My brother the republican lost his job, I don't know if I feel sorry for him.

[texanwitch]

He voted for Bush for Governor and President.

He called me today, I haven't talked to him for years.

I told him we have a new President and things will get better.

I would have liked to tell him more but I didn't.

[liberaltrucker]

1. Read him the Riot Act!

Nail his butt on the REAL economy, and how it affected HIM.
The President called on Americans to do their part.
Here's your part, for now. Further assignments later.

:hug:

[texanwitch]

2. We haven't talked for a long time because I told him Bush was a terrible President.

He is 62 so can collect SS and I guess he has savings.

I will never understand working people voting republican.

His son was living large, now he is in trouble.

They are both republicans.

I so wanted to tell him you asked for it voting for Bush.

If he calls me again I will tell him how I feel.

I still remember what my brother said about Anne Richards, that is hard to forgive.

[liberaltrucker]

3. IMHO, your bro and neph are Republican KoolAid drinkers

No disrespect intended. One gets what one votes for.
They're on the wrong side of history. We aren't.

[texanwitch]

5. You are right.

I hope he never calls back.

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. "one get what one votes for' I didn't vote for this shit! I so wish that those who did vote for

past 8 yrs of shit, were the only ones too get what they voted for. Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way.

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4. pretty much it is your obligation to taunt and cast judgment on him...

i mean that is what we do, right?

if a 62 year old man has made bad choices and is now down on his luck, we should spare no opportunity to kick him when he is down. family? brother? pfffttt... it makes no difference.

it's what a good liberal democrat should do, right?

right?


or maybe, just maybe, we should hear what obama is saying and perhaps show a compassion that they never did as a lesson on how to live life. show a compassion to family and hard times...


nah, i agree with you. "get a job" is a great thing to yell at down and out repukes.

because we are superior.

[texanwitch]

6. I don't think he still understands.

He is pretty hard core republican type.

Believe me he still will be voting republican, all the way to the poorhouse.

[liberaltrucker]

7. We ARE surperior

I have absolutely NO sympathy for down on their luck Repukes.
They made their bed, let them lie on it. No pun intended.

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8. be careful bud, you sound exactly like a repuke and their ideas about the poor...

hate is so much easier than compassion...

[mitchum]

15. No, hatred is earned....

therefore, it is much harder than compassion

[Shell Beau]

18. hatred is ugly

[Shell Beau]

17. No compassion, huh?

[rurallib]

12. the only people who should vote repug are the Wall Street types

workers, farmers, teachers, small business owners, professionals, religious types should have nothing to do with Republicans. Yet they vote republican.
Edit to add: I about strangled a woman this fall. She was part of a union that was locked out out and I was walking the line to support them one day. She said that maybe this year she would vote for Democrats for the first time. She must have been @50 so probably voting since Reagan.

[hamsterjill]

13. Working people

That has always been the one thing that baffles me the most. How can ordinary people working ordinary jobs, living basically paycheck to paycheck, ever even consider voting Republican???!!!

It simply boggles the mind!

[emilyg]

9. I feel sorry for him.

[guitar man]

11. extend a hand to him

I witnessed a miracle this year with my own brother, a lifelong republican who at one tome had a virtual shrine to reagan in his house. After taking a financial beating year after year, he finally pulled his head out of the sand and looked around. When he took a real look at was going on, he marched down to the election board, switched his registration from R to D and the first Democratic vote he ever cast was a straight D ticket!!

Maybe your brother will come around, maybe he won't, but at least give him a chance.

[lizziegrace]

14. I feel sorry for him

and I've also found that people will come to conclusions on their own with a bit of prodding. The fact that you didn't rub his nose in it or read him the riot act was probably a relief to him.

He's family.

He'll come around in his own time.

:hug:

[Shell Beau]

16. Aw, I hope you are able to mend your relationship!

I hope he finds a job soon.

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. I think you handled it well. Maybe the rift will heal? *hugs*

[My Good Babushka]

20. when you vote for Dicks, things get Dickensian

"are there no workhouses?"
But srsly, I hope unemployment comp. gets extended. The economy stinks.

[1gobluedem]

21. My republican friend's husband lost jobs six times under Bush

Just lost one two weeks ago, in fact.

He had the same job during the entire Clinton administration. But neither one of them can make the connection, they still vote GOP. Sigh.

[Marrah_G]

22. Feel sorry for him- He is your brother

Especially if he has a family.

The next few years will be difficult for all of us.