Boss says in company meeting today

[rniel]

Democrats won with a strategy of getting more urban folks to vote. And most of these urban folks are welfare recipients looking for more government handouts so they elected their president to give them that. And not it's just going to be us old white rural folks supporting the republicans from now on and we won't be around for much longer.

What's really wierd is this guy seems fairly intelligent but has such a skewed view on politics. I did notice he has 2 ann coulter books up on his bookshelf in his office. I need to find a new job. Now.

I got noone to vent to about this so thought I'd vent to DU.

[colonel odis]

1. oh, ok. so my big, dumb, redneck hillbilly ass from tennessee didn't vote for obama?

funny, i could have sworn that's the button i pushed during early voting.

handouts? i'm not a banker, so i'm not expecting some big government handout.

[iamthebandfanman]

2. anybody who likes coulter enough to buy her books

is hopelessly lost.

[iamthebandfanman]

3. dupe

[rucky]

4. I have just the thing for this occasion...

[Overseas]

19. Love this facts of life in the USA chart !! //nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. Nice list

[Hamlette]

32. Look at Alaska up near the top. Remember Alaska's get $3200 this year from the state government

thy don't pay sales tax or state income tax in Alaska. They tax oil for revenue then the feds give them MORE welfare.

YOUR tax dollars at work paying welfare to Alaskans.

[WhollyHeretic]

33. And now all but one of those states that gives more than it gets is a blue state

[Hamlette]

36. how right you are! Someone needs to do a graphic showing the 2008 results n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. Go to Human Resources.

His comments were racist. File a complaint.

[ratherunique]

6. my boss is going around the same thing

my office is like 50/50 dems and repugnants. all the mccain supporters are acting like hitler just got elected. I'm really getting tired of hearing all the bitching. my work environment is inreasingly getting uncomfortable, i'll be damned if my job stability is effected by this bs.

[grantcart]

7. send an anonymous note --"so you don't want any Obama supporters as customers?"

"Because if it ever gets out how you slander them with lies about being lazy and welfare I know that none would ever want to buy anything from you again"


I guarantee that you will never hear another word like that again.

[Akoto]

8. " ... he has 2 Ann Coulter books ... "

Yeah, I'd say it's time to seek greener pastures. :crazy:

[ratherunique]

10. my old boss hand ann coulter wind up doll

[greendog]

9. Your boss needs to see this map.

[mtnester]

11. Overheard at my optometrist in the glasses selection area:

"My neighbor came over and said now I don't have to worry about losing my house, since we will all live in a welfare state now that Obama will be president...yuck yuck yuck, har har har"

This said by a woman to an employee helping her, she yucked it up big time. Meanwhile, myself and a twenty something African American female employee who was assisting me with my choice of frames were standing 3 feet away. We stared at her with open mouths, she remained oblivious to her obvious bigotry.

Sad sad sad...and that is not the WORST thing I have heard in the last 48 hours.

[Bill McBlueState]

29. I'd respond,

"Actually, yeah, it would be nice if I didn't have to worry about losing my house."

[rniel]

12. what I wanted to say

Me, my father, my grandfather, and my wife and all of her family none of them have been rich, all of them have worked very hard all their lives and they all voted for obama. Not one of them ever asked for a handout and not one of them are lazy. These republicans want to say "class warfare" over and over are the one who started the war in the first place.

Of course I didn't say anything just say their silently.

[rniel]

18. and

And somehow he threw this tirade into a speech about how our company couldn't find any new work and times were hard.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

13. I worked with misguided Republicans that I got along with great

until it came to politics. One of them and I had very thoughtful and respectful talks with each other, which ,as you know, is almost impossible.

We agreed to start a little book club where we would each read one book of the other's choice and we agreed to stay away from the inflammatory stuff and try to stick to fact-based books as much as possible. Sounds great, but we never actually did it.

My first choice for him was going to be Palast's The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and I forget what his first choice was - some Republican Business book, but I can't remember which one.

[Abacus]

14. What?! My dad told me that he retired...

[Cha]

15. You can vent to us anytime! Your boss's view is

whacked..and fuck ann the hatemongering divisive coulter.

Feel better?:)

[progressivebydesign]

16. Frankly, this is what I felt McCain's speech was leading to...

.. he gave his followers the notion that this victory happened for Obama only because of the black voters. It was crystal clear what he meant, and of course, the right wing is already running with it.

[DBoon]

17. most urban folks are welfare recipients?

This guy doesn't get out much, does he?

[rniel]

20. exactly

..

[DBoon]

31. My wife worked in a small town in Illinois once

Those people:

- Had never visited Chicago in their entire lives (maybe a 2 hour drive away)
- Were absolutely terrified of the place
- Were proud that they had never been there


Same thing?

[GreenPartyVoter]

21. Job market is pretty bad right now. Hope you can find something.

[rniel]

25. re

I've been wanting to get out of here all year. I've interviewed about 10 times but haven't gotten a big break yet in something where I could make at least the same amount I am now.

[GreenPartyVoter]

26. :^( Hang in there. Just keep using DU as your pressure release valve and

maybe you'll be ok. :hug:

[eshfemme]

23. Wow... that sounds like such a non sequitor in a meeting

How the hell did that come up in the convo at a business meeting?

And yeah... if your bosses have that sort of thinking... you might be better off trying to find a new job. But I think right now, jobs are looking to be scarce... :(

[OnionPatch]

24. I'm rural, too.

So are 90% of my family and we all voted for Obama. All of us are working and perfectly self-sufficient. We also happen to believe that a society has a moral responsibility to care for their needy. It's hard to believe so many people are truly so selfish to think otherwise. I have to assume that they're just buying into the propaganda from Rush and his ilk.

[billyoc]

27. Every McCain state except Texas is a welfare state.

They live off the money they get from the blue states.

[Ozma]

28. What kind of business is this....let me guess

Oil import industry

OR... Venture Capital Banking

OR Health Insurance Sales

OR Stock Brokerage



Any boss who brings Ann Coulter books to work and puts them conspicuously in his office is sexually frustrated, ignorant, sexist, racist, and a general ASSHOLE. Get out while the getting is good. Personally I couldn't stand working for that kind of person.

[Bill McBlueState]

30. I wonder which welfare program he thinks we're all on. n/t

[Alter Ego]

34. Obama's the President-elect.

Who gives a shit what RW nutcase family members and coworkers think?

[GreenInNC]

35. right there with you

Only Dem in my office. I decided out in Denver at the convention to look for a new job where I could make a difference. I find out today if I got a job with the Sierra Club running the Cool Cities program in my area.

[Hamlette]

37. Say: I thought you told us it is unpatriotic to not support the president

you might not like the man but you have to show respect for the office

then say I hope you don't let Ann Coulter make up your mind for you on other issues in your life

Tell him you hope he judges Obama on his actions not what Rush says about him.

Tell him welfare takes less than 2% of the federal budget (much less of any state's budget) that you only get welfare if you have kids and there is an absolute 5 year limit (most states have less than 5 years) to getting welfare. That won't change btw.

Oh, but find a job first. And tell the head of the company why you are leaving when you do and write a letter to the editor of the paper and tell them why you left. Not that you're a dem but that you were harassed for you politics by a red neck know nothing.

[yeswecanandwedid]

38. If he has two Ann Coulter books, he is not a very smart man, sorry. She is an idiot. nt

[yeswecanandwedid]

39. What's your boss' email address and what's your company website? Anonymous emails rock.

[apnu]

40. Damn, good luck on the job junt. (nt)