Reply #37: My Republican uncle at dinner today [View All]

REALLY surprised me. He, his son, son-in law (military officer) and my mother and I were discussing the next election. My cousin and his dad both voted for Dubya last time, but my uncle said "I know who I'm voting for this year" and proceeded to explain that it was anybody but Bush. This uncle has always voted Republican, but said Dubya's damn-the-torpedos, full speed ahead attitude has turned him off completely. He was disgusted by the missing WMDs, the swaggering bully this country has become on the world stage, etc. and was adamant that he'd never vote for Bush again. (The most passionate words I'd ever heard from my laid back, 85 year old uncle.)

My cousin-in-law said that this admin was the most nakedly profiteering, corrupt gang he could recall. But when I said that this admin was the most stupid, incompetent and evil in our history, he took exception to the evil part.(?) Still, I don't think he'd vote for Shrub in a million years.

The score in this small Southern family gathering has shifted in favor of the Dem nominee, and it gave me hope that 2004 will end much better than it is beginning.