General Discussion

WinstonSmith4740

(3,056 posts)

18. I know what you mean.

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 12:53 AM

Sep 2012

One of my sisters is a loyal republican. I love her, but I'll be damned if I can figure out how she thinks. When my sisters & I got together this summer, she kind of off-handedly mentioned that she didn't know what her oldest son (who beat Hodgkin's Disease at 15) is going to do this October when he turns 26 and she won't be able to keep him on her insurance. She also has a 22 year old with some health issues, (a lot of which stem from the fact that he's 22 and thinks he's indestructible) who is also on their insurance. She kind of caught herself and gave me a weak smile, so I didn't rub in the obvious, namely that she was planning on voting for the guy who would take that away from her, throwing her younger son to the insurance industry wolves. But she knew she stepped in it, and I was holding back because I love her.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

30 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Call me a Republican shill (again!), but... [View all] MannyGoldstein Sep 2012 OP

Great piece jsr Sep 2012 #1

Indeed, keep talking Mitt. Keep talking. uppityperson Sep 2012 #2

And get Ann in on the conversation M_M Sep 2012 #12

"Don't YOU PEOPLE realize it's OUR TURN!? STOP TRYING TO WIN!!!" NT Grown2Hate Sep 2012 #17

My parents are retired. Jennicut Sep 2012 #3

I know what you mean. WinstonSmith4740 Sep 2012 #18

My parents are not bad people. Jennicut Sep 2012 #23

Same here. WinstonSmith4740 Sep 2012 #28

K&R dor the Republican shill! DJ13 Sep 2012 #4

Ezra really pisses me off with this shit! ProSense Sep 2012 #5

Well maybe the Firebagger says it better MannyGoldstein Sep 2012 #8

Not the same point. ProSense Sep 2012 #10

EVERYONE with common sense walks their bullshit back as soon as Krugman reaches back Zalatix Sep 2012 #25

The difference, and why Krugman's is more appropriate ProSense Sep 2012 #14

Does any of this include Bank of America which paid no corporate taxes? Zalatix Sep 2012 #26

You republican shill. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #6

I knew you had it in you Manny nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #7

hahaha... fascisthunter Sep 2012 #30

Hope I can do this as necessary at my high school reunion, elleng Sep 2012 #9

Here's Mitt's damage control press conference ProSense Sep 2012 #11

Great stuff. MannyGoldstein Sep 2012 #13

Yes he should keep talking amuse bouche Sep 2012 #15

K and fucking R! lonestarnot Sep 2012 #16

I recently saw a SUV with a Romney bumper sticker OnyxCollie Sep 2012 #19

A rare rec from me Manny. JNelson6563 Sep 2012 #20

Yeah, thanks Mittster, you saved us the trouble of digging your grave tavalon Sep 2012 #21

omg. I just recd a Manny Goldstein thread scheming daemons Sep 2012 #22

Politics makes strange bedfellows MannyGoldstein Sep 2012 #27

If he really, really really, tried to lose defacto7 Sep 2012 #24

damn man... you are on Fie-yuh! fascisthunter Sep 2012 #29