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cwydro

(51,308 posts)
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 04:57 PM Feb 2016

Hey everyone. I'm no longer undecided.

I still like all our candidates, but I'm going for Hillary.

Interestingly enough, my 89 year old mom has also decided to vote for Hillary. And for some reason she was quite against her earlier.

My friend of over 25 years has also recently decided for Hillary.

I've been qualifying every post I make with "I'm undecided".

No more.

Now we just have to convince my sis, who hates every candidate lol.

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Hey everyone. I'm no longer undecided. (Original Post) cwydro Feb 2016 OP
Congratulations. Agnosticsherbet Feb 2016 #1
Welcome!! So glad you are with us! redstateblues Feb 2016 #2
Welcome to the team! Stuckinthebush Feb 2016 #3
Hillary will be a great president, thanks for the support. Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #4
Well, welcome cwydro..... sheshe2 Feb 2016 #5
I supported Hillary in 08. cwydro Feb 2016 #22
Welcome dlwickham Feb 2016 #6
Soon mainstreetonce Feb 2016 #7
One of us! One of us! nt Chichiri Feb 2016 #8
Welcome! My mother (85) and mother in law (89) livetohike Feb 2016 #9
My mom said this, cwydro Feb 2016 #19
Welcome to the club! Ellen Forradalom Feb 2016 #10
Welcome !!! nt pkdu Feb 2016 #11
Welcome to the Traveling Pantsuits Club Nonhlanhla Feb 2016 #12
Good point. cwydro Feb 2016 #20
Welcome leftofcool Feb 2016 #13
Welcome! WI_DEM Feb 2016 #14
Yay and welcome! workinclasszero Feb 2016 #15
Welcome! Tarheel_Dem Feb 2016 #16
Awesome! EileenFB Feb 2016 #17
Congrats and welcome aboard! wysi Feb 2016 #18
I got a brother like that....God made him cute, because the dude's...well he is my brother all american girl Feb 2016 #40
I can understand this completely wysi Feb 2016 #44
Yay! obamanut2012 Feb 2016 #21
Hi cwydro! DesertRat Feb 2016 #23
She'll get out the older vote for sure! cwydro Feb 2016 #24
I think younger voters need to quit listening to the spin obamanut2012 Feb 2016 #25
Yeah, like that viral video of the crying girl - gah. cwydro Feb 2016 #28
That was just odd obamanut2012 Feb 2016 #47
And to my friends on DU who support Bernie: cwydro Feb 2016 #26
Woohoo and welcome cwydro. great white snark Feb 2016 #27
Bein' in the South... yallerdawg Feb 2016 #29
I'm in the south too. cwydro Feb 2016 #32
"Bernie has no chance in the south imo." yallerdawg Feb 2016 #35
Great! SunSeeker Feb 2016 #30
Happy to see you have chosen Hillary! William769 Feb 2016 #31
I'm a longtime supporter of Hillary. cwydro Feb 2016 #34
Open mind is always good. William769 Feb 2016 #36
Now I'm annoyed because I can't get the pantsuit thing into my sigline lol! cwydro Feb 2016 #38
You have chosen wisely. Welcome to the team! lunamagica Feb 2016 #33
Big recommendation! I am the same. Buzz Clik Feb 2016 #37
Congratulations! Good choice SharonClark Feb 2016 #39
Excellent choice, cwydro! BlueMTexpat Feb 2016 #41
Good on you. Things just got real. K&R fleabiscuit Feb 2016 #42
I'm so glad to see a pro Hillary post on the front page! nolabear Feb 2016 #43
Ha! Did not know it was there! cwydro Feb 2016 #45
Awesome! And good luck with your sister! Lucinda Feb 2016 #46
Welcome! NastyRiffraff Feb 2016 #48
Your tipping point? BBG Feb 2016 #49
That's a great question. cwydro Feb 2016 #50
No one thing? BBG Feb 2016 #52
Huh. I'm thinking here, but no. cwydro Feb 2016 #55
I love all these mom stories katmille Feb 2016 #51
Yeah, I'm happy I still have a mom story cwydro Feb 2016 #61
Thanks, I love the safe place katmille Feb 2016 #64
Well, welcome to DU! cwydro Feb 2016 #65
I remember you said your Mom thought Hillary's speech after Iowa or NH was great, cwydro.. Cha Feb 2016 #53
Lol Cha, it's true! cwydro Feb 2016 #56
Right on! Kath1 Feb 2016 #54
Working on sis, but who knows lol. cwydro Feb 2016 #60
Welcome! Agschmid Feb 2016 #57
Good to have you on board ismnotwasm Feb 2016 #58
I'm so happy you've joined us.! Control-Z Feb 2016 #59
I love these posts. nt LAS14 Feb 2016 #62
super post ....thank-you ;) mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #63
 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
22. I supported Hillary in 08.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 05:44 PM
Feb 2016

I was extremely disappointed when she was not the nominee, but I did vote for Obama because he was our choice.

I think Hillary would have had a more successful administration.

Nonhlanhla

(2,074 posts)
12. Welcome to the Traveling Pantsuits Club
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 05:18 PM
Feb 2016


Remind your sister that she does not have to love someone to vote for them! She simply has to make a decision about who would be an effective executive.

wysi

(1,512 posts)
18. Congrats and welcome aboard!
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 05:31 PM
Feb 2016

My parents are for Bernie unfortunately, but they rarely vote in the primary, and will definitely vote for HRC in November. My brother votes for the idiots on the other side of the aisle.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
23. Hi cwydro!
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 05:45 PM
Feb 2016

My 84 and 85 year old parents are strong Hillary supporters. They say that she is the most qualified candidate they've ever seen, and they can't wait to vote for the 1st woman president.

#ImWithHer

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
24. She'll get out the older vote for sure!
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 05:48 PM
Feb 2016

And I think she appeals to younger voters too, despite the nonsense I read on DU in other forums.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
28. Yeah, like that viral video of the crying girl - gah.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 05:52 PM
Feb 2016

I think many of the younger voters are believing the "pie in the sky" kinda thing.

This is real life.

Hillary can beat Trump and his odious supporters.

obamanut2012

(26,076 posts)
47. That was just odd
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 08:31 PM
Feb 2016

I don't think it was fake tbh. I work with college kids, and some really are like that outside their bubble.

I also dislike the anti South sentiment in the responses about her video. EVERY SINGLE STATE has racist knuckledraggers like that. I've liked in Chapel Hill, and now iive in the bluest blue in Florida.

Redistricting is what has allowed all these meatheads to be elected in the South. The same thing would happen in PA or MA if they were gerrymandered.

Trump has to be stopped.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
26. And to my friends on DU who support Bernie:
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 05:50 PM
Feb 2016

I still like Bernie, and I still like those who support him.

But Hillary is my candidate.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
29. Bein' in the South...
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 05:57 PM
Feb 2016

I was a little leery of Obama in the 2008 primary - I really knew nothing about him - and seeing her name on the ballot really does something!

After Obama won the primary, I watched, I read his books, discovered he was extraordinary! Still to this day!

He was the right person at just the right time, no doubt about it!

But NOW is the time! Some things are just meant to be, and I have no doubt!

I am ready - like you - for another extraordinary candidate - and president!

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
34. I'm a longtime supporter of Hillary.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 06:11 PM
Feb 2016

I just tried to keep an open mind and do some research.

She won.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
37. Big recommendation! I am the same.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 06:15 PM
Feb 2016

I successfully resisted the notion of allowing my despise of DU Sanders's supporters to cause me to dump Sanders.

BUT, after watching Sanders slowly shed the mantle of "a different kind of candidate" to show his true colors as just another mediocre career politician -- and willingness to fight dirty, I finally decided.

Funny how the mirage disappears when you get up close.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
45. Ha! Did not know it was there!
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 07:35 PM
Feb 2016

Lol! "Cwydro endorses Clinton!"

I plan to be working the phones for her this weekend.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
50. That's a great question.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 09:27 PM
Feb 2016

First of all, I'm a longtime Clinton supporter.

I loved Bill, with all his warts.

I think Bernie is not electable in the GE. No way. He cannot win the south.

I think Hillary can hit the ground running...and will be a great POTUS.

BBG

(2,538 posts)
52. No one thing?
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:07 PM
Feb 2016

Those all seem like previously known or felt. Was there something that has just now helped you see a decisive reason to make up your mind?

Pardon my curiosity but I am looking for the key to help someone else get off the fence.

Thanks.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
55. Huh. I'm thinking here, but no.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:57 PM
Feb 2016

Not one thing. Several.

The negativity coming from the Bernie supporters was not a plus for him
.
You know, it's funny, because as much as I hate to say it...I've been influenced by my mom. At the beginning of this race, she told me this. " Yes we need a female president, but I no longer think it is Hillary."

We've been watching everything , of course. and I read DU daily.

Couple days ago she just said, "it is time for a woman president."

So I quoted her words back at her re Hillary, and she said, "No I was wrong, I think I'll vote for her.

She's 89, and I reckon that swayed me. She's a pretty smart cookie.

At any rate, I'm a long time Hillary supporter. I'll go down fighting lol.

katmille

(213 posts)
51. I love all these mom stories
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:06 PM
Feb 2016

And my own mom passed in 2007 at 93. She was a yellow dog Dem (that's where I get it, I guess). Born and raised in Missouri, she was a "Truman gal". One of our most fun elections together was when Senator Claire McCaskill won in 2006. She was so excited to have a woman senator from Missouri. As a mother of five girls, (and three boys) she taught us that we could do anything our brothers could do. She loved Bill and Hillary Clinton and I know without a doubt that she would be so thrilled with Hillary in the election.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
61. Yeah, I'm happy I still have a mom story
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 01:27 AM
Feb 2016

Ya know?

lost my dad in 2012. It ain't easy growing up, is it? Sigh.

Hey, welcome to DU.

Cha

(297,240 posts)
53. I remember you said your Mom thought Hillary's speech after Iowa or NH was great, cwydro..
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:17 PM
Feb 2016

Welcome to our Team!

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
56. Lol Cha, it's true!
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 12:03 AM
Feb 2016

My mom has been completely won over by Hillary.

That has so much made me smile!

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
59. I'm so happy you've joined us.!
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 03:12 PM
Feb 2016

It's going to be rough here at DU for you now. But anything worth while takes time, dedication and patience. The easy way is seldom the right way. Welcome, welcome, welcome!

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