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BigmanPigman

(51,563 posts)
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 11:34 PM Jul 2017

SO happy to be a dem in CA! So much support from everyone I encounter...it helps!

If I didn't have the encouragement from so many people where ever I go I'd be so much more depressed. I have a very dismal and short future due to my medical diagnosis last August, the ACA with subsidies which I rely on, and my finances which are limited (near poverty level since I had to leave the teaching profession and my second career and cost of living is HIGH). Yet, when people see me wearing my home made "lock him up " earrings and Russian stacking doll Trump/devil horn pin I get fantastic compliments and shared opinions. Everyone at UCSD hospital hates him and tell me so in hushed voices (I was there again today). From Trader Joe's to Ace Harware people want copies of my jewelry for themselves. My home made bumper stickers proudly displayed since Sept are huge hits as well. I am so fortified when I know that others understand how seriously jeopardized our country's future is and it gives me courage to keep fighting and resisting any way I can. This weekend will be my 9th "anti-45 march" since Nov. during my city's Pride Parade. I still have blisters on my feet from the last "Impeachment March" two weeks ago but I' ll be there with band aids on and wearing different shoes. Thank god for S. Calif and its blue residents. Without them I'd have very little hope! CA rocks!

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SO happy to be a dem in CA! So much support from everyone I encounter...it helps! (Original Post) BigmanPigman Jul 2017 OP
Thank god for people like you! Press on and take care of yourself... RestoreAmerica2020 Jul 2017 #1
We are so lucky to live here... PasadenaTrudy Jul 2017 #2

PasadenaTrudy

(3,998 posts)
2. We are so lucky to live here...
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 01:23 PM
Jul 2017

I haven't met a single T supporter and people on my street still have their Hillary yard signs up! When I see my shrink at Kaiser, we both talk about our disgust for T. Please take care

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