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kimbutgar

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65. Going to Arizona to spend Xmas with hubby's in-laws

Wed Dec 16, 2015, 08:45 PM

Dec 2015

My mother in law is a die hard liberal and my other is sister in law who went to college is also liberal leaning.The other sister in law says she is non political but her 4 adult children who never went to college are right wingers. Their dad raised them on rush. He divorced my sister in law and abandoned her when the kids were teenagers, but the kids adore their Dad. He used to call me the loony liberal from San Francisco. My hubby and I are taking bets on whether they are going for tRump or Cruz. One nephew joined the army because he couldn't afford college nor get a decent paying job. He wad injured in the Army, got disability and the GI bill but hates President Obama with a passion. I pointed out to him that republicans wanted to take away vet's benefits and he called me a liar. The last straw for me when he attacked poor people for being lazy! I unfriended him on Facebook. It will be an interesting Christmas with that side of the family. I personally am keeping my mouth shut over politics, my hubby wouldn't make me that promise.

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America is kind of scaring the shit out of me [View all] KentuckyWoman Dec 2015 OP

They have always beenthere - your crazy uncle hollysmom Dec 2015 #1

Yep, they used to be on the margins back in the '70s when I was growing up deutsey Dec 2015 #6

the change goes back from before trump, but he is ramping them up to new levels. hollysmom Dec 2015 #8

Exactly deutsey Dec 2015 #9

Cruz ias making it worse as well, what a repellent man. hollysmom Dec 2015 #10

I didn't watch the "debate" last night deutsey Dec 2015 #12

Cruz is appealing to all non liberals who arent part of the establishment or system. randys1 Dec 2015 #55

There's been a deliberate effort to radicalize white voters in this country. forest444 Dec 2015 #88

Agree 100% n/t deutsey Dec 2015 #93

This is mostly an insult to the crazy who are much more compassionate HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #19

That, my friend, is one apt observation: calling for fascism to save their privilege KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #91

Yep, we're on the verge of becoming everything we despise. Scuba Dec 2015 #2

So this is how it starts. n/t WHEN CRABS ROAR Dec 2015 #48

No. If we do not elect Bernie Sanders, this is how it ends. pangaia Dec 2015 #53

no, it is simply that the veneer has been pulled off, and the horrible, ugly, racist, ignorant, niyad Dec 2015 #66

like another said ibegurpard Dec 2015 #3

It will get worse until someone hits back Doctor_J Dec 2015 #4

These guys have been members of hate groups meow2u3 Dec 2015 #5

Yep, exactly! They now have a flashy savior in Trump who pretty much tells them all of their hatred RKP5637 Dec 2015 #56

No. They are paid actors. Doesn't anyone remember the RumpHole buying people to attend rallies? erronis Dec 2015 #57

From a few of the Trump apologists on my FB... TommyCelt Dec 2015 #84

Agree. And sorry about your Trumpeter FB "friends"! erronis Dec 2015 #86

From the deepest dregs 2naSalit Dec 2015 #7

He's an adolescent boy's power fantasy Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #11

This. He appeals to people who don't read or think more deeply than LuckyLib Dec 2015 #47

Someone called my comparison of today's America to Rwanda in 1993 "hyperbole" GliderGuider Dec 2015 #13

Thank you for saying this, KentuckyWoman.... Hekate Dec 2015 #14

Thank you, KentuckyWoman saidsimplesimon Dec 2015 #15

Skinhead types always are on the edges of society waiting for their next Hitler. Rex Dec 2015 #16

^^exactly^^ nt wendylaroux Dec 2015 #46

The media's help create Trump. jalan48 Dec 2015 #17

It's not just Fox anymore KentuckyWoman Dec 2015 #29

They want Trump's message out there. That's a big part of it I think. jalan48 Dec 2015 #64

They have always been there. tRump has given them political and moral cover kairos12 Dec 2015 #18

Omaha Steve needs US saidsimplesimon Dec 2015 #20

To play devil's advocate Tab Dec 2015 #21

It's all about political correctness really justiceischeap Dec 2015 #22

I'm wondering what they're all going to do when they lose. byronius Dec 2015 #23

“The means of defence against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #24

They've always been there; he just gives them permission. alarimer Dec 2015 #25

^^^what you say here^^^ Blus4u Dec 2015 #59

I know what you are talking about. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2015 #70

I'm scared, too. potone Dec 2015 #26

They may be emboldened, bvf Dec 2015 #33

Very good point. potone Dec 2015 #36

You're welcome. bvf Dec 2015 #42

Have you noticed that the more sunlight he gets, the more followers show up? More like weeds than jtuck004 Dec 2015 #74

^In total agreement^ StandingInLeftField Dec 2015 #83

I ain't scared so much as really fuckin pissed! MynameisBlarney Dec 2015 #27

And it's being promoted and pushed by the richest and powerful... SoapBox Dec 2015 #28

"WHY are we tolerating this from any political candidate?" MadDAsHell Dec 2015 #30

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #31

I'd bet some in his audience are agent provocateurs, hired by Trump JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #32

This is Fox Noise as the Sorcerer's Apprentice DFW Dec 2015 #34

Thanks for that! Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2015 #69

I didn't study German so much as live it. DFW Dec 2015 #78

Very cool. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2015 #79

Civilized in some aspects, not all DFW Dec 2015 #80

Love this post! KT2000 Dec 2015 #35

Thanks.......... but KentuckyWoman Dec 2015 #44

k and r snagglepuss Dec 2015 #37

Me too... Triana Dec 2015 #38

That blew me away Oilwellian Dec 2015 #92

These are the people who supported George Wallace. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #39

I was horrified Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2015 #72

Each generation gets better, not worse.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #77

"A cartoon rich person" PassingFair Dec 2015 #40

I noticed that about small southern towns. Laffy Kat Dec 2015 #41

Ironically, ARTE TV (a French/German channel here in France) ran a compelling and pertinent, Surya Gayatri Dec 2015 #43

It's all part of perfectly crafted plan. mhatrw Dec 2015 #45

I endorse this message! +1 K&R Bubzer Dec 2015 #49

I kinda thought k-12 would have provided some level of sanity for our society by now. Ivan Kaputski Dec 2015 #50

Thanks to you, sister! anniebelle Dec 2015 #51

Hi anniebelle! Lars39 Dec 2015 #54

They have always been there Trump has made it acceptable to be bigot n/t doc03 Dec 2015 #52

Thank the alternate reality the right-wing has created for itself. LS_Editor Dec 2015 #58

True - the price that comes with forty years of propaganda. polichick Dec 2015 #60

The nation is uniting against these asshole Republican extremists. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #61

These people have always existed, TIME TO PANIC Dec 2015 #62

Decades of right-wing corporate media propaganda tabasco Dec 2015 #63

Going to Arizona to spend Xmas with hubby's in-laws kimbutgar Dec 2015 #65

I like your style passiveporcupine Dec 2015 #67

Honestly SandersDem Dec 2015 #68

Scare the shit out of you IS the strategy of the clown show. Mayhem is their only chance, and they L. Coyote Dec 2015 #71

Tonight on facebook, my husband's super "Christian" nephew posted mountain grammy Dec 2015 #73

... I cried reading this.... alittlelark Dec 2015 #75

It scared the shit out of me growing up in the 80s but I got over that by 2000. Rex Dec 2015 #76

Its the diner scene from alices resturaunt flobee1 Dec 2015 #81

I am with you! get the red out Dec 2015 #82

Faux and Friends---or as I like to call them "The Frightwing" randr Dec 2015 #85

Many are the old senile, rich crazies that have nothing else to do, but destroy the GOP. rladdi Dec 2015 #87

the type that support trump have always been here... Javaman Dec 2015 #89

Agreed Politicsandhiphop Dec 2015 #90