I figured out how to get through to my republican mom!

[unschooler]

My ranting about the environment, the war in Iraq and endangered reproductive rights (she is pro-choice) for the past several years has produced approximately the same effect as C-SPAN has on my dog. Yesterday, though, I discovered the secret to helping her (and maybe your mom, too) see the truth about the neocons:

I told them Cheney and Bush have both been caught when they didn't know the microphone was on them doing the evangelically unthinkable: CUSSING.

Any good Christian knows that their brethren might bomb, invade and occupy, but, under no circumstances, would a genuine evangelical Christian vice president tell a Congressman to "f-off" as Cheney did or let the "s" word roll off his tongue so easily that one might think he used it on a regular basis, as Bush did at the G-8.

To get back to my mom, after uh-huh-ing, glassy-eyed through my screed on warrantless wiretaps, she suddenly turned off the faucet (after I mentioned the bit about Cheney and the "f" word), put down the dishes and drew in her breath: "Really? He said that?" Her entire perception of reality was changing before my eyes.

Maybe we what we need to win the next election is a "republicans cussing" video to run on TV in the red states...

[Kiouni]

1. they start an illegal war

and all she is worried about is their language. I think we might have the same mother!

[Skittles]

3. that is exactly what I thought

I cannot understand the mentality of people who are offended by cussing yet think invading, bombing and occupying a country unprovoked is just swell

[unschooler]

6. It's part of the evangelical culture. No cussing, "impurity" or getting

drunk. Pretty much anything else is OK or at least understandable. It's irrational, but it's a major part of the evangelical culture. Evangelicals just don't do (or admit to doing) this stuff, and when someone does, it gives him away as a not a serious Christian.

[bluedeminredstate]

11. What about getting drunk

and then shooting your friend in the face? Oh, and not going to the hospital to see him, but continuing to drink into the evening? Would that shock her? If she doesn't like drinking you might remind her of the number of DUIs between Poppy, Chimpy and Dickhead.

[unschooler]

12. That's very good, but unfortunately it's not on tape.

The DUI's are good, too. I'll have to bring that up next time.

[sweetpotato]

30. About the Cheney shooting thing

My folks told me in all seriousness that the reason Cheney didn't go to the hospital with birdshot man was because it would have caused too much uproar in the emergency room and it was better that they all stayed away. Couldn't have the VP going to some pudunk emergency room to see if his victim - um friend - was still alive. Imagine the media circus! The doctors would be so star struck about the VP's presence that they would abandon their positions and then nobody would be helped.

No, it was much better that Cheney stayed away from the doctors who were helping his buddy.

Compassionate conservative, my hiney.

[silverojo]

22. Don't forget

<<I cannot understand the mentality of people who are offended by cussing yet think invading, bombing and occupying a country unprovoked is just swell>>

What about thinking that denying Americans food, housing, and medical insurance is just swell? It's not just Iraqis dying here, folks...Bush is an equal-opportunity killer.

[Skittles]

23. oh, I could go on and on about the hypocrisy of rw assholes

I live in Texas, I f***ing KNOW

[yankeeinlouisiana]

2. My mother hated the

"f" word. My dad said it once and she didn't speak to him for a week.

I guess whatever works!

[rurallib]

4. Just about my favorite scene in "Christmas Story" is the f-word scene

[unschooler]

7. Is that movie? I guess I missed. eom

[lectrobyte]

25. You don't remember Ralphie with the bar of soap in his mouth?

The f-bomb was during the tire-changing scene when Ralph loses the lug nuts.

[kath]

31. That's such an excellent movie. We watch it every year at Christmastime,

and have done so for at least the past 15 years.

[Gemini Cat]

5. Amazing.

Iraq, or Katrina, or 9-11, or the lack of health care, as well as the wiping of their stupid repub asses on the Constitution doesn't do it, but cussing does.

[unschooler]

8. I think it's because it betrays their hypocrisy. Evangelicals just don't

talk like that. If the president cusses, he cannot be a true evangelical. I think that's the real shock. The emperor's new church clothes have turned into nothing.

[Iwasthere]

9. Okay, calling all freeway bloggers

... lets plaster the country with the photo of Bush giving the camera (a reporter if I remember right) the finger. Perhaps we can put a dent in the evangelical support.

[lonestarnot]

20. I have about six on permanent display.

[unschooler]

27. Cute kids. At least we dems admit we cuss.

[femmedem]

10. There's something to this.

I think there are an enormous number of nice people like your Mom who are less interested in a candidate's policies than in whether or not the candidate strikes them as decent.

I was in a conversation with one of these salt-of-the-earth type guys, a life-long Republican who BTW says he's sorry he voted for Bush and this year won't be voting straight party line. You wanna know why he voted for Bush the second time? Because, he said, there was just something he didn't like about Theresa Heinz Kerry. He said he couldn't even tell you what it was, just that he thought Laura Bush would make a better First Lady.

There are a lot of people like this. And we don't need to dismiss them. We need to reach them.

[unschooler]

14. Exactly. My mom thought Kerry was "flip-flopper."

Theresa got big-time "swift-boated" on the e-mail hate-spam circuit.

[mitchtv]

13. Cheney was caught on the floor of the Senate

in front of God and everybody. Sen Leahy shudda popped him in the gums.

[unschooler]

15. Maybe when I have some free time, I'll Google for some of that

video/audio. I'll bet there is miles of "republicans cussing and doing other un-Christian things" video out there in newsroom archives. Where is Michael Moore when you need him?

[seabeyond]

16. what do you talk about with your dad other than politics?

pussy..... bush said

a reporter asked bush this question. that was his reply. o told a lotta lotta women in my very red, fundamental neighborhood before the election.

something that sticks with me. figure it would with them. one catholic friend was so appalled. her breath gushes out and she says, why would you tell me that. you know how that would bother me so.

as it should i told her. why should i be the only one to know this about our bushie boy. know why he disgusts me

[unschooler]

26. Gotta a link for that? I'd love to spread it around.

[Wheezy]

17. Why didn't I think of this before?

Thanks for the tip! I bet it will work with my mom too. I've already got her to the point where she she admits that John Edwards is good looking... (let's hope he doesn't cuss, lol)

[unschooler]

28. Edwards is cute. It's a start. Gotta concentrate on the important stuff.

[Wheezy]

32. 'zackly. Thanks for the thread.

[unschooler]

33. You're more 'n welcome.

[meldroc]

18. Sigh... I'm still working on my mom...

Today, when I went on my weekly rant with her about the Bush administration, she flat out admitted she would trade liberty for security. She doesn't mind the NSA wiretaps, even when I told her they were warrantless, that they were illegal, and that because of the FISA Act & the FISA courts, the Bush administration had all the tools they needed to conduct surveillance legally.

Two weeks ago, when we had another discussion, she stated that this country needed a strong leader to unite this country in this war...

Just completely boggles my mind how people can fall for fascist crap...

[lonestarnot]

19. That is bullshit, but whatever works. Here show her this.

There is her bushitler in the background. My repuke neighbor loves them.

bwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwa

[BlooInBloo]

21. Don't get so excited - your mom is rare - she's SINCERE...

... in her beliefs.

[unschooler]

29. Sincere but uninformed... I think it's a viable demographic.

[Iniquitous Bunny]

35. It's the Republican Party's bread and butter. nt

[zbdent]

24. I think it was Carlin who pointed out the hypocrisy in a bit

where certain people couldn't say piss and c*nt ...

He said that those were like ... "All right you f*ckers, I'm going to tinkle now!" ... sounds like your Mom would be happy to put blinders on almost everything but the cussing ...

[kitkat65]

34. You should follow up with the video of Bush flipping the bird

to the camera. I think bumper stickers should be made.