Need a snappy NOT snarky reply to my repubs "friends", having a birthday lunch today....

[a kennedy]

and I'd like to be positive, and not let them know that I'M really just still sick, any ideas?? Thank you.

[monmouth4]

1. Just concede they had a good night but in reality it will make little or no difference..Then dig in

and enjoy your soup....

[a kennedy]

2. Yah, that's the ticket......

most are blue gals, but the couple of reds are loud and will rub it in, but if I just say yup, a good night for you....and let it go, I'll be fine. Thanks.

[yeoman6987]

5. So mature of you

Hopefully it won't even be brought up. Enjoy your lunch!

[monmouth4]

10. Make sure you mention that it really won't make a difference, they'll get annoyed with that..LOL..

[Vinca]

3. The comedians of America thank you?

Sorry . . . I'm not over it enough to go total non snark.

[KingCharlemagne]

32. And the songwriters - nt

[PeaceNikki]

4. I work with a lot of Republicans.

If they start to gloat, I tell them that I would rather not talk about it with them because it impacts me and people that I love deeply and that it's not something I am able to joke about with them. They've learned and don't even try anymore, which is good. However, the dynamic at work could be different than that with friends.

Good luck and another

Your birthday?

[a kennedy]

8. You're the best.....no, not my birthday.

Thank you for the suggestion. I'll kill me, but our group of women are worth keep it civil.

[PeaceNikki]

12. If they really care about you, they will drop it.

I would just really stress to them that you do value their friendship and don't want to end up with hard feelings over it. I am sure there a thousand other things you can talk about with them... gracefully change the subject.

You'll do fine.

[DinahMoeHum]

6. Sorry, can't think of one. Tell 'em to go choke on it.

[whathehell]

7. Can you get out of it? I canceled an appointment with my repub doctor yesterday

since I, too, was sick about the election, and just couldn't stand being in the presence

of a repuke.

[WhiteTara]

15. you let a repuke touch you?

wow. That's big. I won't let them near me or give them my money. I can't think a repuke would even be a good doctor! Sorry if you love the guy, but I would never go back and I would let them know that at the desk.

[whathehell]

21. LOL..

Truth is, I AM seriously considering changing doctors. This person is female and she is "nice"

enough, but she is a repuke...I've tried making allowances because she's a small towner from upstate

New York and, you know, what can you expect and sicj, but then again, I'm starting to feel that

I should only support people with similar principles and values.

After all, why should I give her my democratic money when she claims the Affordable

Care Act has only ONE good provision, and then smiles patronizingly when I try talking to her,

claiming she "doesn't like to talk politics"...yeah, right.

This doctor claimed to have never even HEARD of the Citizen United Ruling

or the Koch Brothers, and when I wrote down the names of both and suggested

she google them, she agreed, but later admitted she never bothered to do even that.

You're right -- The more I'm writing here, the more determined I am to drop her

Let them PAY for wrecking the country with their smug, willful ignorance!

[WhiteTara]

23. Yes, we must recover from "nice girl syndrome"

both ours and expecting other women to be that. I'm living in the south now and I have learned all about nice. The true word is phony. Smile sweetly with a drawl and sink the knife between the shoulder blades. I read that women slavers were more cruel than men. So, no matter where they are, don't support them. We only have our meager dollars and that's how we need to vote since money is now speech.

I'm very particular who touches me and repukes make my skin crawl. I'm so sickened by their foul breath that I'm going to get my ELS certificate and sell everything I own and explore the world before it's gone. I hear health care is better in other parts of the world; I'll let you know.

[BeyondGeography]

9. Learn to love the Pottery Barn rule

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery_Barn_rule

[Laffy Kat]

16. Bwaaaahaaaaaaa.

Nearly sprayed my coffee on my computer screen!

[underpants]

11. They are in the same situation as ISIS, now we see if they can actually govern

Finally! We can cure Ebola and get to the bottom of that BENGHAZI thing

It's like a new Camelot. We just need to tap into the charisma and inspiration of Mitch McConnell

Good luck driving that wagon and controlling your tea bagging team of horses

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

13. You're looking forward to seeing Republicans try to actually govern?

And it ought to be a nice change of pace.

[rtracey]

14. Here is what I am doing

This is what I am doing to anyone who seems overly happy about the stomping we took Tuesday... Just look them in the eye and say..."ok, so lets take a look at where we are now.... unemployment at 5.9%, 60 months of job creation, 1/2 deficit gone, millions of people finally have health care". Then say to them..."Now lets write these figures down and let's see where we are, in Nov 2016".

I guarantee we will not be better off in 2 years.

[NJCher]

37. that is an excellent idea

How can we memorialize this?

We need monitoring and top-of-mind awareness on this. Graphs and charts as things go downhill would be helpful.


Cher

[Orsino]

17. "Politics is not a sporting event. Let's leave the trash-talking to the kids and jocks." n/t

[libtodeath]

18. Good luck to you,I am having a hard time functionng around people and doubt I would be nice.

[GusBob]

19. You're in Wisconsin

I would turn tables and say you cant wait for Scotty to run for president ( that will keep him for ruining the your state for awhile and the rest of the country will kick that beady eyed lil' shit to the curb)

Tell them you think that the next public sector employees to lose their jobs should be the snowplow drivers (have a nice winter :wave

Remind them that the greatest NFL team in the history of the NFL is publically owned.

[wyldwolf]

20. nicely say, "this is how midterms in a president's second term are supposed to go down... but..."

"... 2016 is a completely different ball game."

[Waiting For Everyman]

22. Tell them that watching a nation commit suicide

is too shocking to carry on as usual.

There's nothing positive about this, and pretending there is only lets the malicious nitwits who voted for it off the hook of their responsibility for it. I would remind them of that every day after this, and never let them forget that they are responsible for the damage this congress will do.

[Kalidurga]

24. Two words

Ballot initiatives.

[safeinOhio]

25. To get a sour look from them.

When they start ditching Obama, I act like I agree then tell them not to worry Hillary will fix everything.

note: I'm not that big of a Hillary fan, but they hate her more than Obama.

[a kennedy]

26. OMGosh, now this is promising......ha ha, they hated Bill and Hillary both.....

hmmmmmmmm, this is very promising indeed. Thanks. and p. s. I'm not a Hillary fan either.

[safeinOhio]

27. The best sour face I ever got.

I was talking to a right-wing-nut at work one day and telling him how I wished I could move to California.
He sneered and said he hated it because of people like Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer. I agreed and added Nixon and Reagan. He never, ever said anything political again to me.

[a kennedy]

28. ha ha, people are such rubes.....

at least I'm feeling a tad better. Thanks.

[safeinOhio]

29. BTW

I'd crawl through broken glass to vote for her rather than any repub.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

31. How about "Congratulations and I hope you guys don't fuck things up again like all the last times"?

The key is to sound sincere.

[KingCharlemagne]

33. Tell them you're happy Joni Ernst will now be making sure cows can't vote and people won't be forced

into tent cities.

If you can say it like you believe it and believe in Ernst, your reputation will be sealed for the ages.

[lynne]

34. How about "Happy Birthday"

There are some places where the discussion of politics isn't needed or desired. A birthday luncheon would be one of those places, IMO. I'd tell them as much should they attempt to bring politics into the conversation.

[oldandhappy]

35. 'I am glad you are happy.'

And you are. We all want our friends to be happy. Maybe not at our expense! But an easy one-off.

Or, 'I hope this will work out for all of us.' With a tack on that I am using for those who have kids or grand kids in their twenties -- 'What kind of health insurance does Betty have? Will she be OK if the ACA is cancelled?'

And sometimes I say, 'I need to talk about the weather.' Usually they quickly change the topic of conversation.

Anyway, have a nice time, have a nice lunch, and try to relax. We will survive!

[Dreamer Tatum]

36. If you have to put friends in quotes, why are you bothering?

Jesus. Just cut them loose. Myself, I don't let politics dictate interactions with friends, and if they're friends, they don't get scare quotes.

[Arugula Latte]

38. "I don't understand why anyone would give power to people who hate government and governing and want

it to fail, but that's just me."

Okay, not exactly positive ...