NASCAR dads who get it ...

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I was at a family get-together yesterday. My husband's ex and her current husband were there, and he launches in on a tirade about Kerry, throwing his medals, etc. He even said he had no problem with Bush joining the National Guard because "thousands of other guys did the same thing."

My husband opens his mouth to bring up Bush's Guard "record" -- and my stepdaughter's father-in-law, Joe, chimes in, too, with the same information. Joe and the brother-in-law, Dave, join in with me and hubby to just crucify this guy for his views. They also go into a tirade against the stolen 2000 election, Iraq, the economy, Clinton-bashing ("We had eight years of bliss when Clinton was in office," Joe says.) and Bush lies.

Joe and Dave are as red-neck as they come. NASCAR is like a religion to them. They drive pick-ups, vehemently oppose gay marriage. Neither of their wives has ever worked outside the home and they like it that way. Yet they GET it, and they are two people I never thought would.

"Bush is killing this country," Joe mused at the end of the day. "We've got to get him out of there. I'm near the end of my life, but I've got four grandchildren. What kind of life can they look forward to?"

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. More Nascar dads get it than people give them credit for

my husband and I watch Nascar, we are not part of the demographic, by the way, aparently so does John Kerry....

This is quite the false group, imo

[fudge stripe cookays]

3. Well if Kerry DOES watch it...

then he needs to be out at those tracks, talking to those people. People have got to get over the impression that he's a fancy pants intellectual.

What better way is there?
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[shrike]

5. Yes, I am ashamed of myself

I always figured these two guys for dolts, given what they do with their free time. And there they were, spouting opinions that mirrored my own. I almost fell off my chair.

[el_gato]

2. so how did the bushlover respond?

[shrike]

4. with silence

I gave him some information about Kerry's record, and he said, rather snottily, "I've never heard that before." I said, "Why, because Rush didn't tell you?" He shut up right then and sat there like a bump on a log, while the anti-Bush tirades continued.

[el_gato]

6. Sweet

I love it!