so, my sister asks: "do you want to buy dad TREASON for Xmas?"

[nostamj]

now, i can accept that my father is a republican.

but, he's educated and... HOW could he WANT trash like that?

he's in his late 70s. doesn't he understand what happened to his health care last week?

he has 7 grandchildren who will pay for *'s madness (and will be fodder for his endless wars if he holds the WH)

again the question comes up:

are republicans so short-sighted, so GREEDY, so ignorant about what they are doing to their children? grandchildren?

i told my sister NO. he wants to read that trash, he spends his own money. i'll send him a copy of Franken, just to be 'fair and balanced' or Corn, or Krugman or... you get the idea.

my sister said:

well, what about this o'reilly guy, he mentioned that too.

my head, exploded. :nuke:

on the positive side, my brother-in-law's brother, who I have NEVER heard mention anything political was railing against Bush, the medicare scandal, the phoney war, etc.... at the Thanksgiving dinner!

well, I DIDN'T start it. but........... i made a comment or two. he had NO idea of the level of my activism and... well, he's joining the online world next week and I promised to send him links.

one more DUer was revealed today!

nost

hope you had a great holiday!

[proud patriot]

1. WOW ,,, very cool about your brother in laws brother

:thumbsup:

Why not get your sister to agree to buy your
dad The Constitution , Common Sense , The Federalist
papers and the anti-Federalist papers .

There are also books on the debates while forming
the Union between the founding fathers that are
great .

[nostamj]

3. he'd NEVER read that stuff

my parents know my politics.

they were SO SMUG about their guy 'winning'

when another idiot repuke relative did her "I'm so glad that immoral man is out of office..." screed.

I NAILED her.

so, peace, prosperity and surpluses are a bad thing and PERPETUAL WAR is a good thing. kiss your grandchildren while you can!

pretty much ENDED that discussion!

[Ksec]

2. My Dad was a repub too.

Many a time I would debate with him over why, since he was also a steelworker. I couldnt get it. Now my Dad was born in a different time and I hate to say this but he was semi racist. He had no problem talking with Blacks and getting along fine with them but it was a deep down thing with him. I heard him talk stuff many times and I tried to educate him but it was fruitless. He died a few years ago. Anyway I believe that was the real reason he liked the Repubs.

[Turbineguy]

4. If your Dad is nearly 80 don't give him Ann Coulter!

Give him something nice. He probably deserves that at least!

maybe "Messages from My Father" by Calvin Trillin

[nostamj]

5. don't worry! I would never give that trash to anyone

maybe a short list of bush lies with the challenge:

you know the net (he does) disprove ONE of them. just ONE.

oh, but knowing the truth is, DUH, TREASON!!

[Touchdown]

6. You'd be amazed at how many people...

who wouldn't nornally read any fantasy absolutely love Lord of the Rings. Buy him a nice hardbound set.

as a bonus, he can get a little Tolkien's environmental philosophy without thinking he was being preached to.;-)

[JVS]

7. Give him some socks

[fujiyama]

8. I was just about to say

Get him a tie!

And if he wants Blow'Reilly or Mann Coulter, he should use his own $$$ to pay for such trash!

[Touchdown]

9. Ask your sister...

"If Dad was a drug addict, would you want me to get him a brick of cocaine?"

[Media_Lies_Daily]

10. My 82-year-old Dad sent me Franken's book, "Lies"...

...he voted GOP until 2000 when he voted for Gore.

Dad's pretty pissed. He knows a lot of other WWII vets that aren't very happy either. They see everything that they thought they were fighting against in WWII coming here.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. How about the George Soros book?

"Bubble of American Supremacy". It's pro-democracy, and anti-Bush, but it comes from a big (and very successful) capitalist, so it can't just be written off as 'leftist whining'. Avalable on Dec 19th, according to Amazon.