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In reply to the discussion: Christmas with my right wing parents [View all]grantcart
(53,061 posts)38. Well written. Appreciate the real world connection.
For some reason I was particularly touched that you had the kind of relationship with your boss that you could ask him to join in the rescue. In my experience most people like to be asked to help and will willing to do it.
The only thing I don't understand, and never will, is how nice thoughtful generous people like your parents look up to a shiftless selfish conman like Trump. It remains a mystery.
Thanks for taking that trip to the Church.
It occurs to me that your Father was beaming with pride and after you left told a similar story to his friends, about his crazy liberal Beto loving son who is really a stand up guy at heart.
Every time he looks at that 2nd rate freezer he will think "I must have done something right to get a first rate son" and because those Texas towns always seem to have dust whirling in the wind (and the fact that growing old has made him more sentimental about the legacy he leaves behind in his children) he will have to take out his handkerchief and wipe the moisture out of his eyes.
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Good people can be Trump supporters. It creates cognitive dissonance for me, but I know some. They
Amaryllis
Dec 2018
#13
A Christmas Tale for our times. Thank you. Thank you to your dad. Thank you to your mom.
NBachers
Dec 2018
#16
There's a lot of love and caring in so many people, imperfect as they may be.
summer_in_TX
Dec 2018
#54
Thanks you for sharing. I had ultra-rightwing parents who did good things for other people in their
Nitram
Dec 2018
#37
Your post confirms my suspicion that some Trump voters are teddy bears at heart.
planetc
Dec 2018
#45
thanks for that - i don't know if it applies to your parents but a lot of the
certainot
Dec 2018
#49