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Even my friend Eileen's husband is having second thoughts about George W. B*sh. And if you knew him, you would know how astonishing that is.
Her husband is an Amway-peddling, O'Reilly-quoting repug jerk. Eileen's a repug too, but we go back a long way, so we avoid talking about politics. I cannot fathom why they persist in swallowing the repug party line, particularly when the husband is self-employed and their health insurance costs a fortune. But it seems like the most ardent supporters of the repugs are the people who are brainwashed into voting against their own self-interest.
I was visiting my former home state of NJ last week, and stopped to see Eileen for a couple of hours. I decided to ask if, in light of everything that was happening, they still totally supported B*sh.
She confessed that she, and even her husband, were having a lot of second thoughts.
If these two have changed their minds, then perhaps the tide has seriously started to turn. Because these two are among the die-hard 26% that up until now have continued to support him in the polls.
In light of all the frustration and potential Constitutional crises we're facing, I now feel a tiny bit more hopeful about B*sh's eroding support.
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