UNBELIEVABLE! The Changing of Time

[Light63]

My older brother lives in Calabasas, a city in the Los Angeles County, CA. He is a true die-hard Republican in my family, the hardest one. He called me this morning to ask me to do a favor for him. All of sudden, he blurted out, “Trump is a JERK! Trump only cares for himself and his wealth. Whatever policy that he enacts seems to benefit him. Trump is a child inside a man. He is so incapable to be the president. He is a conman. Can’t believe that I voted for him in 2016! So many people have died, and all he cares about is to make himself look good in front of TV. I did not like Pelosi and Schumer before, but now, I can see that they really care for people. I truly appreciate the good things that they’ve tried to do for our country. I like them now. I am no longer a Republican. I will vote for whoever the Democratic presidential candidate is. Just want to kick Trump out of the White House in November. In addition, how could Trump stupidly appoint his eunuch-like son-in-law to lead the most crucial and important task force under the current dire and dangerous situation of our country! The person that I currently admire the most right now is the governor from New York, Andrew Cuomo. I will definitely vote for him if he is the candidate. He truly deserves to be the President of the USA!”

Wow! Could not believe my ears! Perhaps the latest tracker poll is correct. Trump’s support is beginning to crack because his supporters start seeing the real petty, selfish, self-centered, bullyish, and incapable person in him.

[Sherman A1]

1. Good news!

[NotHardly]

45. Except it does not count for a thing... no Fed response is a feature not an artifact...

They, the Republicans, want us dead. They have not read the 'Final U.S. Solution' as Republicans have written it.

[olegramps]

61. We either destroy them or allow them to destroy the nation. It is that damn simple.

They are the proverbial opposite of King Midas, everything they touch turns to shit. Excuse my vulgarity, but it the only appropriate term.

[mr_lebowski]

2. The Enter Key, aka The Return Key, aka CRLF, aka ASCII 10 and/or ASCII 13 is your friend (nt)

&x0D;

It's a wonderful thing ...

[tblue37]

3. Maybe his nightly rally/TV show is revealing more of him than some can stomach in the

face of a deadly pandemic.

[crickets]

7. Yep.

I still think at least some of these polls have been inflated to prop him up. The real numbers are dropping and are going to get harder and harder to hide.

[underpants]

34. There IS bad publicity

But he couldn't stay away. He had to swoop in and save the day and stay in the camera frame. Pence looks like more of a potted plant than he usually does and I'd have thought that was impossible.

[smirkymonkey]

4. Good to hear!

[Leghorn21]

5. Super mega-fabulous terrific news, Light!!

So glad for you and your family and the rest of us!!

[randr]

6. In ways no other Democrat is doing

He is earning a nomination.
Cuomo that is

[zentrum]

58. Agree. Hope

...you aren't alerted as I was for posting his sentiment.

[MLAA]

8. Wonderful news!

I sure wish my brother would open his hypocritical evangelical eyes. But alas, I hold no hope, but sure happy you have a rational brother again!

[Faux pas]

9. YES YES YES!

[Dawgman49]

10. We have a major trumpet..

Lives a few blocks away... I had to pass his house in my runs...Big trump 2020 sign in front of his house, yesterday the sign is down.. if nothing else maybe these people are actually feeling shame

[ProfessorGAC]

32. Or They're Afraid Someone Will Trash It

The acid test is, if this thing blows out well before November, does it go back up?
They're also perhaps worried about alienating neighbors, because chest beating about being a supporter isn't a good look right now.

[calimary]

41. If nothing else! And Welcome to DU, Dawgman49!

I hope they're ALL starting to feel shame.

ALL of them. Every last one.

Shame enough to wake up, and wise up - NOT to make the same voting mistake again.

I'm sorry, but THIS, NOW, is on every one of them who allowed themselves to get taken. Nobody put a gun to any of their heads and told them to vote for him or else. They went willingly. They volunteered.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

54. There is someone with

In my town too.
They have a huge sign
ringed the sign with flags,the sign has a big lumber frame to hold it up made with 2×4's.

It makes me gag Everytime I see it.

[Stuart G]

11. Yesterday afternoon, I posted one about the Con Artist. Here is a link to that one, &

your brother has verified that I was correct. Oh, and Thank You for telling us your story, and a late welcome to Democratic Underground...please hit the link below to see that one..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213232668

[Meowmee]

12. 👍🏻💕

[Squinch]

13. These stories feed my soul, a little bit at a time.

[Demovictory9]

14. "eunuch-like"

enuch's would be upset with that characterization.

[gibraltar72]

15. Never believed there was a bump. As this matures I see fewer and fewer willing to defend him

They try every new talking point but fold pretty quickly when facts are inserted into the conversation. We win em one at a time.

[BComplex]

18. I think they're just trying to prevent huge riots if russia hacks the election again.

They're going to have to try hard to convince people that someone voted for this large orange turd.

[fierywoman]

16. Thank you for sharing -- very heartening.

[magicarpet]

17. For you it must have been like being struck by lightening....

.... as he first told you all that.

[DownriverDem]

19. Some do but

I'm still hearing from the die-hards who keep bringing up Obama's handling of H1N1 Pandemic. They have no idea how they look to the majority of the country.

[ProfessorGAC]

35. They'll Stop Soon

H1N1 swine flu had the first case in April 2009. First death, same month.

The last cases were August 2010, with last confirmed death in mid-July.

So, 12,500 deaths in 15 months. We're closing in on 10,000 deaths in 10 weeks, & only 9 since first death.

In a couple weeks, we won't hear those folks talking swine flu again. Hard to explain how 12,500 is more than 50,000.

[jayschool2013]

20. Eunuch-LIKE???

I'm pretty sure Jared's a soprano.

[niyad]

21. Thank you for sharing this. We need every bit of good news we can find.

[dchill]

22. He must have wanted a hell of a favor!

[Light63]

30. Just want me to help him removing some texts from an annoying chained thead

My brother has a PhD degree in Biology. He did work in the White House under Clinton Administration. He worked under Dr. Anthony Fauci back in the 90s; although Dr. Fauci did not personally know him. My brother was just one of the biologists invited to work with Dr. Fauci. He said Dr. Fauci was a much cooler person back then. My brother added that he doesn’t like Dr. Deborah Birx. Some of the things that she said were not accurate, perhaps being pressured from Trump. He also mentioned his distaste about the way she dresses so flamboyantly at the daily briefing as if the daily briefing is for entertainment and showmanship. Her daily colorful and gaudy outfits do not reflect the serious and deadly situation that our country is in.

I’m just happy that there is another Democrat-convert and a former Trump supporter who genuinely and angrily wants to kick Trump out of the White House comes November.

[dchill]

31. I'm glad he finally saw the light.

[calimary]

42. I've noticed that about her. She does like her dramatic scarves.

Very flashy dresser. She's clearly semi-obsessed with accessorizing, particularly with colorful or dramatic, sweeping scarves. It is a wee bit off-putting. Makes one wonder if she spends as much time reading her medical journals as she must spend with Vogue magazine.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

55. I have a big mowhawk

But I wear it because of a promise to myself from second grade.

I was kinda advanced in my class so when the assignment was done I would flip through the textbook.
In the history book I saw a native american in a roach.

I thought his "hair" was the most amazing hair ever and promised myself my hair would look that beautiful someday.

I cut my hawk when I was 21 on my birthday never looked back still wearing it , I cut and dye it myself.

I wear some gothic,punk, glam metal,rave clothes.

If I was Birx, I would wear black and dye my hair to match. And I would wear it down in a ponytail.For the sick and dead,with the support ribbon for healthcare nurses ,docs and first responders on my lapel.


I might be a freak( in the positive sense) but I can have class in my own way. Birx might be tacky and tone deaf,and since trump put her there, I find that more wrong than the the clothes .

[calimary]

57. Agreed. This is not the time to be a flashy dresser.

This is a somber time when we should be all-business. And I'm NOT talking "commerce" business. I mean PROFESSIONAL. It's not about how you look or how stylish you can appear when on camera. Or maybe who you're dressing FOR. (?)

I'd dress more somber and not as attention-grabbing in those occasions. You're NOT trying to attract attention to yourself. Everybody's already paying attention to you because of your job title and your expertise. You're already on center stage on TV in a White House coronavirus briefing that most of the world is watching, forcryingoutloud. Let that be your show. Besides, the Showboat-in-Chief is gonna be right there, making sure you can't compete with him, no matter what you do. Even if you waltzed out there naked. (Of course - um - that would be a whole 'nother story.)

[Cha]

49. Thank you for this.. it's interesting coming

from your brother who voted for trump but can now finally see who he is.

[Rorey]

51. Birx and "fashion"

I agree about her clothing choices. Given the seriousness of the topic, we shouldn't be even noticing what she's wearing. She clearly wants to be noticed, but her clothing choices shouldn't be the takeaway from her presence at these "pressers".

[NBachers]

23. I'm glad to read this - thank you. Welcome your brother for us.

And welcome to you too, Light63

[Alacritous Crier]

24. Wonderful!

Great news! I hope there are thousands and thousands more.

[PlanetBev]

25. I'm his neighbor over here In Westlake Village

This is like music to my ears. Gives me so much hope.

Thanks for sharing!

[Laffy Kat]

26. Gasp!

And remember, Light63, YOU planted those seeds! You must have, because he called you, his brother, for validation of those feelings. Great job.

,

[kimbutgar]

27. I love it

One less vote for mf45.

I know Calabasas really rich area. My cousin used to live there and whenever I visited thought it was a snotty rich area, he also was a Reagan repuke.

That said my husband works for a major airline carrier and a lot of mechanics are still drinking the koolaid. husband pointed out that it was the Democrats that put in that airline workers still get paid but they said no it was mf45. I think once one of them experiences the cv themselves or with a family member they will still be drinking the poison.

[captain queeg]

28. Thanks for posting. We can use good news like this.

[Kitchari]

29. K&R n/t

[3catwoman3]

33. Wow! Did you faint from shock?

I hope your brother has some like-minded friends.

[Mordred]

36. A Real Shame

that he doesn't live in a swing state instead of the state where Trump will lose by the most.

[SheltieLover]

37. Congrats!

Great news!

[yuiyoshida]

38. I wonder how many Republicans will vote

for a Democrat this year? I hope many of them wake up enough to figure this out.

[Karadeniz]

39. I'm so happy for you! Tell bro no Fox...no backsliding!❤

[WinstonSmith4740]

40. I'm a teacher...

The high point of any day is an "Aha!" moment in one of our kids. That blinding flash behind their eyes when they "get it". My husband had it in 1996 when he watched the Republican Convention and told me he "didn't want to be associated with these people anymore". Your brother just had his. Great, aren't they?

[Blue Owl]

43. Better late to realize it than never

[SpankMe]

44. Nice sign of awakening. Unfortunately, it goes both ways.

I have a cousin from Texas. Hardcore conservative. Thought Obama was a joke. Wondered aloud why anyone would have gone to Obama's inauguration. He'd always been this way since he was born. We figured must be something in the water in Texas.

Then Trump entered the scene. Right after Trump got the nomination, my cousin went hard for Hillary. Thought (and still thinks) Trump's a laughingstock, incompetent and dangerous.

He sent money to Hillary's campaign and voted for her. And announces he did so - LOUDLY. In conversations with him, it became evident that he actually voted FOR Hillary and not against Trump. It was seriously not a protest vote. He preferred her policies overall.

Then, on the other hand, the brother of a very close friend of mine used to be a fierce, anti-establishment, anti-conservative liberal firebrand from high school through college and well into his 40's. Since Trump became POTUS, he's been surprisingly neutral on Trump. Unwilling to criticize him, always giving Trump a pass and how Trump still needs to be given a chance (after 3 years!) and pointing out how the Dems never complained when Obama and Clinton did the same thing that Trump is doing. (This, even though Obama never did anything that Trump is doing, and those areas of some overlap - like certain issues involving deportation and child separations that occurred under Obama - are differentiated in context, scope, rationale and humanity.)

Then there's those infuriating people to were staunch Obama supporters and then went hard for Trump citing Hillary as an imperfect candidate.

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

60. Misogyny is a HELL of a drug! eom

[barbtries]

46. congratulations!

i'd weep for joy if my brother said that to me and can't see it happening.

[liberalla]

47. wow! I like reading that! Thanks!!!

great news!!!

[live love laugh]

48. Made my day ❤️ nt

[Renew Deal]

50. Seeing your parents and friends die over a "hoax" will have that effect.

[LittleGirl]

52. Happy for you

Heartbroken by my brother and sister who will never vote Blue.

[Aussie105]

53. Trump won the 2016 election

with the help of his overseas friends, and that he promised to enrich people's lives while putting the 'others' back in their place.

Three years of mismanagement, and Trump voting people are starting to see something the rest of us saw from the beginning, Trump can't manage the country or the economy. Or an emergency like a weather disaster, or a pandemic.

Death looming can make you see things more clearly. And his daily news briefings just reinforces his total incompetency.

His 'I have this magic snake oil here, see? It's going to cure everybody!' moment was probably the lowest point in his career as pretend POTUS.
(But he may outdo himself tomorrow.)

[lagomorph777]

56. MAGAts are cracking because this time the death threat is to THEMSELVES.

Nothing clarifies the mind like a death threat.

[liberal N proud]

59. It's a great day when one breaks free from a cult

Trumpism is a cult.