I Can’t Believe I’m Sitting Next To A Republican

Carl Andrews | July 1, 2009 

I’m a few days behind on my newspaper reading, as I took the weekend off to do some things that didn’t involve political commentary.

Yes, I know, I’m a slacker.

But in the process of getting caught up, I came across this article in the New York Post, and I enjoyed it so much I am going to head out tomorrow and buy the book this excerpt is taken from.

Let me know if you enjoy the story as much as I did.

The phone messages and e-mails from fellow conservatives started coming early on election night 2008 and continued well into the next day. Some were anguished, some merely fatalistic. But all featured at least a dollop of gallows humor.

As the dimensions of the disaster became apparent, my friend Cary announced he might have to skip work.

“For how long?” I asked.

“I’m thinking a year.”

Who could blame him? Obama may be our worst nightmare, front man for every species of noxious, left-wing activism going, front man for every species of noxious, left-wing activism going, but at least he generally makes open-minded noises. In Manhattan offices like Cary’s, the Chosen One’s acolytes often don’t even bother pretending to be civil toward those on the other side of the political spectrum.

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