Is it okay to gloat and say I told ya so now?

[catmandu57]

I've got a half brother that voted for the moron despite all the talking against it I could. He comes by it honestly, his daddy was absolutely in love with wallace and buchanan.

Now, I've been coming accross great w* cartoons and I'm tempted to send them on, but I think if I just keep my mouth shut, he'll either not vote this year or go dem.

What do you think? should I rub his nose in his good judgement.

[hippiechick]

1. oooh no, freepers can't stand being confronted !

he'd just get defensive and backtrack.

let him find the light on his own, then welcome him with open arms when he makes the transition. :pals:


:hippie:

[Aristus]

2. My wife is a republican. She voted for B*sh while I voted for Gore.

I lost sleep for weeks before the election because I knew what a fuckup The Chimp would be. My wife said she didn't want "that liar Gore" to be President. Now she hates B*sh and the war and the whole idiotic cluster fuck the administration is. I don't gloat simply because I want her to stay on my side.

[Qutzupalotl]

3. It's unlikely to work.

It may make you feel good, but it'll make him feel defensive and more resistant to alternatives.

A better way would be to just point out what Bush has done...left a 500 billion dollar deficit for our great-grandchildren to pay off...alienated our allies...started a war on false pretenses...twiddled his thumbs while jobs went overseas...on and on.

[Kamika]

4. Don't

He might vote Bush in spite

[catmandu57]

5. Yeah I've kept my mouth shut

and I'll probably continue, but it's getting hard to do.

[el_gato]

6. just sow a few seeds here and there

all you need is one to germinate
after that it is only a matter of time

[Asteroid]

8. Wait till after November

when Bush has been sent back to the farm to tend to his goats or whatever he does there on his many vacations. Then you can say "I told ya so."

[VOX]

7. He's come this far on his own...

Might as well let him make the transformation on his own.

It's tempting, but if you gloat, or rub it in, you might send him skittering backward.

Just a wee bit of supportive reinforcement from you is all that's needed.

[geniph]

9. You don't even need to gloat

most of 'em know by now that they've been totally snookered. Just offer them an alternative when they flee from the neocon madness.

It's really very rarely necessary to tell people when they've screwed up. Most people know, and there's little benefit to pointing it out; most people respond better to being offered a better choice for next time.

[hlthe2b]

10. NO!!!! Human nature is such that he will probably become defensive

and defend Bush, even with his vote, just to "save face..."

Better to let him come to his own conclusions and merely nod and be supportive.