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To: nathanbedford
I wrestled with the same nagging apparent disconnect for years. Then I had one of those ‘eureka’ moments of something happening that explained a lot to me. None of which made sense, but at least I had some insight.

My father-in-law was a retired Army officer. And I mean the old fashioned army, the army of WWII and Korea. He spent time in a German POW camp, was on the staff of the base commander at several large posts. He got up every morning of his retired life and raised a flag on a flag pole he had put in his front yard. He would travel hundreds of miles to attend reunions of his old army units. He lived a regimented life that would do any old school army person proud. So far so good.

I had always just assumed, uh oh, he would consider Bill Clinton an enemy to everything he had fought for and believe in all his life. Clinton, who was a draft dodger, who had said in writing that he loathed the military, etc. Slam dunk Bush voter, no? But he was a Catholic from a suburb of Boston, came from a long line of Democrats and liberals and that outweighed even his army experience. Damned if he didn't vote TWICE for Clinton! Turns out his raising trumped his training.

I know this does nothing to explain much of anything, but it helps me to understand how Obama got elected.

16 posted on 08/21/2009 3:40:06 AM PDT by jwparkerjr (God Bless America, and wake us up while you're about it!)
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To: jwparkerjr
I know foaming at the mouth flopping on the floor conservatives such as myself who voted Democrat to the end of their days knowing the party stood against every one of their beliefs only because Franklin Roosevelt "saved the the farm."


35 posted on 08/21/2009 8:02:36 AM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: jwparkerjr

A friend of mine is in her early 80’s. She has always voted democrat. We rib her about voting for Obama. Recently I asked why she voted that way. Her dad told here what a bad guy Hoover was. She is basicaly a conservative in talking to her but still votes dem. Your right that is how he got elected.


59 posted on 08/22/2009 2:11:01 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin
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