With the economy collapsing all around us, I decided to give my dear, sweet Grandmother a call today to see how she was holding up.
"HOW YA DOIN, YA OL' BAT? HOW'S YOUR RETIREMENT NEST EGG HOLDING UP?"
There was no reply, but I could hear the dried up ol' hag wheezing like an asthmatic terrier.
"I GUESS JOHN MCSAME REALLY DID A NUMBER ON YOU, DIDN'T HE?" I pressed her.
"How does John McCain have anything to do with what's going on with the banking system?" Grandma finally spoke up. Too bad it was just another stupid Repug talking point.
"JOHN MCSAME VOTED WITH BUSH 90% OF THE TIME!!!!" I politely reminded her.
"And exactly which bills did he vote with Bush on that are responsible for the current economic downturn?"
You can always tell when the cons have been pre-programmed by their talk radio masters, because they'll question everything you say as if they actually have the ability (and the right) to debate you on your intellectually superior level.
"Did Rush Limbaugh tell you to ask me that?" I shot back at her. "I bet he forgot to also tell you that John McSame voted with George Bush 90% of the time. Think about that when you're eating dog food right out of the can this winter while the greedy CEO's enjoy their obnoxious severance packages paid for with the blood of innocent Iraqi children."
"I'm done talking to you," Grandma snapped, her tiny reptilian brain no match for a progressive's enlightened mind.
"Fine," I replied. "Put Gramps on."
"Your grandfather passed away six months ago."
"Oh...too bad. I guess I missed the funeral."
"His last words were, 'keep that commie jackass away from my funeral'," Grandma informed me, tearing my heart right out of my chest and tearing it to shreds. So much for "Compassionate Conservatism".
"That's a shame," I sighed. "I'm sure Gramps would've wanted to know that John McSame voted with Bush 90% of the time."
"I'm sure it would've completely changed his mind about John McCain," Grandma uncharacteristically agreed.
"Yeah?"
"Oh yes. It might have turned him into a McCain supporter."
The shriveled old Nazi can sure be sassy when she's cornered by liberal logic, but she tipped her hole card with that snotty remark.
"And I suppose you're voting for that senile old geezer who can't use a keyboard, thinks he invented the Blackberry, wants to enslave Whoopi Goldberg, and voted with Bush 90% of the time," I asked.
"I haven't decided yet," she snipped.
"He called that dizzy wife of his a c*nt!"
"I'm sure you've called her alot worse."
"AHHAAAAAA! GOIN' NEGATIVE ARE YA? YOU REPUGS CAN'T RESIST DRAGGING THIS ELECTION AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE RIGHT DOWN INTO THE MUD WITH YOU, CAN YOU? YOU NAZI RACISTS CAN'T DEBATE THE FACTS, SO YOU ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK!!!!"
"Goodbye!" Grandma chirped, and hung up on me before I could remind her that John McSame voted with Bush 90% of the time.
I'll swing by tomorrow with a couple cans of Alpo.