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Kath1

(4,309 posts)
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 08:59 PM Oct 2013

Still a lot of support for our President!

Went to happy hour today with six other worker/drone, paralegal/secretary-type people (like me). Ages are 20 to 55. They are married, divorced, in a relationship, etc. Some have children, some don't. The conversation, inevitably, went to politics. Very happy to to say that all voiced support for President Obama and are disgusted with the Republican obstruction. All willing to give Obamacare a fair chance to succeed. Everyone wants to give Obama a Congress in his favor in 2014. Some others there heard our conversation and voiced their support as well. There were two cranky old guys we tried to educate but they were beyond reach (Fox News junkies). In all, a very nice time with some co-workers of a similar mindset after a very trying week!

Turned the newbies on to DU and BOG.

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Still a lot of support for our President! (Original Post) Kath1 Oct 2013 OP
nice post. the work place can be a hostile place JanT Oct 2013 #1
It can be very hostile. Kath1 Oct 2013 #3
amazing a coffee mug JanT Oct 2013 #8
I sure will, sister! Kath1 Oct 2013 #10
Actually anyone who thinks we should be "embarrassed by an Obama sticker" is Cha Oct 2013 #11
You go girl~ sheshe2 Oct 2013 #2
Good on you and co-workers! IrishAyes Oct 2013 #4
Thanks, IrishAyes! Kath1 Oct 2013 #6
I just want everyone to know how that story blessed me to hear. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #7
thank you to you Irish JanT Oct 2013 #9
sweet! Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #5
I would think so, Kath! Is he not the most Cha Oct 2013 #12
Best President of my lifetime, Cha! Kath1 Oct 2013 #13

JanT

(229 posts)
1. nice post. the work place can be a hostile place
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 09:19 PM
Oct 2013

we are divided in my work place. stoutly conservatives and fiercely loyal progressives. so we all agreed to disagree and not to talk politics in the office. so those who think alike meet for lunch and have a good time and no more tension. i am one of the loyal progressives who just can't seem to understand why women vote republican. i can't wrap my brain around it. i can also attest to the support of Obama by many who are quiet democrats who love my "Obama birth certificate" coffee cup.

Kath1

(4,309 posts)
3. It can be very hostile.
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 09:45 PM
Oct 2013

I'm in a small cubicle and came under management pressure to take down my small "war is not the answer" sticker a few years ago and did so. I need my job. I don't talk politics in the office. I also can't understand how women can vote Republican although most women I work with are totally Democratic. I also get support from the "quiet" progressives who comment on my Obama peace sign logo coffee cup!

JanT

(229 posts)
8. amazing a coffee mug
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 10:28 PM
Oct 2013

can somehow join those from miles apart. i proudly carry that mug to every meeting, to the lunch room, to the coffee room and i get smiles every day. i know in my heart that there are many "quiet" democrats out there. i no longer try to persuade anyone. i just carry my mug and they know where i stand. i smile and say nothing. a nod is all i need to know. today i saw a post from one of my "friends" that said "anyone with a Obama bumper sticker should be embarrassed". well i am not. i will proudly drive my car with my sticker and i will proudly carry my coffee mug where ever i go. you keep filling up that coffee mug and smile at everyone who looks at it.

Kath1

(4,309 posts)
10. I sure will, sister!
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 10:54 PM
Oct 2013

And my car, OMG, has evolved into a rolling Progressive/Democratic manifesto with the OBAMA 2012, peace symbol and pro-choice stickers. Yeah, I have gotten the same "embarrassed" crap from some of my "friends" also but I'm proud of my vote! Even my (formerly) GOP younger sister voted OBAMA-BIDEN in 2012. She's a formerly quiet Democrat who is not so quiet anymore, much to her husband's chagrin. Fill up your mug and carry it proudly, JanT!!!

Cha

(305,406 posts)
11. Actually anyone who thinks we should be "embarrassed by an Obama sticker" is
Sat Oct 26, 2013, 01:41 AM
Oct 2013

the one in reality that should be embarrassed by allowing themselves to be brainwashed.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
4. Good on you and co-workers!
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 09:51 PM
Oct 2013

Please extend my congratulations to one and all.

I have a birth-certificate coffee mug also, but my dogs never say anything about it. There's a lot to be said for the peace and quiet of living alone, but conversation sometimes lags.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
7. I just want everyone to know how that story blessed me to hear.
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 10:07 PM
Oct 2013

Can't afford much, but last campaign season I got my mini beagle-pom Molly Maguire a sweater that reads "Yellow Dog Democrat" and a new matching leash because she chewed up the Barack Obama one from the first campaign. Don't know what to do about the new JRT I named Brigid, except she's almost entirely white and practically hairless, so maybe I could just use body paint to write the words directly on her?!

Truth to tell, I'm going to keep an eye out for a GOP candidate squeaky chew toy, so if anyone finds one, tell me where, please! I used a red sharpie to write MUTT on both sides of an extra large rubber chicken that MM ran all around the yard with, making it squawl so loud you could hear it all over town. Even the passersby I knew would vote R laughed about it.

JanT

(229 posts)
9. thank you to you Irish
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 10:34 PM
Oct 2013

i will be on the lookout for a chew toy just for you. it would warm my heart to know MM is running around the yard chewing the head off a Ted Cruz dog toy!

Cha

(305,406 posts)
12. I would think so, Kath! Is he not the most
Sat Oct 26, 2013, 01:49 AM
Oct 2013

brilliant President ever?



h/t babylonsistah http://www.democraticunderground.com/110218796

It's so wonderful to be able to talk with kindred spirits(co-workers where we make our money!) about something as important as politics which includes our lifelines.. Air, Food, Water, places to live, etc etc etc..

Kath1

(4,309 posts)
13. Best President of my lifetime, Cha!
Sat Oct 26, 2013, 01:54 AM
Oct 2013

Dealing with the huge mess that Bush left him.

2014!!! Let's do it!

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