I loved the Thom Hartmann show earlier this week because he was able to straighten out a terribly UNINFORMED Republican when it comes to
morals and values.
The caller listens to Thom on Air America, but he was also brainwashed by Faux and RW radio. (Key word is "was")
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Republican Caller: "Thom, I like your show and listen sometimes. And when you asked why some voters
just don't get it. I'd like to answer. See, even if my congressman isn't perfect, I vote for him because Republicans have very high moral values"
Thom: "Wow. --- Okay... WOW. (sigh) - Let's just go down the list of beef's that you have and you can explain to us why you feel that way. Tell us why you believe Republicans have high moral values, yet you evidently don't hold the Democratic Party to such high regard"?
Caller: "Well, uh. They just.. they have real high moral values because, ah..
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... I mean.. they... I dunno... they're... well, I heard on another show, uh... well.."
Thom: Think it over carefully, don't rush to a response. I want you to give me an honest answer. Don't tell me they have high moral values, tell me why you think that way."
Caller: "Ok. yeah, I see. ..um. Well. they.. the Republicans are.. they umm..
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.. uh.."
Thom: "That's okay, I'm not going to cut you off. Think about your answer as long as you need to. I'm really interested in your response and would like to understand how you came to such a conclusion.
Caller: "Oh, yeah. I remember why!! I'm a Republican 'Cas Democrats are against Christians, churches, and religion!"
http://eliteleague.co.uk/forum/images/smilies/duh!.gifThom: "Uh...
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... Can you tell me how it came to be that you believe that Democrats are against Christians, religion and churches? I'm very religious, my family is very religious, and I'd wager to say that there are just as many, if not more Democrats with high moral values than there are of Republicans"
Caller: "But y'all wanted to ban Christmas and Easter and...."
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For the remainder of the call, Thom went in length with the uniformed caller asking him where he had received such bogus information (turns out he listens to Fax, Rush, etc..)
By the time the caller hung up, he had a 100% turn-around in his opinion and realized that he had been duped by the right wing media.
Thom discussed people like Bob Ney, Duke Cunningham, Abramoff, etc.. and in the end, went back to the caller's views of "MORALS and VALUES"
I kid you not.. By the time the caller hung up with Thom, I wouldn't be surprised if he drove straight over to his Election Division and changed his affiliation!
http://eliteleague.co.uk/forum/images/smilies/lol!.gifThom rocked !!!
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