groove

Phew...

My in-laws were in town this weekend. It wouldn't bother me so much (I like my mother-in-law, go figure) but they drive my *wife* crazy... which pretty much means they drive me crazy.

My brother-in-law is... well, a dipshit. He's an ultra conservative Republican. Now, I don't have a problem with conservatism per se. I'm pretty much a Libertarian; if someone is a conservative and can back up their belief with some thought (even if I disagree) I'm cool with that. But this dipwad is Mr. "The President is Never Wrong". Typical conversations go like this:

"Bush is awesome."
"Um, why?"
"Because he's our President!"

It only goes downhill from there...

I'll reply with "What about his huge deficit? The Bush spends worse than any Democrat in history!"

"But we're at war."

"Oh, yeah, how's that going?"

"Great! The people of Iraq are free!"

"I thought it was about terrorism?"

"Um, we caught Saddam!!"

"Who, uh, didn't attack us. Where do you suppose is Osama Bin Laden."

"Oh, we'll get him."

"Uh, it's been four years. And what about that anthrax thing?"

"Um... Clinton was such a liar!"

"Jesus, that was *years* ago... get the fuck over it. Speaking of liars, what about Scooter Libby."

"Those are totally trumped up charges."

"Lying under oath is a trumped up charge?"

"They only got him for that because their was no real crime."

"Well, if there was no real crime, why did he lie, under oath, to a grand jury."

"It was a witch hunt. That Fitzgerald is totally out to get the administration."

"Even though Bush himself said that Fitz was a man of integrity?"

"Um. Yeah."

"And so lying is okay to you?" (Keep in mind, this is in front of his two teenage daughters.)

"No."

"But lying, under oath, after swearing on the bible, in a courtroom, to a grand jury, that's okay, as long as the prosecutor is 'out to get you'?"

*silence*

See what a weekend from hell I've had?