Political encounters
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 9:35 am
What are some of the more unusual or particularly hostile encounters have you had with strangers about politics?
Yesterday, while I was working, an older Hispanic man came up to me out of the blue and told me to vote for Bush. I asked him why, and he told me that Kerry was a communist or socialist, and how if I lived in other parts of the world, I would see how evil it is, and how Europe is all socialist and bad. Then he called Kerry a big liar, and that the veterans would never vote for him. Then, I told them that I knew many older vets who will vote for him, and that I won't vote for Bush because I am unhappy with his performance in office. Then, he stared angrily at me for a minute and said that if I don't vote for Bush, don't vote at all! I tol;d him it was my constitutional right to vote for whomever I choose, and he stormed off!
Weird. But, that's the way it's getting around here. I live in a conservative/Republican rat hole. You have people saying all these things about Kerry that should apply to Bush...you have all these young pewople who are voting for Bush and they don't even know why. All they are worried about is Iraq. When I point out to them that Bin Laden is still on the loose, and the job situation is in shambles, they get a blank stare, and ramble on about how safe we are because we have Saddam. Geeez! What makes this more crazy is that we all know soldiers over there that are just sitting ducks.
Yesterday, while I was working, an older Hispanic man came up to me out of the blue and told me to vote for Bush. I asked him why, and he told me that Kerry was a communist or socialist, and how if I lived in other parts of the world, I would see how evil it is, and how Europe is all socialist and bad. Then he called Kerry a big liar, and that the veterans would never vote for him. Then, I told them that I knew many older vets who will vote for him, and that I won't vote for Bush because I am unhappy with his performance in office. Then, he stared angrily at me for a minute and said that if I don't vote for Bush, don't vote at all! I tol;d him it was my constitutional right to vote for whomever I choose, and he stormed off!
Weird. But, that's the way it's getting around here. I live in a conservative/Republican rat hole. You have people saying all these things about Kerry that should apply to Bush...you have all these young pewople who are voting for Bush and they don't even know why. All they are worried about is Iraq. When I point out to them that Bin Laden is still on the loose, and the job situation is in shambles, they get a blank stare, and ramble on about how safe we are because we have Saddam. Geeez! What makes this more crazy is that we all know soldiers over there that are just sitting ducks.