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and I had to come home and get on DU to get my head on straight again. I had a 20 yr service recognition dinner to go to tonight. Big wigs were there and it was assigned tables. We were sitting with a couple we didn't know, and 2 other couples where both hubby and I are coworkers of the guys, didn't know their dates.
So we're sitting there chatting about homes, childhoods, etc. The one guy we know is 3rd generation Army Reserve. He starts talking about the military and how wonderful Bush was because he went to a military hospital and saluted someone who had his arm blown off and needed major repair work on his legs. He said he really can tell he cares about our soldiers. I looked to my husband and mouthed the words "Photo Op". To which hubby kicked me gently under the table.
Then the little lady to our left, the date of the other guy we know starts saying how much she just loves Laura Bush and how she is such a lady. This girl works at the Proving Grounds and she was going on and on about how much she respects our preznit and how he only has our best interests in mind and sometimes we have to do things militarily that are uncomfortable. But she knows his goal is to keep 'merica free so we can sit around just like we were tonight all different, but all together round the same table.
I know her fiance pretty well and I think he could tell I had a different opinion. He chirped in and said "Yeah, that Laura is some comedienne isn't she. You catch the show the other night?" Then he spent his time trying to keep his lady from spouting any more crap.
Needless to say, I went off my diet tonight. While they talked, I kept my mouth busy - 2 glasses of wine, my glass of water, cup of coffee and the dessert of the evening. BUT I kept my mouth shut. I didn't cause a scene and DH and I both waited until we were in the car with the doors shut before we exploded!
BTW, that other couple was equally quiet - they have a son of draft age.
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