The things you hear over lunch

[morganskye]

Alison and I went to a hibachi place for lunch because she had a bogo free lunch coupon. Anyway, we were seated with 6 old people (est 60+). All in all it was nice conversation until the topic rolled around to politics. UGH! Apparently only one guy was pro-Obama. The rest were militant McCain supporters. Fine, you can chose who you want. That's what makes America great. However, they were also incredibly racist. One lady was telling off the Pro-Obama guy over that 'anti-America' speech his former pastor made. I also heard another lady at the end of the table say "If Obama gets voted in, they'll have to rename it the Black House." This was followed up with various stereotypical comments about rims on the limo and 'blacking up' the Oval Office. Alison looked at me and said "Let's get out of here before the Klan rally starts."

There are many things once can expect when living in the South, however I still get shocked when I see/hear things like this.

Comments

[morganskye.livejournal.com]

Agreed on all points. I think the reason they put Palin as VP is to try and get the women who would have voted for Clinton.

I want to believe what he has to say, but the jaded part of me says he's getting attention because of his color and that all politicians lie anyway.

[broccoman.livejournal.com]

I thought Palin was a pander to religious loonies, not women. Palin cost McCain my vote, literally.