’t seen them since.
Hope the Obamabots don’t start up anytime soon in MD, but I’m sure they’ll be out as the election gets closer, making sure we’re all in the ‘faith’ good and proper. PHTTPT!!
Jonn, I recommend that you buy and wear a McCain/Palin ’08 shirt every day.
I got one in Colorado Springs 9/6 for $5.00 after the Rally.
While wearing the McCain/Palin ’08 shirt and walking in DIA airport the next week, I got a lot of thumbs up from a whole lot of “Good Lookin” Republican Women who agreed. The best reaction was from a female democrat was a gagging finger down the throat. Wish I could cause more democrats to gag themselves.
Best $5.00 I’ve ever spent, now I want to wear it everywhere all the time.
At a Hooters, I didn’t get any notice at all but, I can understand and relate to that — distractions were everywhere!!!
My usual response is to inform the asshats “No you don’t want my vote. Really. I’m a Viet Nam Vet and forty years ago you labeled me as a baby killer.” If it persists, i tell them that I am pledged to bite off my own hand before letting it cast a vote for any democrat anywhere any time. I also have been known to tell them that I expect them to send their secret police for me in January. Then I start using “sergeantly” participles and adverbs. Oh Dear God, I hope they riot on 11/5, so there will be a justification to cull the herd.
When they tell me they want me to vote for Obama I simply laugh for a good 20 to 30 seconds, and then breathlessly say “No really… what do you want?”