So I am standing in line at Movie Gallery...

My wife and I go to movie gallery today and right in front of us there are 2 women talking about how great John Kerry is.  I didn\'t even notice until my wife alerted me to it.  So I think "nah I am not going to get involved in this one - I am out with my family."  

Just when I think I can escape - one of the ladies turns around and says "So what do you two think?"  I just look at her and say my wife and I are big GWB supporters and I leave it at that.  

The next thing I know this woman goes nuts.  My wife starts getting scared and finally the manager asks the lady as delicately as possible to leave the store.  She leaves and I thank the manager.  She states that she doesn\'t really support either candidate, but she has never seen such strong reactions from people regarding this election(she must have been around 40 years old or so).  

That being said, after that incident this afternoon, I tried to think of an election that has made people so passionate in my lifetime.  I really can\'t think of one that has so divided this country the way this one has.  I have heard of some Bush supporters giving the "finger" to Kerry supporters they see on the road (due to bumperstickers) and vice versa.  Has anyone else seen anything like this or had an experience like I had this afternoon?

In one of my PoliSci classes we were having a discussion about the election and this one girl was talking about how she supports Kerry because of GWB\'s stance on several domestic issues when another girl cut her off mid statement and started talking about how weak Kerry was and how GWB is what we need during a war on terror. After she finished, another guy in my class when off about how bad GWB is for America and how uneducated you have to be to support him. This kept going back and forth until it turned into a shouting match with a lot of personal jabs made under people\'s breath and became REALLY intense.

You could tell the teacher wanted to jump in and stop it but he is a hippie and doesn\'t want to stifle discussion.

I have never been in a classroom discussion that got THAT heated and I have been in Philosophy classes dedicated to arguing various moral/social problems(ie. Abortion, Drugs, Crime, Racism, etc.)

Many people have told me that this is the most polarizing election they have ever experienced. I recently read in the paper that more people between the ages of 18-30 have registered to vote in this upcoming election than in the past 20(30?) years.

Yeah that sounds crazy.

But hey, atleast people care.

I had a kerry supporter (you know, the ones that stalk campuses trying to get votes) snap on me when I dissagreed with her that bush needs to be "kicked out of office".  She tried to start an arguement with me, and all I wanted to do was walk to class.  Universities are a breeding ground for psycho liberals.  You voice your opinion about bush here and you get your head chewed off.

I don\'t care about who you support as long as you don\'t throw it into my face.  It shouldn\'t be acceptable, and i\'m not saying it\'s only the kerry supporters that do it.  That\'s just who I\'ve had the unpleasant experiences with.

I\'m digging it, because there would appear to be a real choice in candidates, and it\'s a really important time.

I\'m more passionate and partial than I\'ve ever been.

And I\'ve heard something like that about young voters and I think that\'s great.

Regardless of the outcome, at least more people are taking part. That\'s how it\'s supposed to be.

I wonder if last election\'s close results have helped convince people to come out and try to make a difference?

-Dan

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I am young, therefor I haven\'t seen a lot of elections and the ones I did see, I never paid much attention to, but I will say there is a certain hype to this one. At work we had the debate on CNN and the break room was filled. People was watching and people wanted to discuss who they was going to vote for and why.

[SirMystiq]

I was eating at Burger King two days ago and this old guy comes in the store and just starts telling everybody how he doesn\'t want a president that has snuck up behind somebody and shot somebody in the back of the head. I suppose he was refering to Viet.

So finally this other old guy told him to "shut up" and leave. Then the old guy left the store and this guy just told everybody of his reason to not vote for Kerry. I think he was crazy.

I have two bumper stickers on my car. I LOVE pissing other people off so they say some pretty mean things.

The meanest one has to be:

"The road to hell is paved with Republicans"

And my other one says:

"Don\'t vote Republican-Don\'t be part of the Asses of Evil"


And so on.

They make no points but they piss people off. And I work, I don\'t know if anybody is familiar of Dallas, by Highland Park. In case you don\'t know, Highland park is the richest section of Dallas. They just opened a brand new car dealership there and I\'ve never seen so many Ferraris and Porsches in one parking lot.

And surprise surprise! All of the houses there have those HUGE "Bush-Cheney" signs and "Vote Bush" in their front lawns. Hmm. I wonder why? I see "Bush bumper stickers" on those CLK\'s and Escalades and BMW\'s all the time!...HMM


Anyways alot of young people are getting invovled. I\'ve been in alot of heated arguments. Good stuff.

Wow, thats pretty immature.

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Originally posted by SirMystiq
I was eating at Burger King two days ago and this old guy comes in the store and just starts telling everybody how he doesn\'t want a president that has snuck up behind somebody and shot somebody in the back of the head. I suppose he was refering to Viet.

So finally this other old guy told him to "shut up" and leave. Then the old guy left the store and this guy just told everybody of his reason to not vote for Kerry. I think he was crazy.

I have two bumper stickers on my car. I LOVE pissing other people off so they say some pretty mean things.

The meanest one has to be:

"The road to hell is paved with Republicans"

And my other one says:

"Don\'t vote Republican-Don\'t be part of the Asses of Evil"


And so on.

They make no points but they piss people off. And I work, I don\'t know if anybody is familiar of Dallas, by Highland Park. In case you don\'t know, Highland park is the richest section of Dallas. They just opened a brand new car dealership there and I\'ve never seen so many Ferraris and Porsches in one parking lot.

And surprise surprise! All of the houses there have those HUGE "Bush-Cheney" signs and "Vote Bush" in their front lawns. Hmm. I wonder why? I see "Bush bumper stickers" on those CLK\'s and Escalades and BMW\'s all the time!...HMM


Anyways alot of young people are getting invovled. I\'ve been in alot of heated arguments. Good stuff.

You are a damn liar and you know it. There was no guy screaming in Burger King . You know how I know you are lying? Because illegal immiigrants don\'t eat at Burger King...Nice try, you evil Democrap.

[SirMystiq]

I didn\'t say there was a guy screaming at Burger King.

I\'m not illegal.

And you\'re wrong. I worked at Burger King and it was nothing BUT mexicans.

"I\'ll have 20 whoppers and 2 fries"

And Halberto...

WTH are you?

Today I saw a bumper sticker that said "Republicans for Kerry/Edwards"

No shit.  You know it\'s a weird election when you start seeing Republicans switching sides  (and vice versa I assume, although I\'m not positive about it).

I was talking with a family member today, and she said it\'s as simple as:  "Some people love war and some people hate it."  That\'s an oversimplification on both sides, but I think there\'s a seed of truth.  I would extend it by saying...

1.  "Some liberals oppose any war for any reason on general principles."  (Not me,..  I was in favor of kicking the dog shit out of Afghanistan)  However, I\'m sure you\'ve met a liberal who is against all war.

2.  "Some conservatives will accept any war their leaders show them because it\'s considered the patriotic thing to do.  Then when the war is shown to be a mistake and not beneficial to our country, some conservatives will continue supporting it because they don\'t like to admit they were wrong."


Anyway, my point is that WAR will do these kinds of things to people.  Make them crazy.  It\'s always been like this.

Yea, I don\'t remember it being like this in the few elections I\'ve been alive for.  Just the other day their was a guy standing on the main street thru my suburb, he was just standing there shaking a kerry sign.  Nevertheless, he was getting some terrible reactions considering it\'s a rather conservative suburb.  People were fake swurving at him, flipping him off, slowing down when it\'s 50 to scream out the window.  It\'s a crazy world these days.

Originally posted by GigaShadow
My wife and I go to movie gallery today and right in front of us there are 2 women talking about how great John Kerry is.  I didn\'t even notice until my wife alerted me to it.  So I think "nah I am not going to get involved in this one - I am out with my family."  

Just when I think I can escape - one of the ladies turns around and says "So what do you two think?"  I just look at her and say my wife and I are big GWB supporters and I leave it at that.  

Giga.... just a litte question for you....

If John Kerry didn’t exist ...would you have anything to do with your free time ?

I mean seriously… I am starting to worry about you…

Get a hobby or another Pastime  




Although on saying that over here... I have never faced that problem.... as I have YET to meet anyone who is a DIEHARD Blair supporter…nope not even ONE…

Shame though….. would love to go Toe to Toe with one and “knock” some sence back into them…

I have friends that are quite liberal and one of them, the wife of a friend, almost gets sick when Bush is on TV etc. She hates him with a passion. She is very well educated and a very nice person but Bush makes her crazy. That\'s right, I said Bush makes her crazy. No jokes please.

I\'ve had some, ahem, discussions with her and we quickly terminate them because it will just get nasty.

I hear people that I don\'t know talking about politics I usually walk away. Don\'t get me wrong, I\'d like to tell them how moronic they sound but it\'s not worth it.

Originally posted by ooseven
Giga.... just a litte question for you....

If John Kerry didn’t exist ...would you have anything to do with your free time ?

I mean seriously… I am starting to worry about you…

Get a hobby or another Pastime  




Although on saying that over here... I have never faced that problem.... as I have YET to meet anyone who is a DIEHARD Blair supporter…nope not even ONE…
 

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