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xmas74

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50. I'm sorry to hear that about your husband.

Reply to southernyankeebelle (Reply #49)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 12:19 AM

Oct 2012

And it's not that big of a deal for me to go to church-I tend to be a bit on the contrary side IRL. Sometimes church brings it out in me a bit more. I also attend city council meetings, to get the dirt firsthand, and am a fixture at town halls whenever I'm able to attend. (I've called out politicians at town hall meetings in the past and am bound to do the same in the future.)

I've a good story about something that happened at a local parade on Saturday but won't tell it publicly on here. It's something that was said to a politician in the parade and has just enough details that someone might figure out exactly who I am.

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American Future Fund just polled me. [View all] Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 OP

I got polled by them this week also. PA Democrat Oct 2012 #1

So you also went through the poll? Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #4

Yeah, I answered all of their questions. PA Democrat Oct 2012 #12

Called me in SE PA about 4:00 PM today....... kooljerk666 Oct 2012 #26

Interesting that it hung up on you, but not me. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #32

I am always happy to tell the GOP............ kooljerk666 Oct 2012 #44

They probably won't call you to remind you to vote either Xipe Totec Oct 2012 #2

That's ok with me. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #5

Sure they will: "Don't forget to vote Wed., Nov. 7." pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #23

When they ask about my church going I will lie and tell them I go every week. I only southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #3

Damn it. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #6

Don't worry when they call next time you'll remember. southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #18

I responded that way--lied about the weekly church goin' corneliamcgillicutty Oct 2012 #9

Awe then they would have thought you were a liberal. If you had told them you went all the time. southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #20

Welcome to DU, cornelia! calimary Oct 2012 #33

I do go to church every week xmas74 Oct 2012 #24

Good for you. Right in the trenches. I just couldn't take it anymore. I hated the lectures the southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #42

I've been more than a bit upset with the general direction that xmas74 Oct 2012 #45

I give you a lot of credit. I don't have that kind of patience. When my hubby was in the southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #46

My brother was a chaplain's assistant for a bit. xmas74 Oct 2012 #47

Really good work for going. Am almost 65 yrs old. I'm tired of fighting the organized southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #49

I'm sorry to hear that about your husband. xmas74 Oct 2012 #50

Sounds juicey. (LOL). Are you retired now? southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #52

Nope. not retired. xmas74 Oct 2012 #54

God bless your heart. Raising a kid on your own can be difficult. But people do what they southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #55

Good luck on the check-up! xmas74 Oct 2012 #56

I know what you mean. And they want to raise the age for people to retire. People are to southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #57

They got me this afternoon also. badhair77 Oct 2012 #7

They certainly are busy little bees, aren't they? nt Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #11

I didn't know the name of the poll I got today. Frustratedlady Oct 2012 #8

I have had that happen in the past. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #10

If that's what they do, how can they publish their findings? The results are obviously skewed. FLyellowdog Oct 2012 #15

No, this is not how all polling companies do it. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #16

Yeah, I thought that, as well... Frustratedlady Oct 2012 #22

I knew at the start who American Future Fund was, Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #27

They polled me on Thursday. DURHAM D Oct 2012 #13

Agreed about the religion choices. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #14

The final option (#8) on the Religion question was Other. DURHAM D Oct 2012 #19

"Atheist and Never were not options." gkhouston Oct 2012 #17

413-648-8042 (Bernardston, MA) -..__... Oct 2012 #21

Next time, answer them. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #25

They just polled me pintobean Oct 2012 #28

Attend church EVERY day! Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #30

I haven't been to church in about a decade pintobean Oct 2012 #31

Oh gawd! LMAO. I told one of them I was a pug. lonestarnot Oct 2012 #43

I got AFF thus morning in NC unc70 Oct 2012 #29

I knew exactly who they were so I answered with that in mind. badhair77 Oct 2012 #34

I am baffled too. I had all the same answers Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #37

I got polled by them yesterday. ohheckyeah Oct 2012 #35

Yep, they are busy....makes me wonder. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #39

I don't know....in ohheckyeah Oct 2012 #41

They polled me tonight in Wisconsin Greybnk48 Oct 2012 #36

They sent me something in the mail today IVoteDFL Oct 2012 #38

Well, non partisan is a stretch. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #40

They called me too. I live in rural PA livetohike Oct 2012 #48

I just saw a truly enraging ad from them Union Scribe Oct 2012 #51

I checked them out on their website Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #53