Thank You DU
for helping me to keep my sanity! I'm new here and I'm so glad I found you. I'm a 56 year young black female living in southern Ohio who has voted democrat all my life. My family has always worked hard and has never been on any public assistance..welfare. I have two children...one in graduate school at Texas AM and the other set to graduate from Wright State in December. No one in my family has ever been in trouble with the law...my children have no children and my husband has worked everyday since we married in 1989. This election has caused me to lose my best friend of 50 years because of her choice to "maybe" vote for Donald Trump. While I respect her right to vote for who she chooses...she has always been a Republican...I can't get over the fact she and her family is supporting him. I tried to reason...in my mind...that maybe it's because he portrays himself as the law and order candidate and her son is soon to be a graduate of a police academy and she thinks Trump's hard stance on minorities will keep her son safe but what about my son.
I tried to explain that Trump's racially charged rhetoric against "the blacks", Muslims, Mexicans, immigrants won't make us safer...his sexist comments....his strong support for Russia...his refusal to release his taxes..his inability to speak in complete sentences....his ignorance of global politics...vilification of his critics...his obvious lies and his incessant chatter of how great he is makes for a very dangerous and incompetent president.
I think most of Trump supporters feel threatened. Threatened by the fact that in 52 short years, after the passing of the Civil Rights Act, we have a black president...elected twice...they are hoping the South will rise again...and they can take their rightful place above the so many minorities in this country who have stepped up and over them. They are angry because the American Dream is working for everyone and they want Trump to take it back! Hillary Clinton for President...so that the American Dream can continue for us all! Rant Over
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Great post! 
will fail Trump too, once people get a real chance to look at him. And wonder about his taxes.
Welcome to DU!
I know it is hard but if you can stand it try to keep some lines open between you and your friend. I know it is hard because it boils down to the love of your children. That is something you both have in common even though it puts you on opposite sides. I don't expect her to change but one can always hope that she will consider the value of your children is worth more than fear and hatred.
And I find it hard to write this because I am not a fan, "GIG'EM, AGGIES!" Did I really write that?
I live in the Maroonist place in the world, Brazos County, TX. There is a love/hate relationship with TAMU students. While they drive the local economic engine they drive really stupid on the streets. 
I had to look up Wright State, near Wright Patterson AFB where it is rumored that the remains of the alleged UFO craft is stored in secret. WOOOOOO!
Very eloquent rant, BTW!
Great Rant! 
Congratulations on the success you and your family have had. You must be very proud of your kids.
There's no explaining or rationalizing to people firmly rooted in RW rhetoric and Fox News is their only source for news and enlightenment.
All we can do is work very hard at GOTV and voting for down ticket candidates so we can begin to take back statehouses, state legislatures, the US congress and US Senate.
Welcome
Nice to meet you!
Look forward to your posts.
And if the political squandering around here gets a little too much for you, chill out at the Lounge, or visit the Home and Family topics.
Beautiful post from what I'm sure is a beautiful person 
a few weeks after 9/11!
Welcome to DU!
rocktivity
I think most of us have similar problems with friends. It's hard to fathom how anyone cannot see through him.
Most everybody is great, with a few crazies thrown in to keep it interesting! It's a great place to learn something new every day!
fun and interesting, every day.
So glad you are here, mrsV! 
Settle in and enjoy!
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SO glad you're with us 
Welcome aboard!!
Ain't that the truth! He's like a male version of Palin.
When you keep mowing the top of a plant over and over to the ground, the roots still continue to grow... larger and larger and deeper and deeper. But as soon as you stop mowing the top, the plant bursts into massive growth because it really is a mature plant that has been stifled, and it eventually catches up with the rest of the plants its age.
Great post~
Welcome to DU! It's kept me sane for many years.
Welcome to DU!
any of us would've made it through the bush years without DU. (My post count is so low because my computer crashed and I didn't know how get back on with the same handle). In any case, WELCOME!
Saving my sanity is exactly how I felt when I found DU. I'm sorry about your friend. 
