re: #26 A Mom Anon

It’s almost like the right wing thinks this is a beauty pageant and not a presidential election. I don’t care what a snappy dresser you are or how photogenic your family is. I want to know your plans for the country,how you’re going to make things better for the most people,not just the people you’re comfortable being around.

I really wish there were rules in place that prohibited campaigning in any year that’s not an election year for the office you’re seeking. I’m so over this,all it’s really doing is making the divide between Americans more marked in alot of ways. I’m tired of it,it’s been this way more than it should be for way too damned long. Wingnuts cry about how they want their country back,I want my damned community back. I’ve got neighbors who are absolutely convinced the president is a communist and that liberals don’t care about their families,not as much as they do. It’s sad and it’s really fucking offensive. THIS is the thing I’m having trouble forgiving conservatives for. It was always very red state here,but after 9/11 the local GOP came in hard core and spread this shit and scared everyone. I lost friends,and hell my own parents wouldn’t talk to us for almost 10 years because of religion and politics. It wasn’t me that did that,it was the constant fearmongering and lies that did it. So,yeah,I kinda take it personally.

My UPS driver (A really nice guy) told me that the reason I was divorced was that I’m liberal and “liberals never have happy marriages.”

He didn’t want to hear the fact that the divorce rate is higher in Texas than in liberal states, not to mention Newt and Rush….. It seems we are living in a country with two sets of facts. You’re right, it does suck.