Fun Edwards Interchange With My Right Wing Father

[greekspeak]

I talked to my dad last night on the phone, and he commented that Edwards'smile was really fake and that Edwards was really fake and that they looked like the couple from the Enzyte commercial. Forget saying anything about that which Edwards spoke about. Thus, in my father's mind, he is clearly not able to be vice-president because he looks like some goofy guy from TV. I assume this snappy one-liner came from Rush/Savage/Hannity/etc ad nauseum, because they could not argue with his talking points. My comeback was that I would rather have the guy from the Enzyte commercial for VP than the monkey faced boy blunder as president, and the used up grumpy old man who swears at respected senators for vice-presidnet and uses the monkey faced one as a sock puppet. Shut him up pretty effectively.

[Canuckistanian]

1. Doesn't sound like fun

Man, if I had a family member who was that misinformed and prejudicial, I would be distressed.

[coloradodem2005]

2. I have a grandma who hates all Democrats.

Ted Kennedy was on the T.V. and she walked by it and said "Jackass". When Scarborough took something Dean said out of context, she started calling Dean a dumb son of a bitch.

[cheezus]

4. Your mission. Keep her from voting

I dunno. Go early in the morning and vote, then go visit your grandmother. Bake cookies. Play cards, Look at old pictures, fill all the time until the polls close.

[greekspeak]

3. He is way gone

He has been listening to Rush as long as Rush has been available. He all but has his radio tuning knob soldered on the RW puke station. He simply cannot get enough of the bloated, lying trash that pollutes that station. I have about as much chance getting to him as he does me. Anymore, we usually just agree to disagree and get on to more pleasant topics.

[callous taoboy]

5. My right-wing folks and I had a knock-down drag out

a few nights back. We haven't attempted to talk about politics since the selection, but since my step-mother (only evil when she drinks red wine which she was on this evening), had been watching the convention I cautiously stepped into the water and the sharks attacked! It was amazing how THEY let it get ugly so fast. I kept trying to get them to explain why they can't discuss politics without getting nasty (I was keeping my voice low and under control and had been polite). I thought my dad was going to smack me, so I got the hell outa there. Bizzaro, bizzaro, my friends. It really shook me up, and later after I had relaxed I just had to realize that my parents' politics are pathetic, my dad's behavior boorish.

[lectrobyte]

6. cognitive dissonance

I have roughly the same experience with my folks, I'm trying to find a way to reasonably discuss stuff like this with them. No good ideas yet though.

[greekspeak]

7. There should be specialized psychologists who treat clients with

politically hate-filled parents. That one's parent would consider smacking someone over a political discussion is just morbid. Sounds like dear old dad needs some anti-depressants.

[callous taoboy]

8. Ironic as it is-

my dad is a retired shrink. He has anger-management issues. Plus, his wife is batty and getting battier.