NowISeetheLight (3,959 posts) Sun Jul 21, 2024, 04:12 PM
Today in a Red Bar
I live near Palm Springs. Being gay, retiring here was an easy choice (compared to the Deep South where I was).
So today I stopped by my local bar for a couple drinks and a fish n'chips. I will say right off the bat this is a Red bar, so I never talk politics. Well, I walked in and on the TV was "Biden backs out of race". The first I'd heard of it.
What I heard was "We are fucxxd" from the Republican crowd. There was a guy in an Elephant T-Shirt there and he was pissed. "Now Kamala is running, there goes the blacks! ." Another guy was ranting about who the VP pick would be. He was bitching it would probably be the Democrat Governor of Pennsylvania "Josh sonething". "They'll take the state then, we need that state."
I heard people in panicked distress. I sat there, nodded a lot, and I was laughing inside. It was a good lunch.
I consulted the Dictionary of Things That Actually Happened, and, surprisingly, there was no entry for this.Let's go down the list:
Today in a Red Bar
There are no "red bars," DUmmy. Just bars. There are bars that host fans of certain sports teams, maybe, but that's about it.
I live near Palm Springs. Being gay, retiring here was an easy choice (compared to the Deep South where I was).
A homo in Palm Springs is easy to accept. The Deep South part is made up, of course. In any case, you ruined the mythology already, because California is bluer than your lips after a couple hours with your ball gag inserted. Who cares what anyone in your "red bar" said?
So today I stopped by my local bar for a couple drinks and a fish n'chips. I will say right off the bat this is a Red bar, so I never talk politics. Well, I walked in and on the TV was "Biden backs out of race". The first I'd heard of it.
There's that giveaway word, "So," which I call the BFDU Rule of Bouncies. Also, if you are such a devotee of same-sex relations and Cher, why are you in a "red bar" to begin with? I thought Republicans killed Nancy Boys on sight. Isn't that what you people always say? And there is NO WAY that was the "first you heard of it."
What I heard was "We are fucxxd" from the Republican crowd. There was a guy in an Elephant T-Shirt there and he was pissed. "Now Kamala is running, there goes the blacks! ." Another guy was ranting about who the VP pick would be. He was bitching it would probably be the Democrat Governor of Pennsylvania "Josh sonething". "They'll take the state then, we need that state."
Nice touch, that elephant t-shirt. I mean, you have to emphasize that THESE WERE REPUBLICANS in this RED BAR and they were talking about REPUBLICAN THINGS and being all REPUBLICAN-Y.

I heard people in panicked distress. I sat there, nodded a lot, and I was laughing inside. It was a good lunch.
Pathetic.