My MOTHER is voting for Obama!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NoSheep]

WoooooHoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ichingcarpenter]

1. Sooooooooooooooooooo??????

Care to give the story? lol

[Cha]

2. Backstory?

:)

[yourout]

3. I take it that this is unexpected.

[NoSheep]

8. sure was. I haven't been home except holidays now for many years.

I finally got the courage to confront her tonight after giving up some time ago. She said she was voting for Obama. Realizes the repukes have made a mess of the country. That they're liars out for the top 1%.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

15. My 90 year old Republican mom is voting Obama too!

She said that the Democrats of today are closer to the Republican Party of her youth than the GOP is today. She calls those who support McCain "deluded".

[NoSheep]

18. Hurray! I'd like to send him a letter thinking him for bringing families back together.

[tblue]

4. So is mine.

So are all my blood relatives, and my kid would if he were 18.

[NoSheep]

25. You are allowed to multiply!

:D

[tblue]

26. Thank you, but I did already!

[NoSheep]

28. Oh Good!!!! Another reason to make sure Obama is our next president!

Thanks for being a good sport about my "joke". I am heartened when my ilk bring another good person into the world, and horrified by the reverse.

[democrattotheend]

5. Mine too

Of course, she's been a supporter since the days of the "Draft Obama" movement. I take it your mom is usually Republican?

[NoSheep]

23. Dem turned repuke by a stepfather who loved Oliver North.(omg)

I'll never forget those days of screaming with them about how misinformed they were. We were estranged for a very long time. He passed away 12 years ago. She's had the past 8 to see for herself what the repukes are really all about.

[NoSheep]

6. Oh, I was so excited I forgot to elaborate.

She was a southern working class democrat lured by the sinister tactics of republicans from way back. I've been trying to reason with her for years. Trying to get her to see the truth of what the repukes are really all about. I think she has finally seen the light. it's been about 30 years coming on. One more for our side!

[Cha]

12. I'm so happy for you and your Mom..

All my close relatives and friends have been for Obama but I'd like to hear about any of the people I know of who've always voted for bush have an epiphany just ONCE.

[NoSheep]

16. Thank you. I'm happy too. I feel like I got my mom back!

:cry:

[tblue]

27. What finally did it?

[NoSheep]

29. I'm not exactly sure. We started talking about the 'financial crisis"

I told her I was reeling form all the news and that I wanted to discuss it with a relative who works with JP Morgan. I just asked if she was finally convinced the republicans didn't have the best interests of the country at heart and she said yes. I asked her if she would be voting the right way this year and she confirmed that she would be voting for Obama. I think it could have been Palin. She's the antithesis of what my mother thinks a person should be. I think it is easier for her to observe this in a woman.

[WeDidIt]

7. Mine was always going to

but my Republican brother is voting for Obama, too, so there's another vote for the California blowout in favor of Obama.

[Cha]

19. Great! The more the merrier..

anywhere. We want them to win the Popular and the Electoral!

[NoSheep]

30. Oh I like this thread! It's all positive!

[NoSheep]

9. BTW-We're in NC! I've so far gotten 6 confirmed Obama votes from former republicans

due to my relentless habit of exposing them to the truth. It just took the truth a while to sink into my mom. So My vote has multiplied by 6. I think if they don't steal it, we could win NC with a lot of Reagan defectors coming back into the fold

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. Sounds great, I knew it was something like this

Reagan told them the big lie and they bought the candy without
supervision and ate the whole candy corn bag.

[NoSheep]

13. That's right. Good people...working people who were made into monsters

by Reagan. Some are seeing the light! Things had to get so dark to make it happen though. I hope we can save this country at this late hour.

[Ichingcarpenter]

22. I am so happy to see the death of the Reagan fake legacy

It really makes me happy, unfortunately the nation has to pay for his lies.

I hated Ray gun

[NoSheep]

24. At the time of his second election, I had been very idealistic and had the view

that I would not participate in "their" world. Thought I could do better just living right and being a good friend and neighbor. When he was up for re-election I decided I had to be a part of the political process. Realized there really was a difference between the parties. I was young.

[Cha]

21. Even Better!

North Carolina:D

[PresidentObama]

11. My mom once called Obama a Muslim, and now LOVES him and gave him money.

Once McCain picked Palin, it pissed her off.

She researched it, admitted she was wrong, and got on board.

Yay for mom's you never thought would have voted Obama.

[NoSheep]

14. I asked her had she ever seen a politician act more like a grown up in the face

of the lies thrown at him. She expressed that she was impressed by this. I think his decision to stay the intelligent, compassionate, above the bull-shit person he really is has paid off for folks who recognize the difference between right and wrong when they are allowed to see it.

[billyoc]

17. I've never seen more beautiful country than North Carolina.

Warmest regards to your mother from the New York City AFL-CIO. :hi:

[NoSheep]

20. Thank you, billyoc. I'll tell her!!!