I didn’t think I would start any political threads; I don’t often but my next door neighbor just amazed me today.
He likes to talk about politics, I listen (he’s a talker) and I knew he was a Bush person.
We were going to our neighbors down the street, when we walked by and he saw us and stepped outside (its warm) and said “Isn’t it great that the country is now under conservative values?”
Uh…Not everyone is happy about that.
“Who isn’t?”
um…everyone who didn’t vote Republican?
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wo. Is that the mindset of the right?
Anyones neighbors give them opinions about the election?
Not really my “neighbors”, since I don’t really talk to them, but… well, I live in Southern California. Most people I talk to don’t like Bush. Whenever a random stranger starts talking politics to me, I’ve learned to just keep my trap shut and be as noncommittal as possible. As much as I love debating, I’m rarely in the mood for uphill battles just to convince the other person that I DO have thoughts that don’t perfectly match The Party Line.
I don’t complain about it too much, though. A liberal in the Midwest would get similarly shabby treatment.
My next door neighbor and I don’t really talk politics. He is a good neighbor but we pretty much don’t cross paths that much. He is a chef and works mostly evenings and nights so I don’t see a lot of him. We were both out on our front porches Thursday evening so I called over and congratulated him on the election (trying to be a good sport) and he said he was planning to leave his Bush-Cheney sign up the rest of the year.
:eek:
I seriously doubt 25% of the people in my apartment complex voted in this year’s election.
Good people, just not the type to vote, is all.
Out of 140something apartments, I saw 1 Bush sign in a window. Then I saw where Kerry fan plastered her window, yard and car with signs and stickers.
Then there’s people like me, who didn’t put up any of that stuff because it’s none of my neighbors’ business who I voted for, and some of them are just a liiiiiiittle bit off of their rockers and are liable to slit my tires.
I don’t care to defend that sort of statement, but I do recall hearing much the same thing back in '92 and '96, when Clinton took office with less than 50% of the popular vote. Some people just like trash talk.
I try to avoid people who view that as acceptable debate, however.
No need to ask. Our paper posts the split by Precinct. Ours was 81% pro-Bush. IIRC, there were only a few Dems on our ballot (except for Kerry). Almost the entire ballot was unopposed Repubs. Strange that there were almost no yard signs leading up to the election.
Don’t need to put up yard signs if you assume everyone else is voting the way you are. It was similar in my area as well - heavy Republican, few signs. However, 2/3 of the US Senate votes went to Barack Obama - at least I know a lot of these people pay attention to more than party, which is a good thing.
I live in Seattle, so we’re mostly commie pinko liberals around here. Unfortunately, this does mean that you do have to watch out for the “more liberal than thou” folks–for example, there was the guy yesterday evening going on about how Kerry was actually in cahoots with Bush, because they both support The System, etc. I tuned out rather than listen to the details.