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elser1939

(33 posts)
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 03:05 PM Oct 2018

A Glimmer of Hope

I know 3 suburban women who have voted for both Democrats and Republicans in the past, but they are MAD AS HELL over, not just Kavanaugh, but they way the Republican Senators behaved.

While anecdotal, I am wondering if any one else is hearing this?

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Stuart G

(38,438 posts)
2. There have been a number of posts here and in other places saying that there are
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 03:08 PM
Oct 2018

others who have never voted for the Democrats, but they will this November. No one will know how many till next November. Also, no one will know if that is permanent until 2020. (if indeed we see that change in November)

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
3. Well, I know lots of women who are mad as hell
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 03:09 PM
Oct 2018

But they've always been liberals. I don't hang out with conservatives very much. But I do know this, women tend to stick together, there's an unspoken bond between them. And while it certainly doesn't include every women, I have a strong feeling that this might be the thing that awakens the sleeping giant and starts to pull them away from doing whatever their white, Christian, husbands demand.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
4. Most of the Republican women I know (mostly family)...
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 03:12 PM
Oct 2018

have been rushing to post memes praising Kavanaugh to the skies, and trashing Ford in ways that make their trashings of Hillary Clinton look tame. I did see one post of her utter disdain for Kavanaugh.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
9. I have worked Thanksgiving day since 2016
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 11:58 PM
Oct 2018

Work comes in 24/7 at my job, so holidays off are very rare. I spend as small an amount of time around my conservative relatives as possible. The main subjects they want to talk about is conservative politics and their conservative religion.

jimlup

(7,968 posts)
6. Problem is political memory is short
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 03:25 PM
Oct 2018

hard to understand why but it is... Don't get me wrong the God Damn Kavanaugh thing will backfire on the Reptilians this November but by 2020 they'll be saying what some people want to hear and many will forget and fail to understand the level of lies they are being told.

TruckFump

(5,812 posts)
7. Life-long Repub gal pal
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 03:29 PM
Oct 2018

The child separation at the border did her in. She is mad and until that, she had -0- interest in politics.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
8. FB high school friend who has not expressed political leanings in past, posted of being gang rapped
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 04:07 PM
Oct 2018

40+ years ago and is mad as hell about the Kavanaugh whitewash. She's encouraging all her friends to get registered and vote, and blasting trump. I hope this is an indication of what will happen in November, but 52% of white women voted for trump knowing he was a cad, crook, and likely rapist.

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