I received THE BEST Mother's Day gift today!

[Totally Tunsie]

It came in a phone call from my oldest son. Said son is married to a Chump supporter and has adopted her stance over the years, to the point where politics is a taboo subject among us. The comments I've heard from him have made me wonder how I raised a person with such warped thinking. It's been heartbreaking at times.

Fast forward to today's call. "Mom, have you heard the idiotic spew coming from trump about COVID? Can you believe someone could be this stupid? What the hell is wrong with this jackass?"

Welcome home, Son...best Mother's Day ever!

[BComplex]

1. Oh Tunsie! That's wonderful!

Happy Mother's Day!

My daughter just started dated a guy who is "Republican, but I don't care for trump." I worry that that is still a slippery slope, but at least he doesn't like trump!

[Totally Tunsie]

17. Scary stuff, "B". I hope your daughter is able to resist moving

to the dark side. It's so hard to get them back, but Chump's COVID stupidity seems to be taking its toll.

Good luck!

[Arkansas Granny]

2. Sweet. You laid the groundwork.

[Faux pas]

3. I know

the heartbreak. My son has one foot in reality and the other in the 3 ring circus world. It's a serious disappointment

[Totally Tunsie]

7. My Mother's Day wish for you is that you receive a similar gift

in the near future.

Perhaps COVID will be The Great Equalizer, leaving harmony and balance in the wake of its destruction. When something threatens your family so personally and directly, apparently it can clarify one's thinking pretty quickly. If Chump's stupidly about the 'rona is what finally reorients the thinking of the MAGAts, it will save us from another miserable four years.

BYE DON 2020.

[NNadir]

4. What a relief. If my sons were Trumpers, it would be as painful to me as I was to my father.

I loved him dearly, and he loved me, but it is true that we often ended up screaming at one another about politics. He was pretty right wing.

Our wives, my wife, and my stepmother, couldn't believe how we argued, and then how we always managed to make up.

I did have a few run ins with my oldest son over Bernie Sanders, who I despised, and of whom he thought somewhat more highly. (His preferred candidate was Andrew Yang.)

[Totally Tunsie]

32. My dad was a life-long Repug also, and was a

personal friend of Prescott Bush (GHWB's father). He was quiet about it, though, as he was about most things. Unfortunately, he was also what today we call a racist. He was raised at a time when it was simply thought of as "being better".

Even as a kid, I was embarrassed by some of the things he uttered, somehow innately knowing that he was wrong in his thinking. High school brought about my strengthening opinions as I had several black friends during those years. It was difficult to understand why my otherwise wonderful dad harbored these horrid opinions.

We rarely discussed serious issues because we could sense the damage that might do to our relationship. He never changed, but I grew more liberal as time went on. Mom wasn't a factor - she wasn't a thinker, and voted as Dad told her to do.

I adored my dad and never wanted to upset him. He'd be appalled that his only child moved so far to the left.

I often wondered if he would have mellowed over the years and would have accepted Obama as POTUS. Rather, I think he'd be a trumpster were he alive today.

[LeftInTX]

35. My dad didn't like Obama

Especially the ACA

My dad got involved with that Swift Voter Veterans group. My dad was career military and an AF pilot. He was a Democrat, but after he went to Vietnam when I was 10, he came back a Republican and voted for Nixon. Then he got all bitter about Watergate etc.

He didn't mail in his ballot in Nov 2016. He said he wasn't gonna vote cuz of the "grab em by the p..." He died before the election, my brother found the blank ballot. (My brother is a Republican too)

[Totally Tunsie]

37. The good news is that your dad and my dad both raised kids

who could think for themselves, no matter their environment. I'd say that's an accomplishment.

[LakeArenal]

45. Same here. Never understood how "godly" people could be so cruel.

My brother once brought home a group of friends. One was a very chubby young black woman. The fattism was almost as toxic as the racism.

They made her leave.... So everyone left including my brother. It was one of the defining moments. I was a fat child. They berated me pretty much always. I really felt they hated me, too.

[Totally Tunsie]

47. And look at you now - living in Paradise and content as can be!

Those very same people would now be green with envy. You did something right, LA!

[malaise]

5. Best gift ever

Big rec and happy mothers'day

[brer cat]

6. Congratulations on getting back

the son you raised, Tunsie! May he remain in our camp.

[3catwoman3]

8. Wonderful gift, indeed!

You must be thrilled-

[Totally Tunsie]

18. You nailed it, catwoman! I WAS bouncing off my couch.

[dlk]

9. When a situation becomes personally threatening, it's amazing how viewpoints can change

However your son comes around to reason and reality, I’m happy for you.

[Mister Ed]

10. One by one by one, his supporters are peeling away.

His hard-core supporters will never see reality, but many of the independents who in 2016 said, "What the hell, let's give him a chance" are not going to give him another.

[Totally Tunsie]

19. People are beginning to answer "What have you got to lose?" with

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"Plenty - my life, my family, my livelihood." If COVID had to strike, it picked a good time to do so. 179 days to the election...YAY!

[liberalla]

11. What about his wife? Any news there? Does she agree with her husband?

...and oh yes, happy Mother's Day to you!

[Totally Tunsie]

20. Wife is still in Chump camp, and not likely to change.

With politics being a taboo subject when we're together, at least the rest of us don't have to listen to it. I'm not sure how she came to support him - her parents are as anti-Chump as any good DUer. She's somewhat infected their two teens, though, so there's still work to be done.

Happy Mother's Day to you also! 💐

[demigoddess]

12. Congratulations!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

13. I'd have had a hard time not saying

"What took you so frigging long??"

You are a better person than I am.

[Totally Tunsie]

21. I opted for "It's about time you saw the light!"

Not so "better" after all.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

29. Well, still better than my first impulse.

I am fortunate in that my isn't married to a Trumper. He doesn't happen to be married at all, as if that's important here. Whenever our conversations veer to politics it's clear he's at least as liberal as I am.

[Totally Tunsie]

30. You're a lucky mom.

Happy Mother's Day!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

34. Thank you!

[captain queeg]

14. The prodigal son

[Totally Tunsie]

22. HA!

[liberalmuse]

15. I'm so happy for you!

I can't imagine what it's like having a loved one be a Trump supporter. I'm glad he is beginning to see the light. That is definitely the best Mother's Day gift.

[Totally Tunsie]

23. "Seeing the light" was exactly the gist of my response.

I'll remember this day for a long time.

[Niagara]

16. Wonderful news!

[SheltieLover]

24. Yaaaaay!

Congrats!

[Soph0571]

25. Bloody marvellous!

I bet you are dancing on the roof. And trend ways for November for the rest of the world?!?! Huzzah

[AllaN01Bear]

26. indeed.

[warmfeet]

27. Keep the trend going.

Very welcome news.

Happy Mothers Day!

[smirkymonkey]

28. So happy for you Tunsie!

What a great Mother's Day gift!

Have a Happy Mother's Day!

[Totally Tunsie]

31. It's such a

*+*+*RELIEF!*+*+*

[Cha]

33. Ah Tunsie.. I can imagine how that makes you

feel! Happy Mother's Day!

Wonder how your son's wife feels about it?

[LeftInTX]

36. Good news!! Someone is seeing the light

Or seeing that there is insanity in the WH

My hubby voted for Trump, but didn't like him. (It's the SC abortion thing) After a few months, he was like, "What was I thinking??" He usually votes for mostly Democratic candidates, but he feels out of religious conviction that somehow Roe V Wade will be overturned. Now he realizes that Trump is nothing but the lowest common denominator and scum of the earth.

I think he's given up on the Supreme Court for awhile...

[Totally Tunsie]

39. trump is morally bankrupt.

There is not a single value or conviction in which he truly believes. The only principle he follows is "What will benefit him the most at the time."

IMO, the only thing I think he has any caring for is I'wanna, and then sometimes I even doubt that.

[Hekate]

38. I'm so happy for you

Maybe someday, my offspring will wake up too.

[Totally Tunsie]

40. There's always hope.

Seeing the path my son was on, I fully expected he would continue to swerve to the right. His wife is a powerful force, and it's usually easier to "Go along to get along". My son is no wimp, but he does like to live a pleasant, low stress life.

I'm beginning to see cracks in Chump's stronghold. With Chump going off the rails on a regular basis, it seems those who are on the fence are now beginning to lean in our direction. Perhaps your child(ren) will be among them.

Happy Mother's Day!

[Demovictory9]

41. k&r

[tavernier]

42. I got a music box that plays Bohemian Rhapsody

from my grandson who also thinks Rump is a jackass.
As a Democrat and a Queen fan, made my day.

[Totally Tunsie]

44. Treasure that!

Happy Mother's Day!

[Fla Dem]

43. Hopefully this will be one of the good outcomes of this pandemic. Eyes will be opened.

[Totally Tunsie]

46. It seems to be happening...slowly, but it's there.

There's a shiny side to everything, even if it doesn't seem so at first.

[JudyM]

48. My heart did a little leap for you. How wonderful that he can still see at least some of the crap.

Wonderful to reconnect.

Hopefully his wife is on the same trajectory!

We have to command the public dialogue.

[cayugafalls]

49. Happy Mother's Day indeed! Congratulations!

Best thing is, you got your son back. Now you can have all sorts of conversations.

Must feel good...

Be well.