FR: Force Your College Aged Children To Vote McCain or Cut Off Their Tuition

[K8-EEE]

Man are these people A-holes or what. Even do voter intimidation IN THEIR OWN FAMILIES!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118012/posts

I really, really feel sorry for kids of Freepers, I'm sure they live their whole lives with this kind of power tripping and are punished for having any independent thinking about anything.

[Wetzelbill]

1. that is just effed up

Family values, you gotta love 'em.

[tazkcmo]

2. lol n/t

[rcrush]

3. Dont college kids just lie to their parents anyway?

Wouldnt they just lie?

[Wetzelbill]

4. that's what I'd do

what are the parents going to do, stand over their shoulder and watch while they vote?

[dysfunctional press]

16. not if they're forced to vote an absentee ballot by the parents...

who watch them fill it out and sign it.

[yardwork]

85. Freeper family values - buy your kids' votes and lie to your parents.

I can't even imagine their sad pathetic lives.

[ladywnch]

127. Just what I was thinking. How would they know what their kids vote?

'sure, mom, dad, I voted for mcnutty and falin.....how could I vote anything else?' <innocent look to the sky>

Figures freepers would come up with something like this.....this is what passes for parenting and intelligence in freeper land.

[muntrv]

5. What? Freepers kids actually go to college?

[K8-EEE]

18. Not Sarah Palin's.....

Just sayin'....

[muntrv]

28. They're like Bristol's boyfriend Levi. They just wanna shoot shit.

[K8-EEE]

54. do self-professed "fucking rednecks" go to college?

I'm thinking....not.

[SoCalNative]

6. This one's choice

" already did this...I told my 19 & 21 year old daughters since I'm rich (I make over 250K), my taxes will go up if Obama wins, therefore, they will get no help from me to pay for the expensive college education that is telling them that Obama is the one.
It's a catch 22 sending them to college nowadays.

Anyway, I threatened and cajoled and they both are going to vote for McCain.

I also told them Obama doesn't support people like YOU, People like my daughters are the PROBLEM! Inherited wealth, white, upper middle class from the suburbs. I told them he would spit on them if he could get away with it.


6 posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 5:04:58 PM by Wonderama Mama"

[YvonneCa]

46. These parents' actions teach their kids two things...

...

1. Be selfish like me.
2. Don't respect another person's right as a citizen to their own vote.

[LisaL]

57. Sure mommy I voed for McCain-that's what the kids should

tell this woman.
Is she gonna go with them to the voting booth?

[HughBeaumont]

58. Then again, most freepers are millionaires, 10 feet tall and bulletproof Ninjas.

Ever see that crowd for real?

If they can successfully lie to themselves that Bewsh and Reagan were great presidents, how easy would it be to play make-believe to a bunch of virtual ghosts?

I'm thinking horseshit.

[Elidor]

65. "Fuck you, I got mine" begins at home

Noice.

[oldcoot]

95. "Why don't my kids come and visit me?"

This poster may want to start practicing this phrase over and over.

Yes, her daughters may give into her extortion and vote for McCain. However, threatening to cut off a child's tuition is a very serious threat to make and her daughters may resent her for making it. They may find that they are "too busy" to visit her.

[Ian David]

7. The kids should say, "Vote for Obama or I tell Mommy about our special touching game." n/t

[fudge stripe cookays]

61. .

:rofl:

Best post evah!

[EFerrari]

8. Both of them.

[Edweird]

9. Those curtains are there for a reason. Tell them anything.....

[JerseygirlCT]

10. They do realize they can't know who their kid voted for, right?

So if you have a parent being an asshole like that, lie. Simple.

[dysfunctional press]

15. they could force the kid to vote an absentee ballot-

and watch them fill it out and sign it, or have them mail it to the parent(if they're away at school)- who will check it before sealing it and submitting it.

pretty easy thing for nazi parents to accomplish , actually.

[JerseygirlCT]

25. I suppose. Then again, I suppose there might be

legal implications to threaten should a parent do that, wouldn't there be?

[dysfunctional press]

30. i doubt that turning in the parents would be an effective way to get the tuition money, tho...

seeing as that's what's being threatened to be withheld over the vote.

[JerseygirlCT]

63. I don't know ... mutually assured destruction? nt

[treestar]

83. Individuals of that age group are not generally very docile

when it comes to their parents, though.

The stupid parents probably just start a fight with their overdomineering-ness if they tried that.

[dysfunctional press]

90. if they wanted tuition and room&board money, they might calm down some.

nt

[treestar]

97. Threaten to drop out

what makes the freepers so stupid is, they want the kid to graduate. It's part of their self-image. So they really don't have much of a hammer.

[dysfunctional press]

129. a LOT of parents would be HAPPY to their kid drop out-

they'd have a guilt-free excuse to stop paying tuition, and cut them loose completely.

[treestar]

132. No way!!!!

Not at all. They want bragging right. "My son/daughter is graduate ofn X/Y University."n

No way would they give that up!

[dysfunctional press]

133. then the ones you know are far different than the ones i'm familiar with.

and just one more reason why my vasectomy was one of the best investments i ever made.

[treestar]

134. You know some crazy people

I've never met a parent whose kid was in college that wanted them to drop out just so they didn't have to pay. They save up for it for years! Just to get one vote for McKook they'd drop all their dreams for their kid? No one loves McKook that much!

[mitchum]

11. Aren't all of their "children" now staining that old chair in mom's basement?

[Selatius]

12. I wonder how many of their kids have been brainwashed and turned into Brownshirts.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

[AlCzervik]

13. That's just messed up, one of them told her precious that she'll cut off his meal plan

his food, seriously.

[K8-EEE]

19. Republican Family Values = Extortion

Poor kids!

[drm604]

14. Isn't that illegal?

Aren't they basically trying to buy their vote?

In any case the kids can just lie and then vote however they like.

[dysfunctional press]

17. turning their parents in would probably end the tuition thing as well...

just my guess. :shrug:

parents who are serious about it could always force the kids to vote absentee- and make sure the ballot iss filled out "correctly" before handing over next semester's tuition/room&board money.

[muriel_volestrangler]

81. I would think so; it's telling that no freeper raises any moral or legal objection to the idea

When anyone posts anything here that is even possibly illegal, or perhaps ethically dodgy, you can pretty much guarantee more than one DUer will point this out, and give an argument against it. On FR, they just pat themselves on the back, echo "great idea!" and go off to try to win By Any Means Possible. This sums up the difference between Republicans and Democrats, IMO.

[Ms. Toad]

20. Hmm. Interesting thread.

I spent the weekend going over the local absentee ballot with my daughter, who is voting for the first time in a general election. I know how she voted, because she chose to tell me. I also chose to tell her how I was voting. There are two races in which we may be voting differently.

It would never have occurred to me to cut off her tuition - even if (Cringe) she had decided to vote for McCain. I might have tried to talk her out of it - but ultimately it's her choice. I am thrilled that she took the initiative to register to vote last March so she could vote in the primary at age 17. I was thrilled that she requested a absentee ballot. I was thrilled when she asked me to help her find out more information about a candidate I hadn't even considered voting for.

[MiniMe]

39. Kudo's to your daughter

If I was one of those kids, I'd just say "Sure Dad, I voted the "right" way", or something like that. Isn't college partly about learning how to make your own way in the world?

[Ms. Toad]

40. Yep,

And, although I love how connected we are, college is about spreading those wings and taking test flights . . . so I love watching when she does :D and can't imagine trying to clip her wings.

[flvegan]

21. Ah, democracy. Something FR just doesn't get.

[rucky]

22. Okay, Dad, I voted for McCain

I would have no problem lying to an asshole parent.

[Texasgal]

23. Stupid parents.

If i were in this postion I would secretly vote Obama. They would have no idea how I voted.

[dysfunctional press]

32. what if they forced you to vote absentee- in their presence?

:shrug:

[Minimus]

24. And kids never lie to their parents. "Yes, Mom and Dad, I voted for McCain - now give me my check"

[dysfunctional press]

31. parents who are serious about it would get an absentee ballot for the kid.

and withhold the check until it was filled out and signed.

[tnlefty]

38. I notice that you keep mentioning this...

I can't apply for an absentee ballot for my son who voted by absentee ballot that was delivered to his campus mailbox. He had to register and vote at least once at our precinct before he could apply for an absentee ballot, which he did. He also had a legitimate reason for requesting an absentee ballot as he wasn't certain that he could be home to vote in this election.

His ballot couldn't be delivered to our home address as his reason wasn't that he's infirm or physically incapable to go vote, he's a student away from home.

I'm just curious about other states and how parents could apply for absentee ballots for others. I couldn't do it, nor would I want to.

[dysfunctional press]

43. it was probably the wrong verbage to use...

i mean that the parents could require the kids to apply for/vote absentee if they wanted a tuition check- for instance in your case it could mean having your son fill out his absentee ballot, sign it, and send it to YOU to check before you send a tuition check(not to imply that you would- just an example of what i meant).
absentee ballot rules vary widely from state to state- and in oregon EVERYONE votes by mail- which seems like it would make it very easy for domineering parents/spouses to force their will and in effect get multiple votes for themselves.

[tnlefty]

105. But wouldn't having it sent to me, as in your example, for me

to check it and then mail it invalidate the ballot? It would here. The voter has to sign a form for help at the polls or for a relative's assistance by absentee and there has to be a reason for it. The person has difficulty seeing, has had a stroke, or has motor function problems to have someone else allowed to see or touch a ballot.

I was trying to get a feel for differences by states and thanks for the response.

[dysfunctional press]

131. i don't know what the rules are in your state- but in many states- you mail in your absentee ballots

so- in my proposed scenario, the parents have the kid request an absentee ballot a few weeks out, which is mailed to his school address by the county election board- the student fills it out and signs it but doesn't seal it, and then sends it and the return envelope home to the parents- who check that it's a vote for mccain, then seals it and uses the official envelope to return it to the county election board.

or- they could just have the kid sign it, and fill out the votes themselves.

like i said tho- the whole "by mail only" thing in oregon seems ripe for abuse by domineering spouses and/or parents.

[yardwork]

87. You really seem very keen on getting this strategy out there.

I have an observation. Any parent who extorts their child's vote in this way may win that small battle but they have lost a lot more. They've lost any meaningful relationship with their child, because all meaningful relationships are built on trust.

In a few short years, their children will be out of college and on their own in the world. Just as the parents are getting older and becoming more dependent on their children, their offspring will have the means and opportunity to be totally independent of their parents. I don't know about you, but if my parents had threatened and coerced me into voting for somebody I didn't want to choose, I would never, ever forget it.

Families can be quite forgiving of one another, and I wouldn't wish anybody - not even a freeper - to be alone and abandoned at the end of their life, but coercing a vote is no way to establish a good relationship with anybody.

Sure, the kids will mark their ballots for McCain. And then what?

[dysfunctional press]

91. and then what?

i'm guessing that they would get the tuition check...:shrug:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

26. I would just lie.

In fact I have in order to keep the peace.
Duckie

[RainDog]

27. desperation - smells like freep spirit

[salin]

29. translated:

F*** Y**, even if the economy is tanking so badly and so many whole career fields are being shipped overseas, if you don't vote the way I want I will condemn you to an even more bleak economic future by withholding the means for you to get a higher education. Seriously? Don't vote my way, and even if you might on you merits earn a degree that could garner you an economically secure future, than I will condemn you to an extremely limited job market (jobs that don't require a degree). ?? Seriously?


I guess the Freep pathology has grown to the point that how a child votes is more important than whether or not that child might be able to become economically dependent (due to the credentials/educated). Wow. Don't vote my way, and risk a life time of economic uncertainty.

[Contrary1]

33. Idiot parenting skills at work.

"I did the same thing with my college junior. I said go ahead and vote for the democrat candidate, but if he wins my State, your meal plan (he eats better than anyone else in my family; really, anyone I know) will be the first fatality. Then your car insurance, then your car payments, then the several hundred $$$ a month loan (gift) he has come to rely upon like a welfare payment.
Wow... he could be a real poor hungry college student then. Just like I was. Mac/cheese and dogs every day.
He was pissed by that, and told me that O would see to it that college kids were treated right. I said fine.
Three weeks ago he told me was voting for McPalin because he did not like the boys and girls (his fellow students) who were for Hussein. He said they were intolerant of any dissent.
The truth may be that he likes to eat 24/7."

12 posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 8:45:27 PM by BIV (typical white person)


:eyes: The truth most likely is that his kid is lying to him.

[mitchum]

34. Well, there's always patricide and matricide

[Critters2]

52. And in an Obama presidency, those won't be illegal! Or so I'm told. nt

[mitchum]

59. LOL!!!

Sean Hannity wouldn't lie about that; it must be true

[riverdeep]

35. Well, if they vote Obama, they won't need their parents money.

IF his education plan to make college affordable goes through.

In any case, I wonder if these kids have long memories. The future conversations might go something like "Now dad, if you want to see the grandkids, you're going to vote Democrat aren't you? Yes, yes you are." Or when the parents are invalids, "Dad, if you want your applesauce you know who check out on this absentee ballot, right?"

Teaching them extortion at such a young age. Ah, Republican family values.

[Ladyhawk]

109. I'm disabled. My mother withheld assistance from me...

...when I didn't fall in line. I had just injured my knee and wasn't sure I'd be able to walk. Imagine how that felt to an adult who should have her own life by now.

Luckily, the knee wasn't too bad. I managed to get along without personal help.

Help has been withdrawn from me based on how "good" I behave. It's an awkward situation since disability payments aren't really enough to live on. I've managed--barely--as long as nothing really expensive comes up, like car repairs. Once I ate cream of wheat for ten days straight. It wasn't good for my diabetes.

[Blue Diadem]

36. I know one who threatens to disown her kids.

They're all adults(I think the 2 oldest are almost 40 now) and all walk in lockstep cause Momma told them to or they'd be cut out of the will. Thing is, she pulls this crap on her SILS and DILS too. I keep trying to tell them she'll have no idea who they vote for but they keep thinking she'll be able to find out somehow.

[fudge stripe cookays]

62. Wow, did my mom move to Ohio?

I finally cut myself off from the control freak bitch completely a couple months ago.

Having to orchestrate the lives of everyone around her. I could give a flying fuck about her will anymore. I just want her out of my life.

[Blue Diadem]

74. I'm sorry you've experienced that.

I understand. I avoided a dinner with the group last week because I found out their Mother was going to be there. After recently finding out one of the grandchildren was told that he couldn't say Obama's name, I knew I couldn't keep my mouth shut so I stayed home.

[Mari333]

104. (((((((((hugs)))))))))))))

as a mom I just needed to hug you.
:hug:

[fudge stripe cookays]

120. Thanks, sweetie.

Here's more...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7726582&mesg_id=7727616

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=7976529

Exhausting, isn't she? :crazy:

[ACTION BASTARD]

37. Their tears of desperation sustain me.

[mikeytherat]

71. mmmm...delicious, salty tears

mikey_the_rat

[LynnTheDem]

41. Coz that'll teach 'em what FREEDOM and LIBERTY really are!!1!

:eyes:

[submerged99]

42. Financial Aid is likely what's getting the freeper kids through

Like a lot of freepers, I think this is just a bunch of bluster over their imaginary incomes-much like Joe the plumber.

I'm betting if these people even have kids in college, those kids are likely getting by with scholarships and financial aid, with very little cash from their parents.

I suspect quite a few freepers get some form of government assistance, education being just one example.

[MadHound]

44. At that point it's time to disown a parent, tuition payment or no,

If you're so willing to try and control my life, I'm more than willing not to be a part of yours. Goodbye.

[fortyfeetunder]

45. But Mommy and Daddy, if I vote McCain...

I might get a trip to Iraq if I can't find a job that hasn't been outsourced yet!

[bridgit]

47. That's OK 'kids', come over to our side and we'll go TP your ditto-head parent's house!

Do donuts in the grass, and knock over the lawn jockey :headbang:

[awoke_in_2003]

56. TPing aint fun enough...

dog shit in paper bag, light on fire, ring doorbell, run- hilarity ensues :)

[AzNick]

48. Do Freepers have kids in college?

Oh well, Ashley Todd was a college student, after all.

[agentS]

49. You gotta love some of the comments in Freeperville

I also told them Obama doesn't support people like YOU, People like my daughters are the PROBLEM! Inherited wealth, white, upper middle class from the suburbs. I told them he would spit on them if he could get away with it.

Right now my wife and I only have a beagle. I told him the other day that if he supports Obama he’s out on the streets.

I said go ahead and vote for the democrat candidate, but if he wins my State, your meal plan (he eats better than anyone else in my family; really, anyone I know) will be the first fatality. Then your car insurance, then your car payments, then the several hundred $$$ a month loan (gift) he has come to rely upon like a welfare payment.
Wow... he could be a real poor hungry college student then. Just like I was. Mac/cheese and dogs every day.
He was pissed by that, and told me that O would see to it that college kids were treated right. I said fine.
Three weeks ago he told me was voting for McPalin because he did not like the boys and girls (his fellow students) who were for Hussein. He said they were intolerant of any dissent.

Gotta love the Freetards. They would force their kids to become Nazis if Adolf Hitler were on the GOP ticket this year.

[Patiod]

66. Yeah, they probably tell their parents they're virgins, too

Unless, as people noted, the parents make them fill out an absentee ballot in front of them.

[GrizzlyMan]

50. Hehehe this brings back some memories

My dad said the same things to me in 1992 when I was in college.

Later on, he made out like a bandit in the market under Clinton and still won't admit he was wrong.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

51. Wait until the kids are paying for them....

Twenty years from now....."Mom, Dad.....if you want me to keep paying for this nursing home, I suggest you vote for the Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin/Artur Davis ticket next week. Just a suggestion....if you like it here."

Karma is a bitch.

[moriah]

53. "Treat your children well, they will choose your nursing home." n/t

[Critters2]

55. This makes me grateful for my parents. We disagreed when I was in college,

but treated politics like a sport. I love the Cubs, you love the Cards...that sort of thing. No threats, no extortion. Just great discussions over my mom's good cooking.

And now, we're on the same side.

[shadowknows69]

60. Wow, there aren't words to properly describe such idiocy

[leftynyc]

64. The smart ones

will "yes, daddy" to their faces and then vote for whoever they want. The stupid ones will do as they're told.

[youthere]

67. SO what do they plan to do? Follow the kids into the voting booth?

I paid for my own college, but if my mother would have ever said something like that to me, I would have voted for the opposition even if I WERE a McCain supporter.

[dysfunctional press]

69. or have them fill out an absentee ballot while the parent watches.

that's one reason why i think that oregon's vote-by-mail system is so stupid- it would be easy for an over-bearing/abusive 'head of the household' to insist that his wife and eligible kids vote how he wants them to.

[specialed]

68. Thats' sick. They're robbing their own kids of their freedom.

[InkAddict]

70. Trust me...if McCain's elected, the financial collapse that ensues

will cut off their tuition and, as now, their ability to get loans. Hope those freepers haven't leveraged their assistance on the value of their homes...

why would ANYONE want more of the same S*(*T that 41, Raygun, and * have dished out?

[XanaDUer]

72. I smell freeper bullshit

this is the equivalent of whistling past a graveyard, if this is all they got. Also, many conservatives who seem to be, to me, working class or lower middle class, all seem to think they're rich.

Unless you have income that you can live on without working for it, then you're not really "rich'.

Another example-my freeptard uncle wanted to get my sick elderly aunt on medicaid (long story and yes-welfare, which he railed against for decades)

he was worried that he was too wealthy for her to qualify, on and on, the government would take all his money, since he was rich-big shock he got-the lawyer he spoke to told him he didn't have enough money to even worry about it. My aunt got onto medicaid anyway. Shocked the shit out of uncle 'tard, though.

must be a real comedown to find out you're not rich when you think you are!

[MillieJo]

73. In the UK a vote is a personal thing...

It is between you and the ballot box, nobody needs to know and nobody is allowed in the voting booth with you either.
People may talk about who they vote for but it is still a private thing. My own mother refused to tell anyone who she votes for.
I see so little respect for privacy when it comes to voting from the Freepers, voting Republican is a family thing and a "Godly" wife must agree with their husband and vote for his choice.

[Virginia Dare]

75. When I was canvassing for the Democratic Party..

I had a couple of parents refuse to let me speak to their college-aged children.

[RB TexLa]

76. College? Shouldn't they be out birthing soldiers for McCain's 100 years of war

in Iraq?

[Poseidan]

77. those people hate a taste of their own meds

If only they realized what they were tasting.

[Pakhet]

78. My daughter called this morning

to tell me that she was now officially an adult, having cast her ballot in her first general election for Obama/Biden! :D I was so proud of her and she was so excited. she says that it was a touch voting machine but she made sure the screen registered the right vote. she's in Austin, btw

[TK421]

79. This one line is very telling...

"Anyway, I threatened and cajoled and they both are going to vote for McCain."

Yup-ers!! They sure like their threats and intimidation tactics, don't they? Fucking scumbags

[bighart]

80. This is no worse than Sarah Silverman

advocating for young people to go to Florida and tell their grandparents that if they don't vote for Obama they may not see them again before they pass on via The Great Schlep.

[muriel_volestrangler]

82. Yes it is: the freepers are advocating illegal bribery for votes

eg

BRIBERY. (a) A person commits an offense if
he intentionally or knowingly offers, confers, or agrees to confer
on another, or solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept from another:
(1) any benefit as consideration for the recipient's
decision, opinion, recommendation, vote, or other exercise of
discretion as a public servant, party official, or voter;

http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/PE/content/htm/pe.008.00.000036.00.htm

This involves a payment for a vote. It's illegal. Saying you'll never talk to someone again because of their vote is not.

[bighart]

93. imo that is what the great schlep was advocating as well

bribery is bribery whether it involves cash or other things of perceived value.

[muriel_volestrangler]

94. That's a legal opinion, is it?

Do you mean 'perceived value' as in 'something that can be exchanged for other things that are valued', or 'something someone would like to happen'?

[bighart]

136. point taken.

"The Great Schlep" would not meet the legal definition of bribery. However I view the intent to be very similar, compelling someone to vote the way you want them to by promising to provide them with something they value, in the case of parents w/college students that something being money, and in the case of the young person and a grandparent that something being time. I find threatening to cut off tuition manipulative and controlling the entire premise of the "The Great Schlep" to be the same.

[justiceischeap]

88. The big difference -- Sarah Silverman is joking... these people are serious. (eom)

[guitar man]

84. That's where I have to hand it to my Repub sister

She and her husband are very headstrong right wing repubs, but she told her kids "it's your vote, I'm not going to try and tell you who to vote for, you need to examine the issues for yourself, decide what's important to you and vote your conscience. I'll still love and respect you no matter what you choose."

I was there when she told them that and that's what I'm going to tell my child as she approaches voting age.It can't be a free country if we do otherwise.

[ContinentalOp]

86. What's the point of spending a ton of money to send your kids to school...

if you clearly don't want them to have any critical thinking skills? :shrug:

[distantearlywarning]

89. LOL! If I were their kid, I would just lie.

"Sure, Dad, I voted for McLame. Really!" :evilgrin:

[dysfunctional press]

92. what if the parents make the kid fill out an absentee ballot in their presence to get the check?

:evilgrin:

or- if they're in oregon- make them fill out the mail-in ballot for mccain.

[nadinbrzezinski]

96. This one IS precious

We have an adult child now in his forties who lives in a very liberal part of the world. He remarked to me when visiting that taxes should never be cut in a recession, and we just don’t talk politics. I did tell him, though, about the hard lesson we learned back when we thought it didn’t much matter about the political party of the man we elected. So, we voted for Carter and were dismayed by the terrible outcomes of his administration . . . double digit unemployment, 21% interest rates, gasoline lines for a long time when one could even get gasoline, exorbitant heating bills, lectures from Carter blaming US and chiding us about wearing a sweater, military cut to the point where their families were on food stamps, military machinery parts scarce and demoralized by Carter’s bungling attempts at foreign policy at every turn, Carter’s dislike for the Shah of Iran and admiration for the Ayatollah Khomeni - and we all know what THAT got us, and we are still living with that little faux pas. Reagan replaced Carter, and straightened things out handily. Carter was a socialist, but he did make “THAT ONE” look like a socialist-communist champion. I’m real sick of Carter and sorry I helped elect him.

*****

This guy surely knows that military families ARE on foodstamps

He surely knows that the military has NO GEAR

He surely knows that they practice by going bang bang, instead of actually using ammo

He surely knows that we buy bullets from the Israelis since we don't produce enough for the GWOT

Oh wait, he doesn't?

[Vickers]

135. How do they feel about Reagan/Bush negotiating

with Iranian terrorists to get the hostages released as they were being sworn in? :shrug:

[MonteLukast]

98. OMG. Despicable.

And, of course, rationalize it as a "life lesson". :grr:

That's another reason they must be defeated. If in power, they WILL practice political discrimination. They WILL delve into your background and Internet posts mining for liberal-sympathetic data, if you look for job or a loan. They WILL practice economic terrorism on half on America.

And they won't even stop to think about the consequences of disenfranchising half of your country's population. They couldn't care less about consequences. Full speed ahead!

[tigereye]

99. yeah, people will lose their homes, jobs, guns, radio stations...

:eyes:


some colleagues were just telling me they get these types of emails from family members... Why are people so irrational? :shrug:


I'm so glad my parents are both Dems.

[K8-EEE]

100. "I don't won't to spread my wealth around to someone without a brain"

That's kind of a cool new freeperism!

[Supersedeas]

101. by deceptive winking hook, crook, or voter intimidation -- Bush will have HIS successor

[cushla_machree]

102. I like this one the best:

I’ve heard a variation on this, but I have to tell my true story with my college age daughter.

She is living in a house with 4 other people, one of whom has been unable to pay her rent but continues to live there (she flunked out of school, her parents refuse to pay her rent in order to ‘teach’ her a lesson, she has been unwilling to get another job and has taken to partying all the time). When the roommates told her that she would have to leave because they were going to get someone else who would pay, she was irate. She couldn’t understand why the rest of the kids in the house wouldn’t pay for her since she was having such a hard time and the others had parents who were able to pay. It wasn’t her ‘fault’ that she didn’t have the money.

My daughter (who is student teaching) was flabbergasted that someone who refused to work would expect others to pay her way. Earlier this year, my daughter had toyed with the idea of voting Obama. I told her that the situation in her house is just a microcosm of what Obama wants America to be...only we would be REQUIRED to keep paying for her roommate regardless of the circumstances. I also told her that should Obama get in, her dad and I would be losing money big time (he has his own small business), so she better get used to it.

She’s voting McCain.

[MonteLukast]

113. It's stuff like this that's turned me off parenthood for life.

You never know exactly how you're going to behave in that situation. And what if I'm unlucky enough to have an intellectually incurious child? I'm not sure I would be able to put my better instincts first, and refrain from acting like an authoritarian.

[knitter4democracy]

103. Dude, even my dad wasn't that bad.

He made me take through Calc II or he wouldn't pay for college, but he never would've told me whom to vote for. Sheesh!

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[MonteLukast]

108. Troll alert! Troll alert! BLEEP BLEEP!

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[AlCzervik]

119. listen sparky you're losing, come to grips with it and you'll never earn enough to worry

about a tax increase.

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[AlCzervik]

126. Listen Frank, you're a liar and a low information voter, you know it, we all know it

now just get used to the act that you're on the wrong side of everything and you're willfully ignorant.

Books Frank, they're available almost everywhere.

[AlCzervik]

110. you and your candidate are pathetic but i suspect you know that.

[MonteLukast]

115. Stupid question; what's the process for reporting trolls?

I've put him on my ignore list already.

[AlCzervik]

118. just hit alert.

[Ladyhawk]

111. Shouldn't you be jacking off to Palin pictures in your parents' basement? n/t

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[Ladyhawk]

121. Snappy comeback...not.

:eyes:

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[FVZA_Colonel]

116. Being forced to "release?"

I'm pretty sure they've said no.

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[FVZA_Colonel]

122. I had no idea a legal case had been brought forward.

[Incitatus]

124. You sound confident of a McCain win.

Freepers are so desperate they are threatening their own children. I'm not worried.

[Ladyhawk]

107. I'm one of those "kids." I'm 41 and it still causes problems. n/t

[busybl]

128. why this is a stupid idea

when you are in the voting booth, it's private. All you have to say is ok mom, but I'm not happy about it and then go in and vote for Obama. Secret vote, children. It's your friend.

[Dangerously Amused]

130. What are these kids doing in COLLEGE?! Shouldn't they be ENLISTED???

[dembotoz]

137. or make them enlist?????