"It’s Personal Now: Republican Women Explain Why They’re Voting Obama"

[madamesilverspurs]

7. But it's true,

at least for some. Include my mother. She's one of those "lifelong republicans", having been very active in that party since she came of age to vote in 1940. She canvassed neighborhoods, stuffed envelopes, and worked as an election judge until her eyesight began to fail. She's never agreed 100% with any human being, certainly no politician. She really didn't like W, and just shook her head in disgust and disbelief over McCain's choice of Palin. In 2008, for the first time in her life, she voted for the Democratic candidate for President. She maintained her membership in the party, thinking that it would keep some doors open so that she could talk with some people. This last year showed her how misspent that particular hope was, and a couple of months ago she formally withdrew from the GOP. It hurt. After 70 years there's a sense, not of accomplishment, but of abandonment for herself and for the country. She says "I don't know who these people are, I don't want to know them." She likes Obama. At 93, she looks forward to voting for him again.

Never say never, eh?

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