About a white rural voter...

[orangecrush]

I attend meetings in my very red rural area where I am among many Trump supporters. Politics is not what we are there for, it is a support group for people trying to stay sober, although I have put up with a lot of crap and snide comments, they know I am a Biden supporting Democrat.

Last night after the meeting, I was talking to a man in his early 60's who runs a local auction house. He is an accomplished guitarist, who once went to California at the invitation of Buck Owens, to perform as warm up in a band. He is also a Trump voter.

A week ago, his 13 year old grandson was riding a hay wagon with his mom and brother being pulled by a tractor. The hay wagon rolled, and crushed the boy to death.

We started out talking about guitars. He showed me pictures on his phone of his beautiful Gibson electric, various Fenders and a Gretch. Also, 3 gorgeous hand made acoustics his son made for him.

Others came over to offer condolences for his grandson. He then showed pictures of a tall, tow headed 13 year old with a big smile, standing with his brothers.

I felt my chest heave, and fought to control the emotions. He hasn't been the same since this happened, and you can almost see the weight on him. For 5 minutes, everyone talked to him and their differences with me were unimportant.

How does a con man like Trump manage to fool an otherwise intelligent, big hearted man like this?

I dream of a day when my party finally reaches the hearts of these people, and somehow knocks down the wall of lies that the GOP has built in rural America.