Mr. Chickpea and I just came back from lunch with the usual gang. I was not really looking forward to lunch because I just knew politics would be brought up. I knew some of the people were on the opposite side of me so I wasn't surprised when I had to listen to all this crap about how McCain and Palin were horrible. I was surprised though by the amount of hatred and vitriol aimed at Sarah Palin by the two ladies in the group. You'd think with them being enlightened feminist Democrat mothers that they'd be supportive of an accomplished woman who is a mother and Governor, but no fucking way. All they did was bash her for being dumb; they criticized Trig for being not "normal" for a Down's baby (that he shouldn't be sleeping so much and looked "slow!!!"); they criticized her as a mother because her 17 year old daughter got pregnant; they called her "white trash"; they said there was no way a woman would do well having a career and a family!" What. The. Fuck?! What about Mr. First Dude? He actually took time to take care of the family when Gov. Palin was working. They totally dismissed him, implying that it was the mother that was most important. Actually, that didn't surprise me since the two also spent much time dissing their husbands' habits that drove them mad. Finally, one of the husbands wanting to get the heat off of him asked me if there was anything Mr. Chickpea did that drove me mad. Of course he does, but I wasn't about to go bashing him in public in front of friends acting like I was the EMPRESS of the house.
I was asked who I was going to vote for. I said it was more like who I was NOT going to vote for, so that left me with voting for McCain and Palin (Country First!). Of course that led to me being asked why I wasn't going to vote for Obamessiah. I said that first, he's a communist (heh) and second, he doesn't have any executive experience. Well, they said Palin doesn't have any experience either. Oh no? She was a MAYOR and is a GOVERNOR. What has Obamessiah done? Reason dismissed, even though they didn't have an answer. Also dismissed was all the experience he does have with associates in his past and present like Wright, Ayers and Rezko. It was A-OK with them that Obamessiah is a Socialist/Marxist. They don't think that they will get fucked up the ass with higher taxes. Well, I hope that they will be willing to "spread their wealth" my way if The One gets to be president. I'm going to personally show up with my hands out for some of that wealth! I'm going to need it.
I was surprised that the husband of one of the ladies was a Republican with him being from Massachusetts. He said he rebelled against his parents who were hippies...hahaha. Actually, I don't know that he's a Republican but I know that he's thinking the same way as me in regard to the commie that may become president. Holy hell...my parents immigrated from China to get away from the commies...and now...to think this country may go that way. Socialism doesn't work. Look at France, Germany and now Canada. They've all chosen governments to the right again...because Socialism DOES NOT WORK.
Oh, we had lunch at Cafe Santorini in Old Town Pasadena. It was pretty good. I had the chicken kebobs this time.
