Posted on 08/23/2016 11:51:41 AM PDT by Kaslin
Get this: According to The New York Times, some wives are threatening to divorce their husbands if the fellows vote for Donald Trump.
The Times featured one couple, a male dentist and a female a doctor, who had never talked much about politics before. When the wife learned her husband was for Trump, she threatened to divorce him and move to Canada.
Sheesh. It makes one long for the good old days when a fellow had to run off with a cocktail waitress before his wife called in the lawyers.
The Federalist shared some interesting insights on The Times article. Journalist Denise C. McAllister argues that in 2016, "you are who you vote for."
"Why are voters not merely being associated with Trump, but actually and essentially being identified with him, sharing the same characteristics of racism and sexism that have been attached to him (justified or not)?" she writes.
And why, she ponders, do some voters who loathe Trump for what they perceive to be his negative characteristics give Hillary Clinton a free pass with hers?
Hillary does have a long history of habitually telling tale tales. She failed to be a good feminist by aggressively attacking the women her husband was caught having dalliances with. Even an ardent Hillary supporter has to concede that she used her power in the State Department to dole out favors in return for massive contributions to the foundation she and her husband own.
"Looking at Clinton's sordid history of political and personal corruption, we have a profile of a person who is deeply untrustworthy, selfish and motivated by money, not the general welfare of American citizens," writes McAllister. "Yet little, if any, stigma is attached to those who are voting for her."
So why is Trump getting hit so hard whereas Hillary is largely given a free pass? McAllister argues that it is a reflection of the pathetic state of our culture.
"In our society, the Left has effectively shifted our culture's values away from traditional morals to a specified group of behaviors they deem intolerable above any other," she writes. "The new commandments are: Thou shalt not be a racist. Thou shalt not be a sexist. Thou shalt not be a homophobe. Anything else is acceptable."
Being a middle-aged Caucasian male with libertarian leanings, I know I'd be wise to not comment on this matter. But McAllister offers some compelling points.
Free and open societies are supposed to talk freely and openly about common issues and ideas ---- but a fellow can be run out of town on a rail if he is on the "wrong" side of an issue or holds the "wrong" idea.
Too many of our universities, which were founded to foster free and open debate in the pursuit of truth, are now in the indoctrination business. Rather than teaching students how to think, too many are teaching them what to think.
Ironically, it is because of the politically correct groupthink that has infected our culture that Trump became the Republican nominee.
Time and again, during the primaries, he outmaneuvered the groupthink tactics that destroyed many Republicans before him. Many found Trump's anti-PC persona refreshing.
He's faltering in the general election, however, and one of the reasons is that lots of otherwise well-educated and thoughtful human beings see him as the devil incarnate at the same time they're able to look blindly beyond Hillary's peccadilloes.
So if you're a husband who plans to vote for Trump, you better lie about it ---- unless you want your wife to divorce you and move to Canada.
OR, After everyone has realized Trump is a good man after all.
Well, he may have a penis. But it takes more than that to make a man.
More likely, he's "Questioning". Or "Gender-Fluid".
I spent 4 years dating my wife before we were married. In 3 weeks today I will celebrate my 43rd anniversary with this woman.
It takes hard work on both sides, but is well worth the effort
Proverbs 5:18
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
I don’t know about Cosmo. But data compiled from legal studies of divorce filings say 60% specifically mention Facebook.
If I were married, and this was her response; I’d file the papers myself and buy her a one-way ticket to Canada.
How would they know? Seriously.
“Oh, yeah. I voted for Hillary, baby. Now let’s stop all this fussin’ and feudin’ and get to lovin’.”
I mean, you might think that’s sad to lie to your wife but, honestly, she is all in for Hillary. What difference does it make at that point anyway?
I was in CA last weekend.
Close friends of mine who I know are Dems were talking like raving loonies when the Trump name came up.
One of my close friends said:
“Who cares what the the rest of the country says. Only the East and West Coasts count anyway”
This was a retired college professor
It was actually very scary.
I kept my mouth shut the entire time.
The LEFT is REALLY SCARED they are going to loose.
My wife and I have been married for 41 years, when we first met she said I was a “right wing, gun toting, conservative lunatic, and a menace to society”.
She said she could never date, much less marry somebody like me.
She still insists that the best thing I ever did for her was to turn her into the only “Conservative School Teacher” she has ever met.
She still thinks that I am a right wing, gun toting, conservative lunatic, and a menace to society.
Were still very happily married, and she knows that I would die for her if it became necessary.
This couple more fortunate than others. Wife latched onto TRUMP train allowing her mate to grab a handle on the car to jump in beside her. We are both aboard and rolling down the path, enjoying the scenery together chatting about the many different landscapes seen.
We plan to celebrate as the Trump Train reaches the station..together!
You’ve put your finger on my biggest problem with no-fault divorce law. People who commit horrible transgressions not only don’t pay a penalty for them, financially they sometimes are rewarded.
If we want to support the institution of marriage in this county we’ve got to start holding people to account.
That’s cute. (Said without sarcasm)
I hope these poor gentlemen dump the intolerant hags they married ASAP. Otherwise, they are looking at miserable lives.
He was not that difficult to persuade. Used feminine wiles in laying out the case and after consideration he joined in. Now we two watch every rally, every Rump feed televised, together. Like America, the two of us will either sink or swim...together.
May I accuse you of uncommonly common sense?
THAT lawyer’s death was back in APRIL. This is ANOTHER WikiLeak’s lawyer murdered.
Yes, Hillary is also wearing a catheter, with a plastic storage bladder taped to her lower left leg.
OH. I have so much trouble keeping up. I think the last list I saw had the total in the low 60’s (of Clinton associates or antagonists, who have died suddenly or unexplainably)...Do you know what we are up to now? There have been quite a few in the past few weeks.
My wife and I had a deal - whoever asked for the divorce took the kids, ALL of them. NINE kids.
There’s never been any mention of divorce in 52 years of marriage.
Just Google “Clinton Death List”. There are multiple counts, but they broke the 100 death barrier a good while ago. @ WikiLeak,s lawyers and one WikiLeak’s informer (source) are now on it!
She still thinks that I am a right wing, gun toting, conservative lunatic, and a menace to society.
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I’ve heard that about you.
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