Barb and Frybabe, I completely agree with your posts.
I have always been an Independent, and respect everyone's right to their party choice, but what I see is the party these people have been loyal to for years, no longer exist. When I feel comfortable trying to discuss party politics with either Dems or Republicans, they don't really seem to see the changes that have taken place. If I ask them what does their candidate stand for, their views, policies and ideology, they can not give me anything. They truly are for a candidate because they are against the other person/party.
I had the neatest conversation with my 8 yr. old grandson who is on the Autism spectrum and is highly intelligent, when we had a sleepover a week ago. He truly wanted me to tell him what I thought about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and asked who I liked better, and who I was voting for and why. Wow, I was so impressed he cared that I started with telling him I can't honestly say I like either one of them as a candidate. I told him Hillary does not stand for what I as a Christian feel is good for our country, and how I feel she has broken laws, and did not send help to our Americans when they were being killed, and that I can not ignore. He said, "So she is a bad person, and should go to jail." Imagine an 8 yr. old being able to deduce it down to that one statement. Then I told him how Trump says things without thinking and really makes people upset, but I do think he wants to make our country safe. He has built a very big successful business, but has never been a politician (someone who has worked in government and been elected before), but because the politicians are doing such a horrible job and not working together to keep our country safe and great we might need someone new. He said, "Well I think you should vote for Trump, because he has built big buildings, given lots of people jobs, and knows how to get people to work together so he could be successful and rich, so he will do the same for our country." I laughed and told him I will vote for the person who most aligns with my faith because first and foremost I am a Christian and want someone who will protect my Christian rights, and the rights of the unborn baby. He just made his First Communion this past Spring so he has a good understanding of what I meant, since we talk about religion as well from time to time. His response was, "That would make God happy."
If only life were that simple, seeing it through the eyes of an 8 yr. old.
I am watching far less news anymore. A couple shows at night to catch up, but the tv is off the entire day in my house. If there is breaking news I won't learn about it until I turn it on after dinnertime. In truth I don't care for either candidate, or either party. After the FBI Director Comey said yesterday Hillary was "
extremely careless" with the handling of classified emails, but
he couldn't see a "reasonable prosecutor take the case" I just shook my head and thought, the justice system is as corrupt as the politicians. I heard many prosecutors who have practiced criminal law who said they would have taken it in a second, so what Comey really was saying, go home folks....nothing to see here, the fix is in and once again the teflon Clintons are going to get away with criminal corrupt acts. So, if I ever had any doubts which I didn't, after Comey ran down a laundry list of her wrongdoings, and saying anyone else would have been punished, I threw my hands up and said, we are in deep trouble. Bernie will now be pressured to drop out, give her his votes and support her on the trail. Obamas and Clintons hate each other, but he is now flying around on Air Force One with her, using taxpayer money to help her campaign to get elected. Voter fraud will elect her even if the American people resoundly don't. I'm not a cynic, I am a realist. I will still cast my vote against her. My conscious will never allow me to vote for a someone who refused to send help to our Americans in Benghazi, who lied to the American people about it being about a video, who stood in front of four caskets, family and friends and the Nation and blatantly lied, knowing she had emailed her daughter, leader of Libya and the prime minister saying it was a terrorist attack, and NOW the FBI found her guilty of multiple criminal acts, but refused to recommend indictment.
I just may write in my 8 yr. old grandson Zakary Michael Reinhart's name in November, he says one day he might like to be president, so he can help our country.
Quilting is sounding good to me........