Posted on 07/05/2005 2:25:58 PM PDT by cantfindagoodscreenname
Today I got into a discussion with a liberal who announced to the two of us who were working out at the gym this morning that "George Bush is an idiot." I kept my mouth shut for a while and then decided to let her know that I like GWB. That didn't deter her. She repeated that he was an idiot and then tried to set me straight.
One of the things she said was (and this is where I need your help) that all of New England voted for Kerry and now all the funding has been cut for veterans hospitals in New England. She insists that it's the doing of GWB. What is she talking about? I've never heard anything about funding for veterans hospitals being cut for blue states. Can anyone help me here? I just might run into her again and don't want to be clueless.
I did look her incredulously and say, "And do you really believe that GWB did that to get back at the blue states?" and she said, "Of course he did."
Well, I don't know who's signing your checks, but I was told to tell everyone that it was George Bush...umm..maybe I wasn't supposed to mention that, eh?
Another interesting fact is that in South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho (probably), and most of northern Minnesota, the ONLY counties to go blue in these all-red states were either Indian reservations, or, in the case of Minnesota, Indian reservations or "Iron Range" miners. The vote fraud on reservations in South and North Dakota was appalling in 2002, and to a lesser extent 2004.
Just point and laugh when you see her again and say to the friend with whom you're working out: "There goes that woman who believes that GWB cut the VA budget in the blue states! C'mon, let's ask her for the budget numbers and SEE what she says TODAY!" A few moments later, "Yep, what an idiot to have the genius to get the Democrats in Congress for those parts of the country to vote against their own VA hospitals!"
I like the idea of another poster to tell her that you wrote GWB and asked him to give the PBS, NEA, and EPA money to the VA and increase military pay. (Only if you're not squeamish about seeing her head explode!)
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