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First time ever: My whole family is voting for Romney.


Posted: Oct 30, 2012

I can remember a Thanksgiving dinner several years ago that was nearly ruined when politics crept into the conversation - something we usually scrupulously avoided.  Now, they're arguing over whether Obama has been a bigger failure economically, as a commander-in-chief, or with his international policies. 

What a difference 4 years makes!

 

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If you say so. Hard to imagine a "flaming lib" moving - to Romney, and what on earth were

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they expecting that would so exceed the real achievements of the past four years? Actually, it's hard to imagine a lib, flaming or otherwise, who'd spit on healthcare reform and vote for a man who promised to dismantle it. I haven't personally met one who'd even begin to consider it.

Maybe some relatives were just calling the more moderate members of a very conservative family liberal as they argued? That happens a lot because strong conservatives often prefer to use the word as an insult, without wondering what it actually means, and that would explain the very peculiar voting pattern you describe.

A lot of these bumper stickers in my state. - Democrats for Romney

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https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/247741_490185447669164_767692323_n.jpg

Our state turned to light blue.

Something else I don't believe. Sure, those dingdongs with fingers in their - ears wondering who to vote for. But NO one else.nm

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