The sun came up this morning. [View All]

[trof]

Baldwin County, Alabama is heavily Repub. The vote went about 75-25. As you might imagine, most of our friends are conservatives. They are mostly seniors, with various levels of college degrees and very successful careers behind them. Now I look at these "intelligent" people and think "How could you?". I just don't get it. They are not bible-thumping right-wing fundies, just long time Republicans.

My best friend I thought I was bringing along, bit by bit. He really didn't like Bush or most of his policies, but told me he just didn't think he could bring himself to vote for a liberal. The right has been very successful in demonizing that word, but you already knew that. I told him that maybe he could just stay home then. That would have helped a little.

He was unexpectedly called out of the country a few days before the election. Last night he told me he went to the U.S. embassy where he was to see if he could somehow vote there. He couldn't, but he told me he would have voted for Bush.
I give up.

However...the sun came up again this morning and I suspect it will tomorrow too.
I'm recovering.