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Rhiannon12866

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63. I suppose if they only vote party and watch no TV news at all - ever

Thu Sep 28, 2017, 12:24 AM

Sep 2017

My mother voted Republican, voted for both Bushes, but I can't imagine that she'd have voted for Trump. Back in 2008, she told me that she liked candidate Obama - but then she found out he was a Democrat.

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Michelle Obama Drops Some Blunt Truth On Women Who Voted Against Hillary Clinton [View all] mcar Sep 2017 OP

I'm worried about gerrymandering and voter suppression JonLP24 Sep 2017 #1

Those are huge issues mcar Sep 2017 #2

Those two things + money in politics ie: Citizens United are the Republican Ratf*ck Trifecta CousinIT Sep 2017 #5

Add in the Russian cyber-attack, and you have a grand slam..... lastlib Sep 2017 #10

Yep Bettie Sep 2017 #24

Election integrity is #1. Golden Raisin Sep 2017 #41

You are Spot On!! lastlib Sep 2017 #43

This, this, a thousand times this! crosinski Sep 2017 #57

off to greatest with you niyad Sep 2017 #3

In Clinton's memoir BainsBane Sep 2017 #4

She shouldn't give it mcar Sep 2017 #6

Agree 100%! BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #11

Absolutely NastyRiffraff Sep 2017 #48

I will never understand it. smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #58

me either. barbtries Sep 2017 #19

That totally sounds like something that happens. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2017 #20

Haters gonna hate. MrsCoffee Sep 2017 #28

Whatever bumpersticker philosophy gives you solace. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2017 #31

Shun the non-believers. MrsCoffee Sep 2017 #33

That certainly does seem to be what's going on here. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2017 #34

said with absolutely no sense of irony BainsBane Sep 2017 #44

.... I noticed... lol JHan Sep 2017 #65

Not everyone is thrilled with Donald Trump BainsBane Sep 2017 #46

Are you accusing Hillary Clinton of lying? yardwork Sep 2017 #70

And those young women still miss the point. CakeGrrl Sep 2017 #40

exactly BainsBane Sep 2017 #42

Even worse, many voters were so determined to stick it to black people, and/or liberals, tblue37 Sep 2017 #55

that's what i believe a lot of the white vote for Trump was. it was about sticking it to minorities JI7 Sep 2017 #64

I bet she feels like slapping some of them IronLionZion Sep 2017 #71

Great Michelle tweet. But how about this author, Jason Easley, who Hortensis Sep 2017 #7

And yet we have to find a way to deal with the fact . . FairWinds Sep 2017 #8

That's because a lot of white women are Republican. LisaM Sep 2017 #12

Women, in my experience, at least Bettie Sep 2017 #25

Then it should be made clear to the churches . . . HughBeaumont Sep 2017 #30

I can not think of one that has lost that Bettie Sep 2017 #39

K&R Scurrilous Sep 2017 #9

Most don't care. A solid 45% of women vote for paternalistic conservatives, culture, religion, etc. TheBlackAdder Sep 2017 #13

did you gain any insight barbtries Sep 2017 #18

Of course. Religion, culture, tradition and heritage. TheBlackAdder Sep 2017 #27

Agreed. For fundamentalist women, religion trumps all and causes them to do and think Nay Sep 2017 #36

no, sadly, they are not. barbtries Sep 2017 #45

I know an "underemployed" attorney who did. redstatebluegirl Sep 2017 #14

sounds like the young turks to me barbtries Sep 2017 #17

I agree 100%! BlueMTexpat Sep 2017 #49

i did the same barbtries Sep 2017 #54

She's right. And brave to speak out. But many women are passive and buy into the patriarchal society Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #15

Every time I get into a car I'm asked - no, almost expected to drive. Ligyron Sep 2017 #21

I think so, too. I fully expect to drive their own cars. I drive mine, you drive yours. Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #23

It's a consideration but it varies by state. Ligyron Sep 2017 #29

Many women can not abide men who struggle when someone else drives. They have a difficult time LuckyLib Sep 2017 #47

Perhaps, but not in my case. Ligyron Sep 2017 #52

i like your optimism barbtries Sep 2017 #16

Interesting that the majority of white women voted for Trump....... roomtomove Sep 2017 #22

Michele Obama marieo1 Sep 2017 #26

I wish I had that much faith in the voters. calimary Sep 2017 #32

They did not "equate" them! unblock Sep 2017 #35

We were almost driven off the road on the LIE in NY HockeyMom Sep 2017 #37

Shes right ismnotwasm Sep 2017 #38

It was white women and they voted for white privilege JI7 Sep 2017 #50

This white woman didn't mcar Sep 2017 #51

In the history books, lots of people are not going to come out looking good at all! Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #53

The GOP went too far with this one. Initech Sep 2017 #56

Don't bet on it. kacekwl Sep 2017 #59

How any woman could vote for Trump is totally beyond me Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #60

No thinking woman would. BarbD Sep 2017 #62

I suppose if they only vote party and watch no TV news at all - ever Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #63

I spent my evening with a woman who voted for Trump Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2017 #67

IF, and it is a big IF, we HAVE elections in '18 and '20. PatrickforO Sep 2017 #61

The women I know who voted for Trump are suburban republican reactionaries Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2017 #66

Same here. And they're not poor. Far from it. yardwork Sep 2017 #69

Well put. Starry Messenger Sep 2017 #72

Something tells me that millions of Americans wont make the same mistake again in 2018 and 2020. mdbl Sep 2017 #68

Too Bad StarzGuy Sep 2017 #73