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imanamerican63

(15,943 posts)
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 06:04 PM 7 hrs ago

I keep hearing that the dam is going to break?

I’m patently waiting! This from a conversation I had with a waitress a little while ago. We got to talking about what is going on in this country. We talked for about an hour.

She can’t stand to see what is going on with the economy and just how much things cost now days. She is not a Trump fan and was very disappointed how people are being treated. Her parents were farmers and her in-laws owed a hog farm both in Iowa. Her and her husband’s parents died before Trump won 10 years ago and their families took over just before Trump took office back then. Their families took over the farms are now in trouble, trying to keep them out of bankruptcy or sell them off to corporate interests.

Then she went on about her own family. This couple has 7 kids ranging 8 to 17 years old. She said if it weren’t for her husband having a job with the military here in Wyoming and her working part time as a waitress, she doesn’t know where they would be at.

She just knows when they vote in their next election, it’s Democratic Party only. They were republicans when Trump ran 2016, but when they voted they liked Hillary better, after that it has always been democrats!

A very pleasant surprise!

















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I keep hearing that the dam is going to break? (Original Post) imanamerican63 7 hrs ago OP
She sounds like a very intelligent woman Bluestocking 7 hrs ago #1
I am still waiting for my Doge Dividend Redleg 6 hrs ago #2

Bluestocking

(540 posts)
1. She sounds like a very intelligent woman
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 06:11 PM
7 hrs ago

Unfortunately there are a lot of dumb fucks who will vote Republican no matter how bad things get and therein lies the problem

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