Why Barack Obama HAS to Win, Okay even Hillary...It's Personal

[TexasLady]

My kids went to my ex's Family Reunion yesterday. Their stories of how the day went trickled out today. My son is in a band, in college, long hair, tats, piercings, and a GOOD KID. My daughter is a lovely 18 year old that saw what I saw in Obama. My son was skeptical, heard all sides, and finally concluded what my daughter and I did, that Obama represented us best. (My 15 year old like McCain, but hey, he's 15!)

Mainly, it was my son that gave me the most feedback on how the day went with the family. "Boy, when you gettin' a haircut?", or "What did ya get all them tattoos for?", that's what he heard OVER and over again. He has TWO tats, and both have a significant meaning for him. No, "hey how is school going, or How are your grades?"..Hes an excellent student, btw..

One of his repuke uncles asked him the haircut question, and my son replied.."Ill cut my hair when yours finally quits falling out, old man", both kind of chuckling. :rofl:

Hey, I taught him to take up for himself!

Of course, politics came up..Know what the McCain folks said? (which are MOST of them) That Preacher this, Muslim that, and of course couldnt argue any other point. One elderly great uncle mocked my son for voting for a(insert slur here, this IS rural Texas).My son said it was like talking to Hannity's and Rush's dittoheads.

He found about three people who LIKED Obama's message, but apparently other family members had gotten to them.."Well, he's smart but... we can't support a guy named Hussein, can we?" My son said he just shook his head..and he changed the subject.

This is life in rural central Texas for us. We. Are. Surrounded.

We Dems are outnumbered by a bunch of idiots. Can you make up the awful difference? PLEASE?!!

[medeak]

1. do these people actually get out and vote?

can only pray not

[TexasLady]

2. Disgusting, aint it?

it's a reality of what I am surrounded with.

[chknltl]

3. Yes We Can! eom

:grouphug:

[TexasLady]

4. I sure hope so!!

we redstaters are counting on the smart people out there, cause in Bush Country, this is more the norm than anything.

And I'd LOVE to rub it in their sometimes racist, usually repuke faces..quietly, and kinda smugly :P

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Sorry to hear about your neighbors...

...just don't forget you can escape their obedience online.

[Liberal Gramma]

6. I can sure see why this one's an "ex"

Not just their politics (that's bad enough) but the bigotry and the lack of respect for others

[TexasLady]

7. He USED to be a LIBERAL!!!

seriously! All the years we were married, we traveled, learned about other cultures overseas, and I give him the credit for opening my mind to liberalism. He just got old I guess? And influenced. Hannity plays on his hour trip to work each day.

Sad, isn't it. He USED to have a backbone, but I guess he buckled under his family's pressure.

Glad He's an ex, too!!

[meiteljo]

8. It has to be Hilary, and I'll tell you why

First of all, the Republicans want Obama to win the nomination, because they know they can beat him.

Second, Hilary (and Bill) are the only people who can get this country back on track.

Third, four years of Bush have practically destroyed this country. We have to vote for someone who can actually win, because the next step will be the invasion of Iran, and the step after that will be another world war.

I cared for a man who had escaped Russia and had actually seen the Romanoff family up close -- he'd been ten feet away from Anastasia. This man died at the age of 99. But before he died, he told me that if this country doesn't change course it will fall. We are a relatively young country, and people like Bush are arrogant. With chills down my spine, I believed what this man was saying. That's why it's imperative that we get the Republicans out of office, and the only way we can do this is to nominate someone who can be elected. And that is Hilary. Obama can't win. Hilary might. If we have to endure another tenure of Republicans, we might very well fall.

[TexasLady]

9. Welcome, Meiteljo!

I disagree, because even though those rabid repukes at the reunion made their comments about Obama, the sad truth is that their hatred for her is so vulgar that I couldn't begin to write what they feel about her down here. It aint pretty.

Obviously I love the O man, but hey, Im a diehard Dem that will vote Dem. I just know the animosity against Hillary amongst Republicans here is astronomical. At least Obama throws them off their game.

[JohnnyLib2]

10. You speak for many of us. "We.are.surrounded"

Great post, thanks.
Recommended.

[Asgaya Dihi]

11. I have less hope now than I've had in years

When Bush beat Kerry I was damned depressed but at least there was 08, just another four years to get through. Looking at these very boards these days though that was obviously a misplaced hope. These two are going to savage each other and leave hard feelings in their own party until McCain can just assume the Presidency, campaign hardly required.

The racism here is rampant, yeah sexism too, the personality attacks here are rampant, ignoring real issues and facts to keep circulating out of context or disproved sound bites is rampant. Right or wrong and fair are simply abstract terms these days and depend totally on if the "facts" suit your favorite candidate or not. When push came to shove we're as bad as the people we've spent the last seven years complaining about. Maybe worse, we know better and do it anyway. You expect a child to act like a child but when the supposed adult does it too that's pretty bad.

Germany and Japan, hell, Europe as a whole, they didn't come out of their past without world wars on their own soil and major bloodshed. We didn't come out of the days of the robber barons and such short of a Great Depression. Major change seems to require major sacrifice before people wake up enough to recognize the need for fundamental change. Doesn't seem we've bled enough yet to care about anything but ourselves and our own short term goals so I'm more and more sure each day that this is just the beginning of the pain. We're a sick damned nation and we aren't ready to do anything even close to what it'll take to really change anything. It's still all about "me" and that's what got us into this to start with.