Met a trump voter at the library today.

[trof]

I belong to the Friends of the Library and we run a small used book store in the library.
It's volunteer work and I had the 10:00 to 1:00 shift this morning.

There was a note on the desk that a guy was looking for a particular book and it had come in. I called hem and let him know. He was very appreciative.

He came in a half hour later. He was my only customer so far and we chatted for a while.
Seemed like a nice guy. He was a snowbird who had retired here (Alabama gulf coast) from New Jersey.

Eventually the conversation got around to Alabama politics which we agreed sucks.
And then he said "I don't even like to watch the news channels any more because all I see is Trump's ugly mug." (Right on, brother.)

And THEN "I voted for him. I thought he would bring change. But he's just a narcissistic asshole. I won't vote for him again."

I said "Thank you."
I hope there are lots out there just like him.

[lame54]

1. At a library? - is this The Onion?

[trof]

3. chuckle

[JDC]

5. A tee up for sure

[demosincebirth]

6. You're funny

[dflprincess]

19. That was my first thought

but then it turned out this guy had changed his mind about Trump. He may not be the typical cult member after all.

[George II]

20. Damn, you beat me to it. What's a trumper doing in the library, cruising for little girls?

[Doreen]

25. Yeah, my first thought was,

"They can read?"

[elleng]

2. Thank you.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. This gives me hope.

[Bettie]

11. What gave me hope was the 4th of July parade in our tiny, red, Iowa town

We drove our county party float.

Got really "down low" smiles and thumbs up from many older white men.

Only one set of "boos" as we went by, more cheers than usual.

Zero MAGA hats. That was not the case last year or the one before.

[CaptYossarian]

22. Last year and the year before, there weren't any tariffs screwing his base.

Wait until 2020. As Trump says: stay tuned.

[machoneman]

33. I do believe many former MAGATS will not vote in the next election. Still anti-Democrat but they....

...will register their disdain for Trumpyboy by either a.) not voting at all by staying home or b.) vote down ballot but skip the president's check box altogether.

[SWBTATTReg]

7. I think a lot of people think this IMHO...I've dealt w/ the same in my Ozarks (MO) place, and ...

now when rump's name comes up, nothing...they shake their heads and say nothing...

I guess what can they say? I'm not going to push them or anything like that...that they came about this negative feeling about rump on their own? Amazing transformation...

[targetpractice]

10. I truly think a LOT of people voted for him simply because...

...They enjoyed "The Apprentice"... no more thought than that. And, now they regret it.

If I were a pollster I would ask that question.

Full disclosure... I enjoyed The Apprentice sometimes, but I thought Trump was pretty useless on that show.

[bigbrother05]

32. "Everyone" said he was only pandering and would pivot to the center

Many assumed he had some kind of core values based on who he supported in the past (Bill & Hillary) and would return to form if elected.

They all missed the underlying psychosis that drives him to push everything to the limit, then push harder.

He's like Pavlov's dog that once rewarded will keep slobbering regardless of the real consequences.

[smb]

37. Also, His Masters Insist That He Implement Damaging Policies...

...so as to weaken America and reduce its ability to counteract Russia.

[lunatica]

8. Some people are pretty smart about everything but not in one thing

Politics. Their thinking about it, when they even think about it, is so superficial that they have no idea of how it affects us in our daily life. They go through life taking all their benefits for granted, not understanding how they got them or that they’re losing them.

There are lot more people like that than there are like us. We’re a real minority (those of us who are political junkies).

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. A Trump voter who reads?

How odd.

[renate]

12. changes of heart like this are why I wish more of us were friendlier towards ex-Trump supporters

Needless to say, people who still support him are incorrigible morons who will overlook racism, pederasty, and the worst kind of anti-Christian behavior towards the poor and hungry, just because their pastors tell them that Jesus approves of it all. Or because they like tax cuts more than they like decency. They are fools.

But it's common to still hear people saying, essentially, that people who voted for Trump in 2016 deserve rains of frogs and plagues of locusts, and that because of their choice in the past they're stupid and gullible in the present, and should be shunned forevermore.

If we shun everyone who voted for him in 2016, we're not going to win in 2020.

I'm glad you had a nice conversation with that guy. That's how we win in 2020.

[MBS]

16. + 100 n/t

[Doctor Howard]

27. Well,

you go ahead and be friendly to them.

I'll keep treating them like soulless, moronic motherfuckers without a shred of decency, character, or respect for human dignity.

Which means I won't deal with them at all.

[calimary]

30. I find myself leaning that way - hard.

You fuckers voted for this. YOU did this. NOBODY held a gun to your head and forced you to do this. YOU did this. Voluntarily AND even eagerly. And NOW you’re sorry? You’re a little late, ‘eh? You wanted to “burn it all down” and/or “blow it all up.” Did you even bother, for a single second, what it would be like to have to go on living in the destruction and desecration and chaos that you get when you “burn it all down” or “blow it all up”?

How do those ashes taste now?

Happy now? Still gonna stick with him anyway in 2020 because you just can’t bring yourself to vote for a Democrat?

How’s it workin’ out for ya?

I have no faith in these people. Oh they shake their heads and say they’re sorry now. But what future lies will they decide maybe they’ll give him one more chance and then hope for the best?

I have a good friend who just couldn’t resist the bullshit sales pitch because emails or babykillers or whatever bullshit excuses she had. And now that at least seven children have died in the lice and scabies and diapers not changed for days and filth and sickness spreading through the cages (and that’s just who we know about)...

Who’s the babykiller now?

Sorry. I’m just so angry I don’t even want to listen to these people anymore. I don’t trust their “conversions”. All I can think of is how soon they’re gonna be taken in by Captain Forked-Tongue and fall for his fast-talking lies and assorted weasel words and bullshit promises all over again.

[machoneman]

34. O.K., I'll be nicer...but they STILL deserve every Biblical plague and fire and brimstone too!

LOL

[UniteFightBack]

13. Orange, corn laden shit stain sure as fuck ain't gaining any voters. I enjoy hearing these tales.nt

[House of Roberts]

14. The key here is he came from New Jersey.

He wasn't inbred here (in Alabama).

[colsohlibgal]

15. Hope There Are Many More Like Him

His hard right Neo Nazi base will stick with Orange Twitler no matter what, including shooting someone on 5th Avenue, but the rest of his 2016 supporters are, largely women, especially College educated ones, bailing big time. Heard a pollster say the other day that he is seeing a 2020 Blue Wave that will eclipse the 2018 one. From his lips.....

And if Mr 1776 airports does lose hope he is met leaving, in January 2021, by Law Authorities.

I cannot express how much I detest that “man”.

[Karadeniz]

17. Hope he's contagious!

[SMC22307]

18. Someone from Jersey didn't know Dirty Don...

was a narcissistic asshole? That's surprising.

[Doctor Howard]

28. no shit

(i agree with you)

[triron]

21. Another sucker for bullshit.

[EndGOPPropaganda]

23. Lied to by Fox. Next time say "Then don't watch Fox"

"Fox lies to you because its billionaire owner wants you to vote for billionaire tax cuts.

Republicans got what they want. They passed a $2 trillion tax cut for billionaires on a credit card that you and I will pay back. That's why Fox lies about Trump."

[gratuitous]

24. I would have ended the encounter with . . .

"Thank you. Tell your friends!"

About the book sale, of course.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

26. You know, I've noticed a change on Twitter too.

Usually when I comment on a tRump tweet, I get backlash. A lot of backlash.
But not as much lately.

[efhmc]

36. I've noticed that also. Not sure what it means.

Maybe some people are less jubilant about dead babies.

[bucolic_frolic]

29. Every vote that flips is one less for them, and one more for us

+2 in other words. Things change rapidly if you can flip even .4% of voters because elections are won, or lost, on the margin

[Hoyt]

31. He'll find some rationale to vote for trump in 2020. They always do.

[FakeNoose]

35. There are a lot of people like that - believe it or not

A lot of people would have voted D last time, except they didn't like Hillary for whatever reason. Maybe it was hate radio/Fox News brainwashing. It breaks my heart to say this because I always loved Hillary, and I became a Democrat just so I could vote for her in the primary.

But there are a lot of independents - unaffiliated voters - who just decide on a whim and aren't too invested in the outcome. Those are the people (many of them) who went for Chump in 2016, and they won't do it again. They have DEEP REGRETS, and I'll bet many aren't willing to admit how stupid they were before.

Our Party needs to find a way to reach these indifferent & noncommittal voters, the independents who don't care too much for politics. But they can make the difference in the next election. Our candidate must be the person who reaches out and motivates those independents.

[BobTheSubgenius]

38. Great ending!

I was ready for it to go much differently, and, frankly, when I read the title, my first thought was "What was he or she doing in a library?" Apparently, he has a mind that can be changed by empirical evidence. Good on him...and good on you for doing what you do!

[Historic NY]

39. They voted for a 'brand', unfortunately its a brand that sucked.....

low info voters equated the name with supposed success. Little did they know.

[Skittles]

40. contratulations

I have yet to meet one of these elusive creatures - well, at least one who will ADMIT they fucked up

[Doitnow]

41. Thom Hartmann was asking people to call in if they had found any Trump voter who had

changed their opinion of him. One fellow called in---said he and wife make a visit to a major university hospital complex once a year. Upon arriving this year and having scanned the channel choices and found that out of the many listed, Fox was missing. They asked a lady in the lobby why the omission. Upon noticing they weren't complaining---just wanted to know-- she said that the hospital had realized that especially in the evenings when Fox was on patients' blood pressures would go up, they were not getting better and many, in fact, were getting sicker! They then eliminated the channel thru out their system. This was in a very red state.