http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2008/11/26/i_am_no_defeatist_coward_am Comments On: I am No Defeatist Coward...am I? by Jeff Kirby en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://store.barackobama.com/product_p/m…
Posted by Gina]]> Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:04:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fuck You]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:44:50 -0800 The Stranger Posted by DUDE]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:36:27 -0800 The Stranger Posted by whatever]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:30:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by billcat]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:15:28 -0800 The Stranger
Thank You.
Thank You Very Much.
Posted by My Name Here]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:34:52 -0800 The Stranger @53 a solid clear minded sentiment/ @ 53 why don't you take your own advice?
Posted by billcat]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:50:45 -0800 The Stranger Posted by caitosaurus!]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:40:28 -0800 The Stranger hey Megagross-
I think the Turkey is done now.
Quit typing and go eat.
Posted by ZZZZZZZzzzz.....]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:36:17 -0800 The Stranger
I'm a Seattle Republican. Believe it or not, we exist!

The thing that makes me uncomfortable about this situation is how everyone is obsessing over "rubbing it in." I voted for Bush and never did I or any of my friends make an effort to rub anything anywhere. If anything we kept our victory celebrations to a whisper. However, this may just be due to where we live.

I've seen and heard plenty of examples of W supporters, Republicans and veterans getting their cars slashed up, keyed, tagged, spat on and defecated on.

My suggestion to you: get used to it! This is one of the many perks of putting your man in power.

If you can't get used to it be willing to affect a change in your own behavior. Please don't pretend that Republicans run a monopoly on vandalism. We need to halt the culture of blame. We don't want eight years where bad behavioral patterns have simply flipped. I don't want to see Republicans being sore losers or Democrats being sore winners.

Are Democrats defeatist cowards? No. But neither are Republicans uneducated racists. We need to get away from these blatant generalizations. It's in keeping with what both Obama and McCain said.

"I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in...offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together, to find the necessary compromises, to bridge our differences, and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited. Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans." -John McCain

"It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states; we are and always will be the United States of America." -Barack Obama

I would like to take the time to make it clear that Barack Obama is my president, too. I will support this man as the leader of my nation. I may make fun of him and rail against some of his policies...but this man will be my President for the next four to eight years. My Republican friends and I wish him success in all of his endeavors because success for Mr. Obama translates to success for Americans and many others abroad.

Please accept my Congratulations, and realize that I along with millions of others will be supporting Barack Obama at a level that most Democrats couldn't muster for Mr. Bush. Don't get caught up with these minor acts which are the exception to the rule. Both parties need to try to get past this if we want any of the lauded Change we were promised.

Don't make the mistake of thinking I'm a soft Republican, either. I am a pro-life, gun-carrying, traditional-marriage-supporting, big-business, small-government, pro-change-in-the-middle-east Republican.

All of us need to get past polarizing comments, stereotypes and behaviors. I have friends, family and coworkers who are young, old, rich, poor, Democrat, Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Today I will go celebrate Thanksgiving with my family, despite its political divisions. Tonight I will go to bed with my girlfriend who I love and cherish, though she is a Democrat. Next week I will go back to work where there are people of all convictions and persuasions, and I will work alongside them with complete indifference to the fact that their personal beliefs differ from mine.

I'm positive that the individuals who posted above and who are reading this now also have a multitudinous variety of people in their lives that they know and are dear to them. Let's not make the mistake of calling each other racists or cowards.

Posted by Meleagros]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:23:20 -0800 The Stranger Posted by east coaster]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:48:28 -0800 The Stranger Public political activities evidently carry the potential for backlash.
If it is ok for Richard Raddon to lose his job because he donated to a political cause Gays disapprove of then I suppose anyone who dislikes Obama can feel free to bash out a windshield or 2 (or 20)
This could be fun.
Posted by ...GoodForTheGander]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:33:35 -0800 The Stranger
just sayin'
Posted by billcat]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:38:48 -0800 The Stranger except it was two years ago, my sticker said "if you can't trust me with a choice, how can you trust me with a child"
and i was parked on a catholic campus.
so, yeah. kind of the same but not.
Posted by scallion pancakes?]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:29:42 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Christy O]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:21:18 -0800 The Stranger
The second one is another story. If you're gonna have a bumper sticker, be prepared for dirty looks, extra speeding tickets, political vandalism, and other crap. If you want to engage, change the sign to "republicans are defeatist cowards who vandalized my car." Then get this http://www.bumpertalk.com/bt/images/item… and mess with their heads
Posted by snarky]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:40:43 -0800 The Stranger Posted by raisedbywolves]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:13:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by don't fuck with my car]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:19:04 -0800 The Stranger
"If it's not Scottish, it's crrrrap."

"Get in mah belly!"

Sorry, so many ways to go with this ...
Posted by Candid Cameron]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:27:04 -0800 The Stranger Really? THIS guy?

http://home.avvanta.com/~volvo242gt/inde…
Posted by Jeepers]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:19:41 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Another local]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:01:20 -0800 The Stranger
If enough of these pussies end up in the morgue, they'll think twice before acting out again.
Posted by whatwhat]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:40:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Chris in Tampa]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:22:48 -0800 The Stranger Posted by The CHZA]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:01:59 -0800 The Stranger Posted by b-cat]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:21:37 -0800 The Stranger