Reply #28: Did this tennis instructor say what made her the most distrustful of Obama?

[genna]

When my mother was an avid HRC supporter, she said she didn't like the fact that Obama seemed to be everything to everybody. She wanted him to take a stand on things that were important to her: affirmative action (are you going to enforce programs where women are trained and advanced in the workplace or are you going to pretend it is a boondoggle for minorities), withdrawing on the Iraqi War, and identifying/defining the key factors in the 'war on terror' (so we know when and if it will ever be over).


She told me I didn't understand all the things women her age had faced out there in the real world (it is a generational thing and this pc world isn't what's really going on) and HRC would never do a variety of things. Mom was set and was not turning back. If we talked too long, she said she was entitled to her opinion and I was entitled to mine.


What changed her mind is HRC did those variety of things Mom believed she never would have done. Mom had already voted for her. She was disappointed but she did not instantly become a Barack Obama fan. She is taking her time to "get to know him." She definitely doesn't like McCain echoing Bush and thinks he's just too old considering the way she has changed as she's gotten older.