Posted by
Conservative Freedom Fighter on Tuesday, February 03, 2009 12:00:00 AM
It's 9 a.m. on my only day off this week. I've got a few things to
take care of this afternoon, but for now, I was enjoying a little time
on the couch. A documentary about the dust storms across the midwest in
the 30's was playing on the History channel, providing a little
background noise while I dozed a little. It was nice.
But that all changed with a phone call. I knew I should have turned off the ringer when I hit the couch.
I
croaked a
"figures-you-would-have-to-call-just-when-I-was-falling-asleep" hello?
The voice on the other end belonged to a female, though it was no one I
recognized. She quickly introduced herself, and asked for me by name.
After I told her that it was, indeed, me she was talking to, she
proceeded to tell me she was calling on behalf of the "Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee".
My first thought: "Are you kidding me? Really?" My second thought: "Time to have some fun!"
I
kept quiet as she continued to tell me about the House vote on the
Economic Stimulus Bill last week. She did a decent job of telling me
that, despite the hard work of the House Democrats, NOT ONE REPUBLICAN
voted for it! Why, they voted against it DESPITE how hard President
Obama had worked to make this a "bipartisan" effort to save our
economy!
By this point, my anger at having been
jolted out of my morning nap was gone completely, and a beautiful day
with endless possibilities made me smile. I couldn't hold back any
more.
"So, the Republicans voted against legislation
that is going to get our Country back on track?" The tone in her
response matched my own incredulity. EVERY ONE OF THOSE REPUBLICANS
voted against helping us!
"Did any Democrats vote
against it?" Of course, I already knew the answer, but what kind of
good Conservative activist would I be without at least pretending I was
interested in her drivel? I could here her shuffling papers before she
answered that NO Democrats voted against it, because Democrats want to
help us 'poor people', and that is why she was calling me today. Would
I be interested in supporting the DCCC with a contribution of $100 so
that President Obama and the Democrats can maintain/gain on their
majorities?
You know, I always complain that I don't
get calls like this. Just the other night, I was griping to my wife
that I never get polled on Conservative issues. I never get asked what
my approval rating of our dear leader is. And yet, here was my chance.
I
decided to inform her that I knew how the vote actually went down. 11
Democrats and yes, all Republicans, had voted AGAINST the porkulus
bill. "As far as I am concerned, that means that there was indeed a
bipartisan effort to KILL the legislation. The only partisan politics
happened on the side of the Democrats."
She shuffled
papers again, and began to spout off statistics. It was evident that
she was reading off a prepared script about the "benefits" of the
economic stimulus plan.
"It sounds to me like you are
simply reciting the Democrat party talking points to me. Are they the
'Official' talking points?" I had to ask, because it was quickly
becoming obvious that she wasn't going to stop. She didn't disappoint,
either.
Instead of allowing my interrogation to
bother her, she continued reading right out of the Democrat playbook. I
let her run with it. Billions for welfare. Billions for the unemployed.
Billions for education. Billions for health care. The promises
continued to add up. As she read on, I started to develop this picture
of my kids & grandchildren in debtor's prison.
She
finally quit reading, and again asked for my support of President
Obama's efforts. I ignored her question, and continued to grill her.
"Let
me get this straight." I tried to sound as serious as possible, giving
her a little "hope" that I would send her my "change". "President Obama
and the Democrats want to help people like you and I by giving us a
bunch of money for all these different programs? That sounds great!"
She responded positively, and I continued.
"Are
there going to be any checks coming to us little guys in America? Or
will all the money go to Wall Street?" By this point, I was having what
Rush would say is, 'More fun than a human being should be allowed'.
My
question perked her up a little, or so it seemed, and I heard her
papers shuffling again. "Let's see..." she said as she found the right
talking point. "President Obama wants to give each American $500, or
$1,000 for couples!"
"My goodness." I responded. "I
could sure use that right now. My car broke down, and I have to go into
the hospital to have my hypothalamus removed and my wife needs to have
an epidermis transplant." I didn't think she was going to bite, but she
did. Her response immediately went into the Democrat talking points
about FREE HEALTH CARE and other efforts the Democrats were making to
help people just like me.
I finally decided to bring
it back around. If I didn't, there was a very strong possibility I was
simply going to burst out laughing and end the call in a long string of
profanities. Instead, I forced my serious face on, and continued.
I
recited all the programs that would be funded by the Porkulus bill. I
listed all the ways it was going to help me. Then I asked THE question:
"Where is President Obama going to get the money to do all of this?"
Her
answer sounded like it had been written by Joe Biden himself. She
proceeded to tell me that the money would come from taxpayers, and that
although President Obama was doing EVERYTHING he could for us, he would
need our help to. According to the caller, it was up to US to get
America back on track.
I could have run with this,
but it was getting old. As much as I enjoy using people's ignorance
against them, I felt that I had beat her up enough. I again summarized
all of the Porkulus programs, and the fact that the money would come
from taxpayers. "Have I got that right?"
She again responded positively. I had to go in for the kill.
"Doesn't
that sound like Socialism to you?" For the first time, my question had
stopped her in her tracks. She shuffled her script a few times and,
after a few seconds, went back to the beginning. She recited the first
few lines of her script. Her voice was cracking and showing other signs
of stress.
I stopped her with a stream of questions:
"Where in the Constitution does it give President Obamamessiah the
right to do this with MY TAXES? I don't want Socialism in my Country!
Too many men & women have died fighting to make this country FREE,
only to have it fall to the Socialist policies and ignorance of the
masses? I DON'T THINK SO!"
"But sir, President Obama
only wants to help us!" She was clearly stressed at this point, and I
couldn't believe she hadn't given up yet. If nothing else, she was
persistent, almost as though someone was holding a gun to her head and
making her extract a $100 donation from me.
"Sweety,
in case you haven't noticed yet, you called the house of one of the
most right-wing, hard core Conservatives you could find." I let it out.
"I wouldn't send you a dime unless it meant that the Socialist
Democrats across the Nation would get the hell out and go find a
'paradise' of their own to screw up."
"I'm sorry you
feel that way, sir." I think she finally realized the error of her
ways. Then she proved me wrong. "President Obama just really wants to
get this Country back on track, and needs YOUR help with a donation to
the DCCC."
"Do me a favor." I tried to keep as calm
as possible. "Tell the DCCC to send a message to Obamamessiah for me."
Yes, she even agreed to this, so I continued. "Tell him that myself and
54 million others want him to take a hike. Tell him to go back to his
homeland of Kenya, where his Socialist ideas might be welcomed. And
after you do that, do yourself and me a favor and go read the
Constitution."
I didn't hear what followed. I hung up. It's a beautiful day!
The Conservative Freedom Fighter