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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI just dropped off a delivery at a So. NV. Walmart and went in to replenish my supplies when I ran into
a Trumpedo supporter, believe it or not, we had a quite pleasant conversation about politics, he was a former Air Force Forward Combat Air Controller in Vietnam who operated behind enemy lines, we waxed about our experiences in combat and came to the same conclusions that Trumpedo is not about america first and he suggested that he might vote straight Dem. in the coming mid term and 2028 elections, that's how pissed he was about Trumpedo and his criminal org.
Aristus
(71,850 posts)I hope he honors his word.
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,847 posts)I mean, I could hear the contempt dripping off his words for Trumpedo.
no_hypocrisy
(54,528 posts)yellow dahlia
(5,133 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(17,847 posts)like myself, can have a very pleasant convo with a dedicated Republican and we can find common ground gives me hope that we will defeat this criminal org. in the WH.
yellow dahlia
(5,133 posts)I have been saying for awhile, that a shift in a portion of his supporters will make a big difference for the tone of the country and the midterms.
I believe the midterms will be a mandate already. But having more affirmation of that will only help. A mandate makes it harder to "screw" with the election.
Thank you for communicating with those of all kinds.
Scrivener7
(58,801 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(17,847 posts)SuzyandPuffpuff
(441 posts)Good share thx
Fil1957
(619 posts)don't know about.
Permanut
(8,112 posts)angrychair
(11,860 posts)But Republicans have no moral compass or values or spine. They are a death cult and they will always vote for Republicans because their hate and racism and misogyny is endless.
They are all scum and deserve nothing but our condemnation. I wouldn't piss on a Republican even if they were on fire.
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,847 posts)my sense is that this is the beginning of a passive revolution against this criminal org.
If I can have a pleasant convo. with a dedicated Trumpedo supporter in a very red county, then things are looking up.
Time will tell.
Keepthesoulalive
(2,171 posts)A lot of people were conned and we saw Hispanics flip big time in the last local elections .Am I going to reach out, no but if they are willing to see a small glimmer of light they are welcome to vote with us to save our country. The always trumpers can get stuffed.
hamsterjill
(17,165 posts)When the chips are down, they always go home to roost with those like they are. I say expect the worst and hope for the best with these assholes - but NEVER take anything for granted.
Bengus81
(9,956 posts)Just like Clinton confiscated everyone's gun,so did Obama and even Biden.
NHvet
(293 posts)and yes it is going to be a brick by brick type of thing with changing the hearts and minds of those that ingrained in MAGAland. We can only hope that the better nature in those in the cult is getting through. As with everything in life, people don't care unless it affects them personally. Trump and his gang are on the cusp of destroying all that most hold near and dear.... our homes and families.
Beartracks
(14,444 posts)The conservative Republican value system spawned, supports, and defends Trumpism. Republican officials at local, state, and national levels cover for Trump, implement his (and Project 2025's) un-Constitutional plans, and regard him as a messiah figure. He and his administration derive their power from the consent of the right wing and their complete lack of moral authority and backbone.
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calimary
(89,270 posts)Just cant imagine doing anything else but voting straight Dem. With Republicans, Im stopped right off the bat by their prehistoric ideas about women (and the equal rights they seem hellbent on wiping away). For me, it stops dead cold, right there.
Beartracks
(14,444 posts)... and Republicans in large numbers always give in to the worst instincts and values among them.
I guess I'm a single-issue voter after all: "Is the candidate a Republican? Then I'm voting for the Democrat." At the end of the day, that's the issue that matters.
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ananda
(34,578 posts)for Trumpedos to talk to decently.
I hope you get to do this frequently.
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,847 posts)that's when my dander comes up.
ananda
(34,578 posts)when his second wife turned him onto
krazy konservatism and Faux News.
We need more vets to allow people
to talk themselves down.
brer cat
(27,425 posts)Skittles
(170,130 posts)these stories give me hope
Grim Chieftain
(1,404 posts)Just when it seems things are hopeless, there are rays of reason, sanity and optimism.
Mystery To Me
(39 posts)It's encouraging. You seem to have a gift for connecting with those from the other side of the isle.
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,847 posts)realize what a disaster Trumpdeo is.
Joinfortmill
(20,440 posts)mr715
(3,139 posts)you are fighting the battles on the frontlines, Mr. MarineCombatEngineer.
Thank you.
hamsterjill
(17,165 posts)It's gonna take me a long time to believe any of them have really figured things out. Living in redneck, dumbass MAGA la la land probably has an impact on my perspective. I always hope other parts of the country are more enlightened.
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,847 posts)from this Admin., but this respectful convo. with a dedicated Republican gives me hope that we will defeat this Nazi regimel
AllaN01Bear
(28,826 posts)LeftLife
(27 posts)Vote blue no matter who!!!
barbtries
(31,203 posts)here in NC we elected a democrat who promptly switched parties and is a full blown magat now.
orangecrush
(29,239 posts)Seems to have had a similar awakening.
BComplex
(9,800 posts)But real Americans need to vote out all the republicans who are put there by special interests from now until they clean up their party and the court appointments they've been putting in, and get their party permanently separated from the self-righteous christofascists.
barbtries
(31,203 posts)it's always good to know that he is in fact losing at least some of his base.
mdbl
(8,251 posts)This sets up a scenario where one of Dump's super pacs makes up a juicy lie about a Democratic candidate or all Dems at the last minute and they go back to their cult way of thinking and vote for the fascists. It's all about who has enough money to lie the loudest.
ImmigrantsWGTJD
(12 posts)The only way we can heal our country is by allowing the previously deluded to come back to reality. If we don't do that we will continue to ping pong between extremes. We're all Americans and that's what matters.
efhmc
(16,196 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(17,847 posts)Southern Nevada.
efhmc
(16,196 posts)Like you, she was kind enough to give me that info.