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As I read this, I felt the urge to confess. In 2008, when I first heard Obama speak, I got this feeling that something was really not right. I knew Hillary was guilty of many things I didn't agree with. Then, quite by accident I heard Ron Paul. The more I looked into all of the candidates, Ron Paul's ideas made sense to me.
I have never missed voting in any election since turning 18. (And that was many, many moons ago)
Anyway, I had never campaigned for any politician, ever. But I felt so.... strongly that Obama, Hillary & John McCain were just plain evil, I ordered & paid for Ron Paul literature. I decided I would walk my 2 block neighborhood & just hand out his literature.
So, I did. I did not try to convince anyone of anything. I just handed them the literature & said, "If you get the time, you may want to read this. I found it eye opening." One of my elderly neighbors free loading, goofball sons was out walking his dog.
He asked me what I was doing. I said I was out distributing some Rob Paul literature. He immediately started yelling at me & saying I was "prejudice". I smiled & said, "Hummmm, no! I'm just your typical white grandmother." He tried repeatedly to get me to say something bad about Obama. He taunted me, he followed me, he continued to yell at me. I knew then that something was very wrong with the Obama supporters. He called me a Paultard. Finally, he went back to freeloading at his parents home. This man was not a young man, he was at least mid 40's.
I've been accused of lots of things, but prejudice was never one of them. I decided that I wouldn't do that again. In 2012, I put 2 Ron Paul signs in my front yard.
So I confess, I was a Paultard. I was never for one moment fooled by Mr. Obama's rhetoric. He made me feel ill. Of course, Hillary & John also made me feel ill.
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