encounter at dentist office - "I can't stand him either!"

[radfringe]

my partner had a late dentist appointment yesterday, while she sat in the waiting room - the tv was set to CNN, Lou Dobbs was doing a lead in on Bush & Fox - then showed a clip of Bush

my partner put her head down and muttered under her breath "I can't that asshole..." (meaning Bush)

a woman sitting next to her said "I can't stand him either"

within seconds two other people in the waiting room chimed in with "he's ruining the country"...."Doesn't know what the hell he's doing"

for the next twenty minutes everyone in the waiting room were discussing bush and his policies - from taxcuts to Iraq, 9-11 to medicare

when my partner was called to go into the examining room - one woman leaned over and took her hand - "thank-you for saying something - I am soo glad to hear that there are people who feel the same way as I do!"

[kispoko]

1. and....

that's exactly why they try to make us feel like we should be quiet.

no one talk about the demon's in the world. that's how they're able to keep doing what they do.

[cthrumatrix]

12. converting to a "vote against" shrub is the key --- this so clearly shows

the need for "check and balances"

[jonoboy]

2. great..it's worth root canal therapy to hear that !

[slor]

3. Great news...

I am starting to feel like we may get our country back, from these fools. Particularly with all the bad news for dumbya these past few days.

[Melodybe]

6. Everyday here in MS there are fewer and fewer republicans

When my husband first started work, he was one of 3 democrats. Everyone one else was a republican (there are 15 people were he works). Slowly they all started to turn. He started hearing folks say things like "Bu$h has to go." Now there is only one repub left and even he is mad about the immigration stuff, but still claims to be republican. We are going to win this b/c we are in the right. The truth is on our side and we will not let them turn us into peons.

[Piperay]

4. That's TERRIFIC

I know there must be plenty of people out there who agree but they feel all alone and are afraid to say anything. :-(

[Judi Lynn]

5. It just may be everyone's simply been too afraid to speak up!

They really put one over on us, arranging it in such a way that anyone who protests or disagreed was labeled right away, right at the very first, even before they got their war going.

What a wonderful bit of news. Thanks to radfringe.

[Malva Zebrina]

15. I sometimes think that is why the polls are so nutty--fear of the

government listening in--really, I mean that.

[readmylips]

7. This happend to me at my doctor's office too...

I over heard a couple sitting next to me speaking Spanish, and they were saying how bad bush was. I made a remark to them in Spanish, and we talked about the O'Neill report. They were American/Mexicans, and they were not happy with bush visiting Mexico, and not happy with his lies about immigration. The wife said, ese hombre bush es un animal.
That man bush is an animal. Another 'white' lady came in so we switched to English and Spanglish and continued talking about how bad bush really is. The lady ran out steaming mad. We looked at each other and the wife said in Spanish, una mujer ignorante. What an ignorant woman.

[mouse7]

8. Just yell "Bush sucks" alot in public gatherings

Very theraputic.

[leftchick]

9. I knew those poll numbers of his were phoney...

Just like the rest of him, phoney to the core! Thanks for the information rad. I have seen the outrage from repukes too and have suspected for a while now he really is losing his base.

[Guaranteed]

10. That's awesome.

:toast:

[radfringe]

11. more than one of my co-workers

have sheepishly admitted they had voted for Bush and have expressed regret

we also have a couple of sub-contractors in to do maintenance and repair work on the building -- in the past we've had some pretty good debates with them defending Bush*

but in the past couple of months they have admitted that they are pretty disgusted with Bush*, one even switched parties, and none have told me that they plan on voting for Bush* in Nov-04

my partner works in a small law office - of the 4 lawyers, 3 are registered Republicans - however NONE of them like Bush and NONE of them plan on voting for him

NOT A POLITICAL ENDORSEMENT OF ANYONE: the anger is there at the grassroots it's smoldering and getting ready to ignite - Dean tapped into it. Yes -- Dean comes across as being angry, but the anger was already there and it's growing and it's not just coming from the left-wing "extremist" base -- the anger cuts across all boundries

People do have their concerns about Dean - however it's way past the time for the other candidates to realize that the grassroots are looking for a leader, one that will stand-up and speak-out

[LunaC]

13. I guarantee you'll feel great, good joy

by leaving a few copies of this lying around town.....

Stealth Activism

One poster (sorry, forgot who you were) referred to this technique as "Dropaganda". Try it and see how it makes you want to giggle wih delight.....

[Bhaisahab]

33. u know what....

...it'll help if all this is in one page. maybe someone can design it in columns etc so that it fits in one page and is cheaper to print...

[spooky3]

14. thanks for starting my day off right!

[0007]

16. I'm hearing the same thing in Laura Bush's home town,

Midland Texas. Especially the Hispanics!

[efhmc]

25. That makes this Texan so happy. Are those folks going to vote??

[Native]

17. We all need to make it a habit of slamming Bush in public

at least once a day! I rarely say anything for fear of some lunatic coming after me (has a lot to do with the area I live in), but every time I inadvertently say something, I'm always backed up by another person within hearing distance. Without my knowledge, my kid wore my Anyone But Bush visor while shopping the other day, and one of the store's employees came up to her, patted her on the back, gave her a can of Coke (on the store), and said, "good for you." It makes me sick that I'm such a weenie. Thanks for posting this - I'm turning over a new leaf today!

[LunaC]

19. Try this

Activism for the timid

[Native]

23. Thanks for the information!

[underpants]

18. Where?

What part of the country?

[skypilot]

20. Pennslyvania...

...according to her profile. I was curious, too. I from Pennsylvania also. It is a state that is often described as Pittsburgh on one end Philadelphia on the other and Alabama in between.

[radfringe]

32. I live

in the northeast corner of PA - just a cow pasture or two northwest of Wilkes-Barre

[BigBadDaddy-O]

21. I have had note's left on my windshild thanking me for my Anti-Bush bumper

stickers!

[Skittles]

22. SWEET

I know my heart just jumps the rare times I come across someone who not only dislikes our POS "president", but is not afraid to SAY IT LOUD AND SAY IT PROUD ! :thumbsup:

[ElementaryPenguin]

24. EVERYONE I know - even my Repuke in-laws, hates the fucking Chimp!

Without rigging the election - he hasn't got a prayer of being elected! He lost last time - and he wasn't running on the worse record in history - and busted about committing wholesale fraud on the country and the entire world - sucking us into another Vietnam-esque, unwinnable imperialistic war!!!

[Timefortruth]

26. My Republican father-in-law, was supporting the war at Christmas

so I asked him why we are at war, and he didn't have an answer. I explained PNAC and he frankly thought it was a paranoid rant and asked for links.

I sent them and haven't heard from him since.

There are millions and millions of people who don't pay the slightest bit of attention to what is going on. It is them we should fear the most.

PS Another relative at Christmas said she couldn't support the UN because "they don't support the death penalty." I didn't respond with the observation that the 9/11hijackers didn't seem all that worried about the death penalty.

[Woodstock]

27. Cool!!!

A guy I work with I don't usually get to talk politics with just said he doesn't know anyone who likes Bush. And he's NOT a hippy dippy liberal college kid. He's over 50, a registered Republican, living in a million dollar a home neighborhood, and absolutely LOATHES Bush. He's voting Democratic this time.

[cap]

28. here in PA, unfortunately I do...

in a mixed Dem-Repub area. It is an effort with coworkers sometimes. I can't understand how an over 50 diabetic man who recently almost lost his house, with a kid in college, a wife with cancer remission, and probably no retirement savings can support Bush. I just don't know what goes on in his mind.

[K8-EEE]

29. THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME AT THE COFFEE STORE!

Almost exactly the same story, this is at a family-owned coffee place near my house in No. Hollywood CA....the TV was on and this lady who owns the place with her husband and works the counter in the morning, WELL, I saw this look flash on her face when she was giving me change when the GWB clip came on, like she was really disgusted...

But then she sort of brightened up I think to not offend me (I go there every morning) and I just blurted out "I hate George Bush! He will be the death of this country!"

Well it was like flood gate opening; there were three other people in there and they all started talking a mile a minute about, what are we gonna do??? I think of that day a lot and wonder if it's happening other places, every day; it gives me hope.

[Lindsey]

30. The same thing happened to me at the doctor's office

about a year ago! The waiting room was almost full and the T.V. was on. Someone made a negative comment about * and OMG - EVERYONE jumped in. We all felt SO validated. I gave everyone DU'S website and told them that there were so many people who felt just like they felt. It was incredible - I'll never forget it. Once again, we must remember that the media wants to have middle America believe that * is revered. THAT'S WHY WE NEED OUR OWN T.V. STAION!!!!!!!!!!!!!GEORGE SOROS-- HELP!!!!!!!!!!

[Woodstock]

31. My post office has Faux News on the TV in the lobby

I was thinking about compaining. If I'm standing in line I flaunt my Nation, Sierra, ... mags for all to see.

[Th1onein]

35. It IS happening all over....

I'm from Texas and I have a big mouth. Anytime I and my boyfriend are in public, I make it a point to find an opportunity to tell him loud enough for other people to hear, what an idiot Bush is. Believe me, Bush gives me plenty of ammunition, daily. What I've noticed is that most of the time, other people chime in. Most of the time, they say that he is ruining this country....they don't talk particulars, but they are plenty pissed. And they are afraid, too, that other people are not going to vote him out. I think they've been listening to the pollsters too much.

That's what pissed me off about Franken, too, last night on Charlie Rose: When Rose asked Franken the old "if you had to say TODAY who would win the election..." Franken agreed that it would be George Bush. How stupid a thing to say, even if he did think it. I could have just wrung his neck!

[Fozzledick]

34. Something similar happened just yesterday in my doctor's waiting room

Two older women were talking about how much the current cold spell was going to cost them in terms of extra heating oil, and how much of a burden this was since "the economy just keeps getting worse and worse". They avoided naming names but spoke in euphemistic terms that "the politicians" now in office didn't care and it wasn't even worth voting.

At this point I joined in and suggested that that's how "the crooks" get into office, when people don't come out to vote against them.
One of them cautiously replied: "Well, I still like Clinton! Whatever his other faults at least when HE was president there were jobs."

[ComerPerro]

36. I love when that happens

Someone always has to "break the ice", but everyone seems so relieved when somebody comes out and says it.