Some good news. I was walking the dogs this morning,

[redstatebluegirl]

a neighbor who has had a huge Trump flag outside his house for months was taking it down. I had to ask him, I just had to. I said "why are you taking it down the election isn't until tomorrow"? He said "I can't vote for him this time, I'm just staying home tomorrow". I know I looked stunned because he told me he was stuck in the traffic in Texas and saw them trying to run the bus off the road. He said he expected Trump to say it was wrong and he didn't. He told me he thought all the stuff about Trump voters was fake news, but he saw this live and in color. Wow, I was stunned. He has stickers all over his car and truck along with the flag. He works at Tinker Air Force Base.

I hope this is telling, but I don't want to get my hopes up.

[soothsayer]

1. Wow!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. That's great news, although I think his diehard supporters won't do this.

Still, it's a hopeful sign.

Thanks for sharing this with us!

[barbtries]

6. this guy was diehard.

if he hadn't witnessed the intimidation with his own eyes he'd still be voting for trump.

ETA: saw a picture (think it was on twitter) of a guy at a trump rally wearing a t-shirt upon which he had written: my son died from COVID and I'm voting for trump. so your point is well taken.

[BComplex]

10. Because he listens to fox propaganda, he never knew all the things that have been

going on. I wonder what he would have thought if he had seen all those thousands of rally goers who trump stranded in the freezing cold with no way home or back to their cars....many of them in wheel chairs.

[lagomorph777]

15. He is probably unaware that Trump is holding thousands of children in jail,

or selling them...we don't have access so we don't even know...

[barbtries]

17. yep.

my brother too. fox 24/7 and rush in the car. i only know this because my other brother recently visited him and couldn't wait to leave.

[calimary]

40. There's another one. When rush limbaugh breathes his last, I will mark the solemn occasion

by celebrating with a delicious bite of CHOCOLATE!!!

We've both been on a diet, slow 'n' steady, since LAST November. Slow 'n' steady rather than a quickie crash-diet. We're older so we don't want to play fast 'n' loose. And we've both lost a VERY nice load of weight, which we intend to keep off this time (um ... so we'll see). It's made both of us feel a lot better, physically, and we needed to do it.

But tomorrow night, if the news is good, I'm going to indulge! Within limits. There's still a little Halloween candy left, and I may dare to partake. Just a wee bit. Portion control and all that dontchaknow. But I'm gonna celebrate.

And the day rush is silenced for good (literally - it will be good that his particular force-fed toxic sludge that's helped ruin our country and severely and maybe even irreparably divided us) will eventually be no more. And that whole hate-radio thing will be officially decapitated (even though I know it will continue with others fighting to claim his "crown" for themselves).

I eagerly look forward to welcoming that day. Even limbaugh won't last forever. Thank God.

[barbtries]

43. how good that you've been dieting.

i need to badly. but for the election we have 2 containers of Rocky Road ice cream, i told my son i think i'll need it.

stress diet = pounds and more pounds

you guys keep it up. i plan to once all this brouhaha is over.

rush already told everyone he's dying i don't know what he's waiting for.

[calimary]

65. Kinda felt like we both needed to. We're not getting any younger!

I noticed a couple of annoying little things, health-wise, started improving noticeably after I'd gotten down by about 30 pounds or so.

By now, husband and I have each lost between 45-50 pounds. Each! (Shows ya what a bad girl I've been, though...)

Also had a minor "come-to-Jesus moment" about what looked like it COULD be the beginning of a red-flag alert (said she, with NO professional medical training). Husband looks to be facing heart/circulation/hypertension problems if he doesn't lose weight, but for me it was fear of possible late-onset diabetes if I didn't straighten up. I'm technically under my goal by a few pounds, which gives me some leeway for tomorrow night if I feel like celebrating. I strongly and successfully resisted getting into the Halloween candy, keeping that in mind.

We're getting old. Time to stop acting like undisciplined children. Well, at least, in THIS regard, anyway...

[The Wizard]

77. But but but

he got the Medal of Freedom........ Never mind.

[calimary]

82. Seems like we need to get a better medal.

That one’s been thoroughly disgraced. It ought to be retired. I wouldn’t want to bestow upon anyone else a medal that was given to that hatemonger rush limbaugh.

We need a new medal.

[TeamPooka]

29. I think if you fly a fucking Trump flag in front of your house youre pretty diehard.

[Blue Owl]

3. K&R

[MineralMan]

4. Trump is offending even some of his own voters.

Each time he does that, a few people decide to change their vote or to not vote at all.

Trump is poisonous. He destroys everything he touches.

[2naSalit]

24. Heh, yeah, the ones he hasn't killed yet!

[barbtries]

5. too bad

he couldn't generate the will to vote for the clearly most qualified candidate. but i'll take it, one less vote for trump.

it's telling that until he saw it with his own eyes he didn't believe any negative facts about trump. jeez

[redstatebluegirl]

7. Trump will win this state, not doubt about it.

It may make it easier for Kendra Horn to keep her seat in the House though.

[barbtries]

8. what state are you in?

i was thinking it was TX but it's OK, right? i looked up the AF base. yes, OK is a goner. But i do think there's hope for TX

[redstatebluegirl]

9. Yes OKC area.

[redstatebluegirl]

11. The republicans are spending a fortune trying to beat Kendra Horn.

I was shocked when she won that seat 2 years ago, but it is an area with some change going on, some young professionals moving in. I sure hope she holds it, Stephanie Bice is scary.

[BComplex]

13. That also means he won't be voting for senate or representative races!! YAY!!

That's what I'm really hoping for in Texas, Georgia, and really ALL over. The fewer republicans show up to the polls, the better chance we have of taking the senate and state legislatures across the country.

I'm still hoping a lot of republican voters in Alabama won't show up! That's one senate race we need to keep.

[crickets]

23. Yes! I have the same hopes. nt

[Tommymac]

51. Hope we keep it too but...

if not Doug will have a prime seat at the table in Joe's administration.

I'm thinking AG.

[SomedayKindaLove]

12. Ive been thinking/hoping

This Texas Bus incident is the last nail in Trump’s coffin.

[redstatebluegirl]

14. I don't think he would have noticed except he was driving in it and saw it live.

He is a diehard. I was totally shocked this morning.

[LAS14]

16. I've had a growing feeling that all these Trumpers in trucks are going to turn..

...off Trump voters. Maybe even in significant numbers. This is the second post today about a Trumper deciding not to vote for Trump. It goes along with my skepticism that high enthusiasm results in waiting till Nov 3 to vote.

[BainsBane]

18. Not to be a cynic

but how many times has Trump already done things like that? But it was this guy who was stuck in traffic this week, and somehow that was what mattered.

[redstatebluegirl]

20. I think they have to see it in person to believe it.

He and I have had MANY discussions about how he doesn't believe anything the news media tells him about Trump unless it comes from Fox or Rush Limpballs.

[BainsBane]

25. I see

that makes sense.

[FoxNewsSucks]

28. Sounds like a good opening

for future discussions, starting with what rightwing media chooses to ignore and that what they call fake is actually true.

[Ms. Toad]

31. And the Fox/Limbaugh line about this incident

is that the Biden/Harris car was the aggressor - the Trump truck was just defending itself. So had he not seen it with his own eyes, he would have beleived that line. The video as to what happened before the Trump truck got aggressive isn't very clear. It looks to me as if the campaign car was straddling two lanes (likely trying to protect the bus from attack/too close driving in either lane). The Trump truck came up from behind to the right and shoved the campaign car out of hte lane.

But what is being portrayed is not that the car was intentionally straddling the lane - but that it was actively moving into the truck's lane, putting the truck's safety in jeopardy - and the truck was just protecting itself.

[LPBBEAR]

36. turn signal

I believe the Biden vehicle also had its right turn signal on. I would have to go back and review the video again but that is what registers in my memory. My guess is the Biden vehicle was trying to get behind the bus and were signaling that intention but the Truck load of RWNJ's sped up and physically blocked them.

[Ms. Toad]

38. The video flips around enough that I haven't been able to clearly track

the Biden vehicle. The two times I can clearly track it, it is stradling the line.

And yes, the Trump truck sped up and deliberateley rammed it.

[LPBBEAR]

41. turn signal

I did recheck the video. Yes, the Biden vehicle IS signaling its intention with a right turn signal. Its clearly blinking when the Truck of RWNJ's rams them. It also appears to me that the Truck sped up to cut them off and purposely rammed the Biden vehicle.

[Ms. Toad]

42. Truck was definitely speeding up -

I've seen another video the driver of the truck took. When he joined the "train," he was probably a mile back - so he was racing to get up to right behind the bus.

[drmeow]

67. If you get a chance

Ask him how Fox and Rush reported the truck incident. Water that Fox/Rush are lying seed!

[Rice4VP]

19. I believe him...

When Trump was telling the story and mocking the bus at his rally, there was a guy behind him that looked very uncomfortable with what he was saying

[OhZone]

21. I bet more than a few Rump voters feel the same about the Rump group that blocked traffic -

on the Garden State Parkway!

in NJ

YOU DO NOT BLOCK TRAFFIC On the GSP! Or anywhere else in my state!

It infuriates New Jerseyans!

It's one reason Christie left office with the lowest approval ratings for any governor in New Jersey history, after the Bridgegate fiasco.

[redstatebluegirl]

22. I agree, in this case he was talking about how dangerous it was to do that on that road.

[Illumination]

26. He experienced & saw what is really going on in America. Maybe other Republicans will realize

the truth like he did...

[randr]

27. Every vote counts

Or not!

[krkaufman]

30. Empathy free

Like so many on the Right, seems like they can only be moved when they're affected directly, as though incapable of empathy.

[BComplex]

52. That's the biggest problem. We need to get more help for mental illness in this

country.

[muntrv]

32. That's good. I went for a drive this morning in Washtenaw County, Michigan.

Drove on Scio Church road from Ann Arbor West to Chelsea, Mi. In Ann Arbor, it's all Biden and Gary Peters for Senate signs on the road. When I went outside of Ann Arbor, I saw more Trump signs with John James signs, which is no surprise since that area and Chelsea are rural areas. Fortunately, I saw a Biden sign for every Trump sign in the red area of Washtenaw County. I am optimistic that Biden wins Michigan.

[CoryTrevor]

33. I wonder why he ever expected Trump to say it was wrong? (n/t)

[BlueNProud]

34. Yeah that stuck out to me.

When he he ever apologized or owned up to anything?

[smirkymonkey]

35. K&R

[live love laugh]

37. What's telling to me is that there is no mass support for him.

Yes there have been marches, caravans... but the turnout numbers are small and scattered.

[Butterflylady]

39. I figured that would turn some off.

When it gets to the point of injuring or killing someone, some, not all will say enough is enough. It might only be some, but some are better then none.

[Lock him up.]

68. Lying about the threat the Coronavirus represents while knowing how deadly it is caused...

tens of thousands more deaths (soon hundreds of thousands) than it would have caused if the Obama/Biden toolbook had been used instead of it being destroyed by the mass-murderer-in-chief because he hates all things Obama, but it took the risk of killing someone in traffic for him/them? to say enough is enough.

These people suck to high heavens. Christians, maybe?

[Soxfan58]

44. Sometimes

Good people get bad information.

[Brainfodder]

45. I 4 one refused to believe that Trumpers could be 100% loyal & ignore every evil stupid shitty act?

Even 1% staying home is 1% less and we all know every Biden voter is making their best effort!

36 more hours and we will have a clear idea and when it's a landslide, the healing can begin, and MORE Trump leaks will likely pour in?

Dumb Republicans have no idea what's about to happen...

Too many dead without much concern from leadership to ignore, and ultimately that should have been enough?

Knowing better makes this so much worse?

[Jim__]

46. I expected that incident to be an incitement to Trump voters.

Good to hear that at least some of them are rational.

[nuxvomica]

47. One of my neighbors put up a big-ass Trump flag just today

Maybe he got it cheap.

[krawhitham]

48. hope there is 20 million more like him

[TinCup]

49. Similar Experience

I live in NW OKC in a very red neighborhood. My Hillary sign in 2016 was set on fire just to give some perspective. I have had a Biden sign in my yard since he won the primary. I have had so many neighbors walking their dogs tell me that they like my sign. So many that it has give me hope during this campaign that some have seen the light.

[redstatebluegirl]

59. We had tons of Hillary signs stolen in 16.

Only twice this time.

[1plus1equals1]

50. Yes! And it's someone from Oklahoma!

As an Okie voting for Biden I would never expect an Oklahoman Republican to pass up the opportunity to vote for Fat Donnie. Although he is not voting for Biden, staying home and not voting is a plus-one for Biden. Oklahoma will not have an impact on the Presidentcy, but it counts towards to popular vote and that makes me smile a little. Thanks for sharing, you've brightened my day a little.

[redstatebluegirl]

57. I was truly flabbergasted.

[Raster]

53. The fetid, foul stink of tRump fascism...

...becomes grotesquely apparent when you're the one having to smell it.

[LisaM]

54. Interesting. He's probably not the only Republican

who witnessed it live and actually reflected on it.

The more shocking part is that he didn't believe it before.

[Javaman]

55. Huh, a trump voter who believe their lyin' ' eyes. nt

[70sEraVet]

56. I have a feeling that a LOT of Republicans are staying home tomorrow

Last year we moved from Nashville to a VERY small rural town in Tennessee. We put up a Biden/Harris sign in the front yard, knowing ours would be the only one in town. To my surprise, nobody has messed with it. In fact, I drove around town looking to see how many Trump signs there were, and there were only TWO houses with the signs. It doesn't seem like there's much enthusiasm for him.
And I'm starting to hear from relatives that used to be big supporters; "I'm staying home".

[lostnfound]

78. Alot might stay home in the dakotas as sick with covid.

South Dakota is something like 1480 new cases per day per million, and 50% positivity rate.

[Joinfortmill]

58. 👍

[Cha]

60. Wow.. what an encounter.. Mahalo

for sharing this, redstatebluegirl!

[redstatebluegirl]

61. Thanks Cha!

It was so unexpected I had to share it!

[Cha]

63. & what are the odds of him witnessing

that Bus jamming by maggots?!

And, him looking to see if trump condemned it?! Ohhh he doesn't know him at all.

[Dem2theMax]

62. Tossing in a few experiences in this thread.

Some neighbors I know who live down the street from me, evangelicals, shocked me when I saw a Biden yard sign in front of their house. And they have down-ballot yard signs for local races in the yard as well.

Another couple, close friends of mine, married many years, both veterans, long-time Trump supporters.
Months ago they had a Trump sign in their window. I was at their house a few days ago and it is gone. I'm guessing that Trump calling veterans losers and suckers was the straw that broke the camel's back for them. (The husband has three purple hearts. He left a few inches of one of his legs in Vietnam.)

[BusyBeingBest]

64. Pretty much everyone who has ever driven on an interstate

recognizes the danger these numbnuts put everyone on that highway through with their stunt. It's extremely relatable--we all universally hate asshole drivers. Even asshole drivers hate asshole drivers.

[BobTheSubgenius]

66. It may not be ubiquitous, but even dribs and drabs may turn the tide.

Texas is virtually in a dead heat, last poll results I saw. Perhaps it is very, very close to being tipped. In 2016, 70,000 well-placed votes would have flipped the election. It might be that a few hundred here and a couple of thousand there will turn some districts blue.

[efhmc]

69. I wrote it on twitter twice that this was going to backfire. Texans and others citizens

do not like this and if they do they will never see the light.

[Upthevibe]

70. redstatebluegirl...

Thank you so much for sharing this story. It give me some hope that there are people out there who realize that wrong is wrong.....

[AlexSFCA]

71. shocking!

a trumper with a yard sign changing mind the day before election? best post I’ve seen all day. Never even thought this was possible.

[orleans]

72. glad he's not voting. fuck him. he's a trump idiot like the rest of them

so he grew a conscience for two seconds. big deal -- he's done his damage and contributed to the destruction.

i have no sympathy or forgiveness for these selfish assholes

[summer_in_TX]

73. Heck, this happened in MY county

Although the Trucksters started in San Antonio they came up through Comal County before ending up in San Marcos in Hays County.

Sad!

Sure hope there are consequences (of the negative kind)!

[a la izquierda]

74. Wow, interesting.

Hey, have the area recovered from the ice storm? I've been thinking about my Okie friends while sitting here preparing for Lockdown 2.0 in the UK.

[redstatebluegirl]

75. Lots of people still out of power.

Trees down everywhere. OG&E says early next week before power is totally restored. It was an awful storm.

[radius777]

76. I had a feeling this stuff would backfire on them

The swing voters and soccer moms don't like this (using pickup trucks to intimidate people and block traffic), it's ugly and then the President and his son seem to egg it on excuse it.

Trump has spent alot of the campaign trying to demonize 'the radical left' for riots etc. But this has little effect because it's obvious he and his base are the ones who thrive on chaos and division - and that Biden is a uniter.

[JohnnyRingo]

79. Not all in the cult

My friend's brother was a devout Trump bro but he changed his mind last week.
For him it was because a new girlfriend has a firm grip on his brain, if you know what I mean.

[northoftheborder]

80. While out today, drove by a polling site - a church - no visible lines outside, parking lot mainly -

empty. This is central Tx, small town, blood red.

[redstatebluegirl]

81. This neighbor seemed almost sad that he couldn't support him.

It was an odd exchange. I have to think that a lot of his supporters know they are going to lose.

[The_Counsel]

83. You Know....I Was JUST About to Ask: "Don't Trumpers LIKE It When He's an A-Hole...?"

...but then you pointed out how seeing that road rage incident live made your neighbor actually stop and think.

There might actually be something to this. I forget the guy's name, but he's been on "Morning Joe" for the past two weeks saying that Trump holding these big rallies may actually be having the exact opposite effect than what he thinks. He may have been sinking his own ship and not even realizing it.

[redstatebluegirl]

84. He just showed up at my door with cookies!

He said congratulations, Biden won. Didn't say much else and left! I am stunned!