My father is a life long Democrat, I suspect that since the first time he ever voted he’s never cast a ballot for a single Republican. About two weeks ago my family was about to have dinner and my dad says, “I think I’m voting Republican,” with a blank look on his face. He went on by saying:
“The more I see Obama, the more I don’t like him. Lately he’s walking around with a smartass attitude and I saw one of those town hall meetings with McCain I liked that he took shit from people and let them talk, Obama always wants to shut people up when he doesn’t like what they’re saying. Obama also says he doesn’t want to drill in the ocean either, I don’t get it…”
I stared at him as he went on and on with his reasons. I couldn’t get past the fact that my dad is very much into politics but doesn’t watch the pundit shows. He’s more likely to tune in to the big 3 or C-Span than anything. While there was a minor stir about Obama’s; well, apparent arrogance, my dad’s a normal guy and none of this got to him. He came to his conclusion by himself, he didn’t get pushed one way or another and I had no part in this despite the fact that I’ve been calling myself a Republican for a long time.
The conversation went on with my big sister jumping in and taking my usual role as Republican pushers, she has NEVER been into politics, NEVER been in love with voting and NEVER shown much interest in much of this unless I was breaking it down in a funny way. From what she has picked from Obama, she can’t stand him. She was more of a Hillary backer, now she’s on my side of things. She attributes her dislike to him simply being “a dumbass.”
While I made up my mind about voting McCain a LONG time ago, those close to me seem to be thinking harder about their vote this year and not casting their vote for the Democrat just because it’s a habit. I can’t help but wonder if this is happening across the US and maybe is attributing to Obama and McCain being in a statistical dead-heat in most polls in a year where Democrats should be FAR ahead.