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AnnaLee

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6. I told my husband, an old white man,->

Thu Nov 15, 2012, 06:38 PM

Nov 2012

that I hate old white men. He thought that was a perfectly sane thing to say. He knew I didn't mean old white men like him.

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Damn! I must be the only old, white, straight, southern, fairly well off, male, veteran ... [View all] 11 Bravo Nov 2012 OP

Thanks... OKNancy Nov 2012 #1

got me beat. my claim to the south is 7 years in texas and vet status, just 3 weeks on a destroyer. unblock Nov 2012 #2

Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #3

Did you have to go and pick up your "free stuff", or did it come in the mail? 11 Bravo Nov 2012 #5

It was stuffed in the trunk ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #19

That's funny stuff! MoonchildCA Nov 2012 #44

OMG!!! loyalsister Nov 2012 #48

Nuh uh... Wait Wut Nov 2012 #4

I told my husband, an old white man,-> AnnaLee Nov 2012 #6

AHA! I suspected it was you all along! pinboy3niner Nov 2012 #7

You might like what this guy said Nonhlanhla Nov 2012 #8

Welcome to DU! (And that guy would definitely be a kindred spirit.) 11 Bravo Nov 2012 #12

Well, that's two of us. trof Nov 2012 #9

I got six out of seven. Then I fall into the 47%. Downwinder Nov 2012 #10

Hmmm nope Separation Nov 2012 #11

thanks for your service and for not being hateful about people being who they are Divine Discontent Nov 2012 #20

17 years this month Separation Nov 2012 #37

Dad is old (but young at heart), white, straight, MidWestern, fairly well off, male veteran chowder66 Nov 2012 #13

Tell us about the gift you got from him, please. Did the VA deliver it? JohnnyLib2 Nov 2012 #14

Did you get your gift? GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #15

Damn. I only got a toaster. trof Nov 2012 #16

I only got a raffle ticket Art_from_Ark Nov 2012 #31

well, it doesn't matter if you're not "Christian", meaning only, you got to one of their approved Divine Discontent Nov 2012 #17

yeah, i've heard several times from du-ers saying the dems can just write off white HiPointDem Nov 2012 #18

it is comical how people figure the majority is for something, so don't worry about the minority Divine Discontent Nov 2012 #22

and perhaps more might if there were any effort made to speak to their concerns in HiPointDem Nov 2012 #24

Everybody is in a minority in some grouping or another. Downwinder Nov 2012 #25

so true Divine Discontent Nov 2012 #38

My is an old (well, 57), white, straight, southern, fairly well off, male, veteran phylny Nov 2012 #21

I am white and southern, but I am a woman. Women automatically voted for Obama. renie408 Nov 2012 #23

I think 56% of white gals voted for Mittwitt Skittles Nov 2012 #30

I'm a white woman too, MoonchildCA Nov 2012 #45

My grandfather.... PennsylvaniaMatt Nov 2012 #26

cool! Repubs always claim there's no Christians in the party, and most all of us are, or know people Divine Discontent Nov 2012 #39

Exactly! PennsylvaniaMatt Nov 2012 #40

YES! :) Divine Discontent Nov 2012 #43

Well all except for the southern part… Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #27

you are so cool, 11 Bravo! Skittles Nov 2012 #28

Kickingness! patrice Nov 2012 #29

I'm a married white woman Samjm Nov 2012 #32

I'm also o,w,s,f,m,v just us Nov 2012 #33

Honey, if you are single, you just made a lot of single Southern dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #34

I was thinking along those same lines! Rose Siding Nov 2012 #41

Nah. I got everything you got, except "fairly well off". nt. OldDem2012 Nov 2012 #35

You might be -- I only have six of those! eallen Nov 2012 #36

My husband is a middle-aged, white, straight, middle-class male veteran who is from the North, but Fawke Em Nov 2012 #42

Old, white, middle-class, midwestern, male, veteran for Obama. And proud of it. Scuba Nov 2012 #46

Clearly you live in the wrong place. Come up north. MadrasT Nov 2012 #47

From one Infantryman to another, I voted Obama too Victor_c3 Nov 2012 #49