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[sorrybushisfromtexas]

I’m a 70 year old lifetime Democrat who can’t go to sleep tonight worrying about our world’s condition. As a 41 yr teacher, I worry about what kind of world and country that we Boomers are leaving for my grandchildren and for the thousands of students I have taught over the last Four decades.
I was a Vietnam protestor that married anA Air Force brat, her father was career Airforce. Over our 47 year marriageI have seen her change from a a blind patriot to seeing what has happened to our beloved nation. She is a proud liberal but not quite as far left as me.
We were both Science teachers and realize that our planet is at the place of no return. We grieve for the future of our grandchildren. We grieve that the Church that we grew up in has become a place of bigotry and hate. I literally get sick to my stomach when I hear our nation’s leader speak. I will not call him President because he is a mockery of that title.
I will not give up however , my grandchildren, my children, and the majority of students that I taught science to believe in climate change, LBGT rights, the plight of refugees, Dreamers, and women’s rights. They also recognize the Republican Party is simply evil.

We must fight climate change and come together to vote the evil out of power. We must come together as one and vote for the Democratic nominee even if it is not the one we personally want. All ages seniors, middle aged, 30’s, 20’s, and teens have to become one voice and rise together to vote this evil joker out!

I am an aging hippy full of the Audacity of Hope in the reddest county in Texas.