Ted is a physician colleague. We never talked politics before, but we were discussing end of life issues and health care spending, and I confessed to him that I was part of "Doctors for Obama"
Ted responded:
"Im sorry to hear that.."
then after a brief pause....
"why would you support someone whose going to take your money."
the conversation quickly degenerated to the following talking points:
Obama is a socialist.
obama caused this disaster becuse he aided and abetted fannie mae and freddie mac, etc....
the standard talking points.
the weird thing is:
Ted is a smart guy. Someone I respect for his medical knowledge.
Yet, when it comes to politics, it seems we're on opposite ends of the world.
For example: He even argued that GW Bush is a smart commander in chief and thinks things through well.
He also blamed "Hillary care" as a socialist enterprise that would have caused him to quit medicine.
The weird thing is, Ted lost most of his retirement savings (hundereds and hundreds of thousands of dollars) this past month as the market crashed.
Yet in his mind, the dems are equally to blame.
and Obama is a socialist determined to take his money.
I made my points rather forcefully, that O bama was a smart person who could bring all people to the table and work through our problems.
Nothing seemed to phase his line of thinking.
If this is what Ted thinks, I cant imagine what all thee other doctors here think.
This is the heart of Red America.
and Boy am I the Ugly duckling.