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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:15 PM Original message |
Conversation that I had with someone who considers themselves "middle of the road" |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. I got mine and screw the rest fellow. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yep. That was the way I took it. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. In one respect, all we want is his vote |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I tried to put facts in |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. It may be a long process |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Pretty much. Boil it down to one or two sentences............ |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ask him, "If the road is moved to the right, are you still in the middle?" |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. My guess is that the answer would be YEP! n/t |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. I am sad to say that this is typical. More people are |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. I agree. Some people think of politics as some sort of a hobby |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I have said the same thing many times. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. What party does he belong to? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Its also only about whether they did well financially. To hell with anyone else. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. I also just got a rude awakening when a friend of mine made a few comments that made my jaw drop. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. The missing ingredient in many cases is the same: |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I think there is a part of the brain that did not develop properly in those lacking |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. You might be right, but the implications of that are terrible, indeed. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. One can only hope that thru evolution-natural selection-the non-empathetics will die out naturally. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. "I don't know how you teach people to be empathetic" |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. Oh it will one day effect his little world. Once he looses his job and wants unemployment and can't |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. He's never really noticed what you find in the middle of the road, has he? |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. Sounds like your typical American Voter |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
19. He won't wake up unless he personally falls on hard times. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. I blame FIXED News and Limbaugh etc. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. True to a great degree, but it's a mistake to focus too heavily on them |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. Politics? |
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