A couple of days ago I posted the following essay on my Facebook page. As essays go, I’ve written better, but several friends asked me to share my thoughts with a wider audience. So, here you go.
I’m a Liberal. I haven’t always been. In fact, I once was a staunch Republican. I voted for both Bushes, Poppa and W.
I did not support Bill Clinton, but, I was always impressed by Hillary. Her fight for health care reform sparked something in me. You see, I’d always been fortunate to have access to good insurance through my husband’s job–until his job was “excessed” during the deregulation of the natural gas industry and we found ourselves at the mercy of a health care system that doesn’t value those on the fringes.
Now, I wasn’t ready to leave the GOP then, but I was beginning to notice the blatant inequities between the “haves” and the “have nots.” While my family had never been wealthy, until those bleak days when we didn’t have access to good insurance, I’d never had to worry about falling ill and losing everything we’d worked for. Still, I believed I could work within the party to fight for women’s rights, for equal pay, for health care reform.
Sadly, it took Sarah Palin for me to see what a backwards institution the GOP had become. Not all Republicans believed the stupid things she spouted, but enough that I became certain that I could find a better party in which to place my trust.
I voted for President Obama in 2008 and I’ll never regret that decision, even though I suffered heart palpitations while doing so. I voted for him proudly in 2012, convinced that he was the best man for the job, and he has never let me down.
Now, on the verge of the Democratic Party nominating the first female candidate for the highest office in the land, I’m so very proud to say I’m a Hillary supporter. I cannot believe that the party I once supported has devolved into one that embraces racism and hate, but the GOP’s nomination of Donald Trump has proven that to be true. Trump will not make America great. He only knows how to make Americans hate.
Peace, people.
Praying for Eyebrowz 
Yay Leslie!
Go Blue!
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Good for you, standing up for your belief,,,
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Thanks for sharing it here with us! Let’s get out the vote!
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Amen!
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Speaking as a goddamn limey, I am not overly impressed with Ms Clinton. However, compared to the alternative she is Winston Churchill and Abe Lincoln in pantyhose. 🙂
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Ha!
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Excellent! So excited for our first female President!
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For the sake of everyone, not just the American people, I hope Hilary Clinton becomes President. The alternative doesn’t bear thinking about. I keep hoping Trumps run for office is just some big joke, a way of helping his old friend, ‘Hilary Clinton’ become President. *Fingers crossed*
I’ve never understood why anyone would have a downer on Obama. What grievances could they possibly have? The man in my eyes is brilliant, I wish we could steal him away to the U.K. to sort out the chaos here.
Though I’m currently living in Ireland, my son was born in the U.S., I carry a U.K. passport, I still consider myself English and a European. I didn’t want the U.K. to leave the E.U. but I’d been out of the country for too long, to be allowed a vote.
Anyway, can we have first dibs on Obama please? 😀
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We’d keep him for another four years if we could!
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It really is a shame he has to leave.
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