I work in a "typical" office located in the heart of the financial district of San Francisco, CA. Across from my double-wide cubicle (yes, I'm that cool...er.. whatever), sits a mouth-breathing republican. He likes to call himselve "Libertarian" sometimes, but he still can't explain what that means. I digress.
Anyway, this lock-step Republican likes to needle me with every Fox-inspired talking point that comes his way. Today was no different. The day's topic: Acorn.
"Hey, what do you think about your man Obama and Acorn," says my republican colleague.
I've been waiting for this. So I gave him a little rope. "Acorn, huh? You guys are going crazy over those scarey 'community organizers.' Not too happy about their voter registration efforts, are you?"
"It's worse!" he says, "Obama's been working with them for years."
"Really? For years, you say. God forbid a Community organizer work with a community organizing organization. Poor people shouldn't be represented, they should just shut up, right?"
"No. I didn't say that. But they're socialists. Just proves your guy is a socialist."
"Socialist, eh?" I could feel a smirk creeping up on me. "And Obama's a 'socialist' because he associates with them, is that what you're saying."
"Duh, yeah! Still like your socialist friend, Obama?"
"Much better than your socialist friend McCain, I guess." My back turned to him, I pulled up the video of McCain speaking at the Acorn-sponsored event in 2006."
"What?"
"Come here and take a look at this." He walks over to my computer. "Know who that is?" I ask.
"McCain."
"Yes. McCain. That's a video from 2006. Guess where he's speaking?"
"Guess? I don't know."
"That's your man McCain, speaking as a key-note speaker at an Acorn event in 2006."
"You're joking."
"Nope. Let me email you a few links." He goes back to his cubicle. Opens his email and then reads a few of the related articles. I wait for a few minutes and then I say, "so, since McCain is talking at an Acorn event in 2006, I guess he's a socialist."
Silence. A few minutes pass. Then my republican colleague says, "Fucking McCain. Can't get out of his own way."
"Kind of kills that whole Acorn attack, doesn't it?"
"Stupid campaign. What was he thinking?"
Later in the day, after lunch, he confesses that McCain is so stupid, he deserves to lose. At least we finally agree on something.
Later in the day, he says, "I might stay home on election day, this is just pathetic." That's his choice. I support choices like that.
Update: Here's the video: