I have a bumper sticker that I made myself from Cafe Press -
It reads: IF ROMNEY WINS
I WILL DIE!
A bit dire and drastic, but the uninsured like me are more likely to die from our illness than the insured - so I was trying to make something that would grab other drivers attention and make them think:
More below the squigly wiggly:
I had my first confrontation with someone over my mosaic of bumper stickers, which include:
Healthcare is a Right, not a Privilege
Republican Health Plan: Don't Get Sick!
Medicare for All Now!
I'm a Lymphoma Survivor
GOP to the Uninsured: Drop Dead!
Turn Off Fox!
and my newest design:
IF ROMNEY WINS
I WILL DIE!
I was filling my gas tank, the lady just behind me was cleaning her windshield, looked right at me and said: "He's going to win, where do I send the flowers?"
And she said it was such glee; such joy, with a big, stupid grin on her face. Ack!!!
I asked her how she "knew" he was going to win and she just smiled the big stupid smile again, chuckling to herself.
I am not good with confrontation or thinking of pithy retorts to as#holes so I was just shocked for a few seconds. I said, "But Romney is really an idiot and is out of touch with most Americans." She actually said "it doesn't matter cause the other one is a socialist." Yeah, she didn't say President or even Obama she said "the other one."
She said her brother is a doctor and that soon, very soon the majority of doctors in the United States, who she said hate the ACA, are going to just chuck their careers and stop practicing en masse. Now that seems a bit unlikely, so she must watch Fox and listen to Limpballs.
I had to get out of there and away from her big stupid grin. As I got in my car to leave she called out "If we have socialism there's going to be long lines and less healthcare for people."
To which I responded: "Lady, I don't have ANY health care right now, none." I pointed to my lymphoma sticker, she just shrugged like it was no big deal, so I got in my car and hauled my butt out of there.
I simply cannot get over her utter joy at what she was saying. She thought it was just a big damned joke. Funny, funny, ha, ha.
I know by putting my political views on my car I am inviting such things, but I haven't actually thought about what I could say to make them open their eyes. I still try to think that people are deep down good people with empathy, but she threw me for a loop. And here in Los Angeles of all places.
I just had to vent - we still got a lot of work to do - morans like her are still having delusions.