2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Honest view from my Republican husband on primary and beyond. [View all]
My wonderful husband is dismayed that the Republican party has left him. He voted for President Obama twice in a row.
So we have a primary in Virginia and will be out of the country Tuesday. I voted absentee on Monday, he voted yesterday. I asked how it went.
"Well, they asked me if I wanted a Republican ballot or Democratic ballot and I asked for Republican. Then I looked at the list of names and gave it back and asked for a Democratic ballot. I voted for Bernie. I know him. I like him" (from me listening to Thom Hartmann and brunch with Bernie when we're traveling in the car).
I said that I was glad to hear it, because I voted for Bernie, too. Then he said this:
"If it's between Hillary and Trump, though, I'm voting for Trump."
Me: stunned. How can you even think of doing that?
"I just don't like the Clintons anymore."
Now, I think if it ends up being Hillary and Trump, I can work on him, because he's a reasonable guy, but I thought his insight was interesting.