Reply #62: How to talk to your Republican family & friends [View All]

[MarkusQ]

It's like shooting fish in a barrel.

Bush is no Christian he's just using them. Point that out. Talk to the right-to-lifers about all the thousands of kids killed in Iraq--the same sort of kids we see starving in the TV ads, but now we don't need to feed 'em 'cause our "smart bombs" blew them up. Thou Shalt Not Kill? And what about our own children, sent into a war based on a lie, under trained and under armored. I'm sure Christ would be behind that.

If you have to convince a fiscal conservative, I guess the thing to do is buy them a subscription to a newspaper, or teach them to read. I doubt you'll need to do either though.

The "Yuck, yuck, as long as we win" crowd is harder, and took me the longest to crack. My best line? After getting them to admit the trickery & agree that the ends justify the means, I sigh and say "Well, congratulations I guess. I suppose you've got some way to keep the convicted felons who're stealing elections for you from stealing 'em for people who out bid you next time. At least, I hope for your sake you do." And walk away.

--MarkusQ