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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "It’s Personal Now: Republican Women Explain Why They’re Voting Obama" [View all]marions ghost
(19,841 posts)43. encouraging...
Just goes to prove, some people actually do think about what their vote means, instead of just following in lockstep with a party that's been hijacked by extremist factions.
My MIL is similar--she's 86 yo and an R voter from way back. But she's got the message now. Goes around telling people, "Obama is a better deal for the Middle Class" and "Obamacare is helping people." She puts it very short and simple, but she says it to Republican friends & relatives, in a matter-of-fact tone, like "don't ya know...where ya been..." She also tells them to watch MSNBC, particularly the Ed show --but she also dips into the others. Ed Schultz is managing to chip away at Rush and Fux...
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"It’s Personal Now: Republican Women Explain Why They’re Voting Obama" [View all]
applegrove
Aug 2012
OP
Yeah, I usually take those "lifelong X party member now voting for Y party" stories
NYC Liberal
Aug 2012
#5
How do you think he won in 2008? Yep. Lifelong republicans sick of the NEW republican party.
progressivebydesign
Aug 2012
#33
Well, they're certainly not the brightest bulbs if they're just now figuring out
Arugula Latte
Aug 2012
#3
Great, I'm sure that kind of attitude will bring in a boatload more to our side.
SlimJimmy
Aug 2012
#42
Halfway anyway.The woman who cuts my hair is a hard core Christian conservative
abq e streeter
Aug 2012
#18
You know, when I was younger the Republican party didn't seem so extreme.
progressivebydesign
Aug 2012
#34
Now, now, little ladies, the Republican men are just trying to explain to you what God's will is,
tclambert
Aug 2012
#53
Faux said that a couple of those women are actually Democrats, not Republican.
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#55