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Trueblue Texan

(2,430 posts)
Thu Jan 16, 2020, 08:36 AM Jan 2020

Lifelong Republicans may be the ones to watch...

If they've been lifelong Republicans, they might know a bit more about the Republican party and values than Trumpers know. Trumpers strike me as ignorant, mostly non-political people who have jumped on the bandwagon of a politician who sounds as ignorant as they are.

Yesterday I was talking with my dental hygienist. She told me her mom and dad both voted for 3rd party candidates in 2016, although her mom is a lifelong Democrat and her dad is a lifelong Republican. Neither could vote for Hillary Clinton. She told me her dad read Elizabeth Warren's book and now this lifelong Republican is a die-hard supporter of Warren. He says he trusts Warren above all candidates in either party. The good thing to note here is that Trump is not gaining any support. He's losing it. Independents are important but there are a lot of politically minded folks who care about their country that are not Trumpers. Those are the ones the Democrats need. Those people that are silent in political discussions? They're the ones.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Lifelong Republicans may be the ones to watch... (Original Post) Trueblue Texan Jan 2020 OP
Interesting Sherman A1 Jan 2020 #1
I wish more people cared enough to read factual information instead blm Jan 2020 #2
A lifelong democrat did not vote for HRC? AlexSFCA Jan 2020 #3
Right, me too. redstatebluegirl Jan 2020 #4
Well I didn't put her through a lie detector... Trueblue Texan Jan 2020 #5
 

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
1. Interesting
Thu Jan 16, 2020, 08:40 AM
Jan 2020

and worth watching. We will see.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

blm

(113,064 posts)
2. I wish more people cared enough to read factual information instead
Thu Jan 16, 2020, 08:44 AM
Jan 2020

of the constant stream of propaganda that pollutes our nation.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

AlexSFCA

(6,139 posts)
3. A lifelong democrat did not vote for HRC?
Thu Jan 16, 2020, 10:02 AM
Jan 2020

give me a break.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
4. Right, me too.
Thu Jan 16, 2020, 10:47 AM
Jan 2020

Seems pretty difficult to believe.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Trueblue Texan

(2,430 posts)
5. Well I didn't put her through a lie detector...
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 09:01 PM
Jan 2020

...but I think my hygienist knows her parents pretty well and why would she lie to me? Also, don't underestimate the damage the media piled on Hillary Clinton for 30 years. Democrats weren't immune to it.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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