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LIBERAL AT MY DINNER TABLE (vanty)
12252004 | me

Posted on 12/25/2004 6:54:14 PM PST by cyborg

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To: LisaMalia

Sorry. I installed a "sneeze guard" over my keyboard a while back (like those at buffet tables in restruants). Works well, but you do have to wipe it down on occasion.


121 posted on 12/25/2004 7:38:46 PM PST by Adrastus (I am locked and loaded with a clear field of fire.)
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To: cyborg
Make her sit at the kids table during dinner and glare at her! lol
122 posted on 12/25/2004 7:39:22 PM PST by TheForceOfOne
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To: KC Burke

Love GK! I even saw him quoted on a plaque at my local Wal-Mart -- glad to see he is making it in contemporary culture.


123 posted on 12/25/2004 7:39:57 PM PST by andie74 (Proud Resident of Fly-Over Country)
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To: tiamat; All

Actually I got up and walked away when she started talking about the Rockerfeller drug laws. I didn't necessarily disagree with her that they needed to be reformed. It's when she started making excuses for people's behavior. My mother did a job of pretending to be interested then they switched topics to talking about my mom's country and climbing trees,etc. which was vastly more entertaining. I wasn't in a good mood to begin with and wanted to avoid a fight. I just KNEW I would end up cussing if I didn't go sit in the bathroom *LOL*


124 posted on 12/25/2004 7:40:13 PM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: carlr

LOL


125 posted on 12/25/2004 7:40:42 PM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: TheForceOfOne
Make her sit at the kids table during dinner and glare at her! lol

And corrupt the kids? Talk about punishment for not finishing your vegetables....

126 posted on 12/25/2004 7:40:53 PM PST by kstewskis (Political correctness is intellectual terrorism.......M Gibson)
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To: cyborg

Cy -- you should show your liberal friend all the responses you're getting on FR. Is she (or he) one of those people who MUST discuss politics on every occasion? Geez, you can't be hiding out in your own house, unless maybe you have one of those rambling spreads out in the Hamptons (aren't you out there somewhere? Or am I getting it confused with South Ozone Park?)


127 posted on 12/25/2004 7:40:54 PM PST by speedy
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To: cyborg

So no gunplay then?


128 posted on 12/25/2004 7:41:23 PM PST by Petronski (Don't ask me about my pneumonia...it's making me very cranky.)
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To: cyborg

If the lib presses the matter, let them know how cute we all think they are before they grow up.


129 posted on 12/25/2004 7:41:27 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (This space for rant)
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To: GRRRRR
Remind her that WE STOLE OHIO!

Tell her we're really very compassionate,
but we love beating Democrats like rented mules!

130 posted on 12/25/2004 7:41:45 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Time to let slip the dogs...)
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To: kstewskis

OMG! LOL!


131 posted on 12/25/2004 7:41:49 PM PST by TheForceOfOne
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To: rabidralph

Oh I ate enough to vomit so that could have well happened :o)


132 posted on 12/25/2004 7:42:03 PM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: cyborg
There's always the old rule about not talking about politics or religion at the dinner table. That may not be good as a hard and fast rule -- it may be that the country was founded by people who couldn't stop griping over taxes in a bar, and our religions were founded by people who couldn't hold back from sharing the good news over loaves or fishes -- but if you've got people who only see each other once a year or so, coming together for a holiday it seems like a good policy to leave the politics at home.

It's a sign of egotism when people can't stop talking about their own preoccupations. Maybe we're all egoists at heart, and maybe (Hi, Randians!) we should be, but there are some times when people ought to keep that under wraps.

Looking for a gambit to turn the conversation away from politics? Children are usually a good bet. If you know who the kids are or what they're up to you can impress people with your knowledge. If you don't you can so confuse the names, ages, and interests, that it will take hours of concentrated effort to straighten things out again.

Also recipes. Complement someone on their cooking or start talking about a vague hint of ... something special ... that you just can't put your finger on ... Could it be tarragon? Soon everyone will be so busy trying to identify the secret herb or spice that politics will be long forgotten.

Also sports, or perhaps movies. If you can take all the hostility and anger in the room and direct it against Oliver Stone or Mel Gibson or some other film maker, or against Desperate Housewives or The Apprentice your work is done. But beware: everyone has to assume that the resulting anti-Stone or anti-Gibson rants are not about politics. Otherwise, you're back to square one.

133 posted on 12/25/2004 7:42:17 PM PST by x
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To: cyborg

I'm learning from Rush Limbaugh that if a liberal gets in your face, just laugh. Before the Presendial election, a friend told me she was voting for Kerry. I looked at her seriously when she said that and then burst out laughing. She asked why I was laughing so hard, and I said "If you don't know, you are just laughable". It did give her some pause to think.


134 posted on 12/25/2004 7:42:43 PM PST by maxwellp
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To: bad company

LOL nope I had a moment of panic. She mentioned something about republicans and my mind went blank.


135 posted on 12/25/2004 7:42:45 PM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: KC Burke

bump


136 posted on 12/25/2004 7:43:06 PM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: cyborg; Petronski
I just KNEW I would end up cussing if I didn't go sit in the bathroom *LOL*

Now, Cyborg, if you had taken Petronski's advice from a few posts ago, the laxative brownies would have led to your esteemed guest hiding out in the bathroom, free to leave you to make merry with the rest of your guests!

137 posted on 12/25/2004 7:43:21 PM PST by andie74 (Proud Resident of Fly-Over Country)
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To: rlmorel

Oh oh! Beer-goggles alert!


138 posted on 12/25/2004 7:43:28 PM PST by rockrr (Merry Freeper Christmas!)
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To: Howlin

Wow, I'd love to have that as a bumper sticker!!!!! Some yahoos around here are still sporting their Kerry stickers. I still have my Bush/Cheney 04 ones on my car, and continue to get flipped off on occasion. Imagine the reaction I would get from that one!

139 posted on 12/25/2004 7:44:43 PM PST by LisaMalia (A special Merry CHRISTmas and thank you to our troops!)
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To: LisaMalia

Order to your heart's content!

http://www.georgewbushstore.com/


140 posted on 12/25/2004 7:45:21 PM PST by Howlin (Annoy a liberal; tell everybody you see Merry Christmas!)
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