One final Robo-thought to ponder

Did I mention that I got four Republican mailings this weekend and picked up my boss’s phone to four robo calls from the Republicans this morning?  I got a real education, let me tell ya! 

Have you ever been in a tough spot without health insurance, yet in need of medical care by no faulty of your own?  I have.  I remember a season of our lives when our dogs saw the vet more than we saw the dr.  And even though we have health insurance now, I live like we don’t.  My recent visit to the Doc trying to figure out my pain condition racked up well over a thousand dollars of stuff that insurance wouldn’t touch and we’re still working at paying that.  So no, even though I have been struggling with a bad cold and very likely should go to the Dr for some antibiotics… I’m not going to.  I can’t afford it right now.  I don’t know if Obama’s health care plan would help me or not, (doubt it) but I think it’s good if SOMEONE out there is being helped.  I remember when my husband was working construction and cut himself pretty badly.  I insisted that he go to the emergency room and he just about came unglued as I drove him there because we both knew we had no way to pay for the visit, but felt we had to go.  It took us a while but we paid it off. 

Have you heard the recent talk from the Republicans?  According to a robo call I got in the office this morning, Obama wants to take money out of YOUR pocket and give it to the LAZY.  Yep, those uninsured sick people.  Like me.  Like my hubby.

I remember a time when hubby and I were both working at part time volunteers at our church, and combined with our regular jobs we worked long hours.  And we struggled to make ends meet from time to time.  Isn’t volunteering a Republican value?  Aren’t faith based organizations that are working in improve their community (I ran a food pantry among other things) a Republican value?  I was a little underemployed at that time, though I don’t know how I would have fit more working hours around my other responsibilities.  Obama wants to take money out of YOUR pocket and give it to the LAZY.  Yep, those people who are so involved in doing something they think is really important that they don’t have a tremendous amount of time to work… you know – like mothers…  Lazy volunteers, Lazy mothers, Lazy dads.

There was a time after we’d move from Indiana to Virginia that we had a mortgage on a house on the market in Indiana and a house we were renting in Virginia, plus two sets of utilities.  We worked our asses off to make it through that year.  We were doing whatever it took to make it.  I worked construction and we took on anything we could to make money in those days.  We didn’t go to the government for handouts, we just survived, sometimes just barely.  I don’t know if we would have qualified for some kind of assistance or not, we didn’t have time to spend in some government office to find out.  Just remember, Obama wants to take money out of your pocket and give it to the LAZY… like us back then.

If you’ve ever been uninsured and in need of health care, the Republicans are talking about you.  If you’ve ever hit a rough patch and worked many hours but still didn’t have enough to make your bills, the Republicans are talking about you.  If you were ever home taking care of the kids and working whenever you could, the Republicans are talking about you.  Do you have friends or family that have been through a rough patch and needed some temporary help?  The Republicans are talking about them also.  Yeah, the Republicans want you to get good and mad that Obama wants to take money out of YOUR pocket and give it to the LAZY.  But those LAZY people vote also.  And there are a heck of a lot of us.  And I’m just wondering how calling Americans LAZY is supposed to get them to vote for McCain?  I’m really confused!

Thank God this will be over soon (except for the legal wrangling.)  All you LAZY LAZY people,

Please. Go. Vote!