We were just discussing a conversation we had at the laundromat this afternoon [View All]

Sunday afternoon, neither of us care about football, our guy isn't winning the NASCAR championship, what better time to go wash the clothes.

We heard two women talking about the election and how disappointed they were with the results. Joining in, it turns out they were Independents who had voted for Crass Christie and did not want to see the Republicans get control after what he has done.

A woman a few feet away chimed in with these fateful words:

What election?


We all stopped talking for almost a minute, the woman shrugged her shoulders and then proceeded to ignore us.


I think that she is truly mainstream America. And her ignorance of politics isn't rare.


That will stay with me, because SHE is the reason the Republicans win, people who ignore politics completely in their lives because it really doesn't affect them day to day.

I had to write this it was an amazing moment of clarity I will never forget.