A strange thing happened today

[CajunBlazer]

My wife and I went to visit my mother and father-in-law, the occasion being my wife's birthday. In the car on way over my wife an I were talking about the latest Trump follies. She warned me not to bring up politics during our visit. No problem, that wasn't going to happen. My mother-in-law is rather liberal, as is my wife, but 87 year old father-in-law is an old school Southern super conservative who hasn't voted for a Democrat in the last 20 years. He's a great guy, but given my rather liberal views, political discussions never go well with him and I have long since learned not to go there.

My father-in-law hasn't been well lately and doesn't get out much, but I have heard he he has been watching the Presidential election with keen interest. While my wife and her mother were having one their mother/daughter chats in another room, he and I were watching the Discovery channel on TV and chatting about whatever on the side.

Out of the blue he said that he was looking forward to the next debate in a few days. Leery, I asked he meant the Vice Presidential debate. "Yes", he said, and then he went on to say that he thought it would be a good match up. Dipping one toe into the water I knew was full of man eating sharks, I tentatively asked, "Did you watch the first debate?" "Yes", he said, "I watched every bit of it". Then he continued rather emphatically, "That guy is a nut!" . . . . Whoa! Did I hear that right?

A Strange Thing Happened Today

[grossproffit]

1. Same with us. This is the first election that everyone is still on speaking terms. It's AWESOME!

Trump is bringing families together. Just not the way he intended. HAHA

[Journeyman]

4. That's good to know. Happy to hear the Trump campaign has an upside . . .

[CajunBlazer]

6. Now let's not get carried away.....

If we try to find a silver lining in that very large, very dark cloud, we will probably be struck by lightning.

[brush]

2. Thanks for posting. That's engouraging. Similar things may be happening in other households.

[Chasing Dreams]

3. Nice Post. Yesterday you told me a CLINTON LANDSLIDE

wasn't going to happen because I "over estimate the political intelligence of the average American voter".

Is your interaction with your father-in-law causing you to reconsider?

Note: My 89 year old arch-conservative, Fox watching dad isn't saying who he is voting for yet.

[CajunBlazer]

18. No, I haven't change my mind yet

One of the reasons is that I don't believe that the Obama coalition is totally intact. Women are definitely on board, including a fair number of suburban women. I think that the black community will support Hillary, but they can't possibly be as enthusiastic as they were to elect the first black President. Hopefully the Clinton campaign's GOTV effort will get most of them to the polls. However, I don't believe the young people are fully on board. They sure are not as as enthusiastic as they were for Obama. And since Hillary isn't very well liked, third party candidates are going to be a factor this time around. I can certainly see a win in the cards, but a landslide, ....I am definitely not sure of that.

I am working on a piece on Hillary and the millennial vote which I hope to post in the next day or so. That in my mind is the mostly missing piece of the puzzle.

[Pluvious]

19. My hope is that dissatisfied Wingers stay home n/t

[sheshe2]

5. Off to the greatest!

Thanks!

[AgadorSparticus]

7. Fingers crossed he is not the only one. Hope more and more people are trump for what he is

Thanks for sharing.

[CajunBlazer]

20. You're most welcome - and no, he can't be the only one

Most older Republicans in the South cherish their values and they hate braggers. And they certainly don't like people that lie to them on a regular basis. And remember that most Southern conservatives used to be Democrats before they switched over their allegiance to the GOP so they aren't that loyal to the GOP.

[mountain grammy]

8. My husband tells me every day

but I can't hear it enough. Thanks for posting.

[Snake Plissken]

9. I could easily see Trump using this in a campaign add claiming he brings families together

And his glazed over supporters would be blindly cheer it on

[Yallow]

10. The Crazy Uncle Is Not The Whole Family

Sorry Donald.....

[fleabiscuit]

11. LOL Awesome.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

12. I know people like this and the most you can get them to do is CLAIM they aren't voting this time...

But they probably still will.

Sometimes out of sheer panic that the hippies will take over the world.

[CajunBlazer]

17. He is definitely going to vote, but....

...even those who are not going to vote are victories, they aren't going to vote for Trump

[C Moon]

13. I would guess the VP debate is the Tea Baggers' last hope.

It's no exaggeration to say that as each day passes, Trump looks worse and worse as a viable candidate for President.
But if Pence can look good against Kaine, the Tea Baggers still have something they can hang their bags on—the media too! But then the media always comes off like "tea baggers" at election time.

[Hamlette]

14. While I bet the media is pissed we are blaming them, I think they are as scared as we are.

The last debate and the meltdowns since (including the middle of the night twitter rage) has sobered some of them up. I don't think they are going to be easy on Pence. Oh, please, just let me have my fantasy for another 24 hours.

[C Moon]

15. I agree: the media does seem to be giving up on Trump.

[CajunBlazer]

21. They have not only given up on Trump...

On CNN they are actively attacking his lies and stupid statements

[Freddie]

16. I noticed something similar

I have a couple friends for whom abortion is the ONLY issue (it's something I'm careful to never discuss with them). They vote Republican no matter what...until now. Surprised and delighted to see some FB comments calling Trump a "dangerous blowhard" among other things, especially since the debate.