Guest Post – Kate: Was it something I said?
This is a guest post by my friend Kate, who has something to say to Republicans who knock on people’s doors..
My husband is a registered independent. So we get calls and canvassers wanting to know how he’s going to vote.
I just had a Republican canvasser come to my door. She had only one response to our support of Senator Obama – “What about Ayers?” When I told her that Obama was a child when Ayers was involved in the Weather Underground and that McCain was old enough to know better (even if he can’t remember anymore) she said “but he was with him two years ago.” I pointed out that 2 years ago Ayers wasn’t involved in the Weather Underground; he was working on education issues.
Then I asked her about Todd Palin’s involvement with a group wanting to secede from the US. She had no answer except to repeat “What about Ayers?” I told her I didn’t like the racial hatred Sarah Palin was trying to stir up with her lies. My God, Palin tells so many lies and does it so often she couldn’t find the truth with a GPS and a guide dog. And McCain – please no more with the “I work across the aisle with Joe Leiberman.” For a Republican, working with Joe Leiberman is like doing your own sister – it’s all in the family. I also told her that I didn’t appreciate McCain’s apparent assumption that we women had no brains and would just vote with our vaginas. That’s when she got mad at me (was it something I said – perhaps “vaginas”?), literally ran across the street, and yelled back that I had better be careful what I say. I asked if she was going to turn me in to the FBI. I told her to be sure to spell my name correctly when she does.
I just realized that today I am wearing my old Kerry campaign shirt. I hope that pissed her off too.
Kate doesn’t blog. Yet. So leave a comment here for her, because I just love hearing stories about Republicans being jerks.