Heard some astonishing info today from a friend.

[bribri16]

My friend and her husband took a trip to up-county MD (should be considered a "red" section of MD). They paid a visit to one of their very conservative frieds. When they stepped up on their porch they noticed a small poster that read, "I hate Bush" My friend and her husband were taken back by the harshness of the poster. Later on during an after-dinner conversation, my friend said to the host that she and her husband had considered moving up to that neck of the woods after retirement but that she thought they might have a difficult time fitting in because of their (my friend's) politics. (My friend and hubby are very liberal and they know how conservative their families and friends are.) She told her host and hostess that she was shocked to see the poster on the porch and said that she thought they were staunch Republican supporters of Bush. To which the host sad responded bitterly: "i can't stand the bastard. And there are a lot more of us up here who feel that way than you think."
The host told them that there were many people living in that area who just despised Bush and his lying ass but they just didn't talk about it much because there were a few nut-cases living up there also.

"Hope spring eternal...."

[indepat]

1. In my area the number of nut cases is mind-boggling, if not astounding

[Peace Patriot]

2. I have a friend who was living for a while with her Dad in an elderly

rich people's condo complex. The place was inhabited by Republican types--retired military, doctors, etc. She spoke to many of them before the invasion of Iraq, and reported to me that everyone she spoke to said something like this: "Bush is nuts."

I think a lot of Republican votes for Kerry were stolen in 2004--a lot more than we realize.

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