Like most, I dislike confrontation, so I usually steer clear of political discussions. (Blogging, obviously, is a little different.) Occasionally, though, it can't be helped, and when I get sucked into a debate with a rightard, my favorite snappy line is: "Buddy, you don't have enough money to be a real Republican!"
This will invariably get a chuckle out of even the most rock-headed conservatives, because they know it's pretty much true. But they'll often reply along the lines of "Nothing wrong with trying, is there? A guy can hope, right?"
No, nothing wrong with trying, but this sort of muddled thinking leads some folks to intentionally vote against their own economic self-interest. Call them "aspiring Republicans", and their logic goes something like this:
"If I vote like I'm a tycoon and if I support everything the tycoons want, then I'll have a better chance of becoming a tycoon myself."
Okey-dokey. Let me know how that works out for you.
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