Right wing assholes in cars

[Vexatious Ape]

I was at a grocery store parking lot getting into my car with my bags and I noticed the car next to me—a piece of shit Ford Taurus or some fucking thing. It had that look like it was costing the owner a bit here and there and was getting ready to really sock it to him in the wallet really damn soon. I saw a bunch of bumper sticker plastered on the rear window: the ubiquitous, Bush Cheney 04, Support our troops ribbon, nothing unusual for suburban Atlanta I thought. Then I noticed the I SUPPORT JUDGE ALITO FOR THE SUPREME COURT.
Now I’m a political junkie of sorts but if my guy was in the White House, I doubt I’d be sporting bumper sticker in support of his Supreme Court nominee’s. I have nothing against bumper stickers—I proudly tool around with an anti W sticker, but it just seems too fanatical. My other thought was: who the fuck makes stickers promoting judges?
But I had to see this asshole so I waited, and waited, and waited. We all prejudge form time to time—most of the time—and I had him in my head sporting a flat top wearing camouflage pants or shirt, slightly overweight, with his eyes really, really close together like *’s. And damn if I wasn’t right next to the money. He was wearing jeans but had on a camo trucker’s cap, big gut, and beady little eyes real close together. Thomas Frank could of used a picture of this moron for his What’s the Matter With Kansas book, to illustrate what kind of person who votes against his own best interests. How bad I wished I had keyed the fuck out of his shit-box, but I’m a good ape, so I don’t—as they say on the Jerry Springer Show—even go there. I just think about it real hard and heavy. I was tempted to ask him a few questions but he was running his mouth on his cell phone so, being the nice guy I am, I just gave a loud 45 second blast from my horn, until he abruptly ended his conversation, gave me a WTF look so I waved at him, and drove off.

[undergroundpanther]

1. Lol

Yeah I have noticed it too.. rightwingers they all look alike to me.

[Wetzelbill]

2. I used to see this old guy in a wheelchair, WW2 vet hat on...

and on the back of his chair he had a Bush/Cheney '04 Sticker. I just kept thinking how effed up is that? At a time when this administration was sending troops off to die and be maimed in an illegal, unnecessary and blatantly stupid war, when they were trying to stick it to Vets in every cheap possible way, this old man was still so indoctrined that he supported them. I genuinely felt sad everytime I saw that guy. Made me really hurt inside to see our country like that.

[DainBramaged]

3. Where did the asswipe get the bumper sticker?

I'd like to know who he dipped into his beer money for to get such a stupid bumper sticker, and what else they are responsible for.

[tenshi816]

4. Hee -

I just checked your profile and see that you live in McDonough. I used to work there and lived in Jackson. When you described the guy at the grocery store, I was thinking that it reminded me of about 3/4 of the men I ever saw in Henry and Butts County!

It's nice to find out there's actually a liberal living in that area, but do you ever get lonely looking for others like yourself? I used to find dating very difficult because of not being able to meet any like-minded guys there. Didn't matter if they were blue-collar or white-collar, they all seemed to be right-wingers. Same for the women.

Edited to add that I'm still registered to vote in Butts County. When I sent my absentee ballot in for the 2004 presidential election, I was convinced that everyone in the registrar's office had a look at that most rare of things - a Democratic vote - right before they fed it into the shredder.

[SoulDrift]

5. Rare liberal in North Fulton

I love showing up for the N. Fulton primaries, particularly when there's no contest among the Republicans (President in 2004, for example) - and being the one rare Democrat voter. I get some funky looks.