OK, DUers, you be the judge:

[PCIntern]

Today, a semi-elderly very active Teabagger came to see me for a routine appointment. I am very courteous to this man because he has always been very courteous to me, and I don't 'punish' people for their political outlook, no matter how extreme it may be. He is ex-military of reasonably high rank and he said to me,

"I am going to spend my remaining time on this Earth to eliminate this Government as it stands today."

That's a direct quote...

Now...what does this mean? What could this mean? Enquiring minds want to know.

[lunatica]

1. He's going to write a lot of misspelled signs and grumble

[PCIntern]

5. ! DUzy...! n/t

[Angry Dragon]

2. Military coup

[NoPasaran]

3. When are those death panels opening for business again?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

4. "I don't like black people in positions of power"

[donco6]

6. In reality it means he's off his nut.

He'll be spending a lot of time in an RV, traveling to Teabagger rallies. So what.

[PCIntern]

10. Fair question...

I have a few folk who come in here spewing the usual venom...this sounds as though he's thinking about things...and he's no dope...used to be a Base Commander...weird certitude emanating from this guy.

[JuniperLea]

18. My dad used to be just like that...

And he made those "thinking things through" noises a couple of years ago. We had a huge argument about Fahrenheit 911... he even had the list of "52 errors" and was quite smug. I calmly walked him through the list, and gave him the tools to debunk... he was quiet for a while.

Then came this past presidential primary... he sat there grinning like the cat that just swallowed the canary. His girlfriend had a sort of dreamy smile on her face... she said, your dad just surprised and delighted the hell out of me. Seems they went to the polling place, and instead of going to the Republican list, he started out in that direction, then swerved back to stand in line behind his girlfriend. He had already changed... he had secretly registered as a Democrat after over 50 years of voting Republican, and cast his vote for Obama.

That story still brings tears to my eyes:)

The point is, never give up. Lead by example (which sounds exactly like what you're doing) and don't be surprised...

The cherry on top: He's a HUGE fan of Rachel Maddow! :rofl: I love it!

[JuniperLea]

7. He'll be a faithful lemming to his dying breath...

He'll do whatever Lady Blah Blah and her ilk tell him to do... because they're white... erm... I mean... they're right!

[Crystal Clarity]

13. LOL!

No, you're right! :-)

On edit: I mean left....but right too. :-)

[DesertFlower]

8. i have no idea. there's so many

whackos out there.
:crazy:

[edbermac]

9. My reply:

"And I am going to spend my remaining time on this Earth to keeping this Government as it stands today."

[PCIntern]

12. Yeah....I wish, but...

generally I don't get involved with extremists...nothing to be gained and lots to be lost here. Plus which, it's their dime...if they want to vomit this stuff forth, it won't work on me, so "be my guest".

[madmax]

17. But, love

you are in a position to 'drill baby drill'. ;) Drill deep, very very deep. :evilgrin:

[Blue-Jay]

11. "Good luck with that, ya old fart."

[KonaKane]

14. Ask him if he's going to start by giving up his social security check.

That usually shuts their vile mouths in short order.

[JBoy]

15. Maybe "government" is a euphemism for poop, and he's just constipated.

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[ismnotwasm]

19. It means he hangs out with like minded folk

Who talk patriotism and practice sedition. And he's a military indoctrinated ditto-headed dumbass. Oh, and he Probably begrudges every cent of his tax dollars unless it's going to to be spent killing brown people somewhere

[DesertFlower]

20. my husband worked with a guy

for 10 years -- had lunch with him almost every day back in the late 70s - early 80s. years later he tried to bomb the new york city subway.

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/l/edward_j_leary/index.html

when i saw it on the news hubby and i were both shocked. i met the guy a few times. he was really nice, and a really smart computer guy.

you just never know.

[Bluenorthwest]

21. We look to the literature:

Pinky: Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight?
Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky - try to take over the world!

[blogslut]

22. Try to schedule an appointment for him on voting day

...see how he reacts. :)

[Dr Morbius]

23. I propose neither keeping the government we have today nor eliminating it.

Let's modify it to suit our needs. Duh. Government as it stands doesn't work that well. Eliminating it would be worse. There is no easy way out: we need to do the hard work of fixing our government. And it's a process; we will never be done.

[petronius]

24. It means he's going to work himself into a tizzy of impotent rage, spend hours

fulminating at his wife, family, and anyone in earshot, and his remaining days are going to be a lot shorter and less pleasant than they otherwise might be...