Here's a shocker...

[Democrats unite]

I have a Uncle who was in the Military for 30 years (retired now). and has voted Republican his whole life. Politics is something we never discussed for obvious reasons.

Today we discussed nothing but politics, I have found out he has detested Bush since shortly taking office, refuses to vote for him or any one associated with the name Bush!

The shocker here is changed parties to be able to vote in the Democratic primaries & his choice is Kerry. I am still sorting this one out in my head.

[xultar]

1. Yea Kerry!!!

[maddezmom]

2. good for him for coming to his senses

another one for our side. :)

[lurk_no_more]

3. Don't let him slip back to the dark side

That is sooooo cool!


” JAFO”

[saltpoint]

4. Buy your uncle --

-- a cold beer and don't let him stray from the fold.

[tpub]

5. where?

Here's hoping he lives in Iowa!

[nightperson]

6. Why so shocking?

The Bush administration has been battling the Pentagon/career military, the CIA, fiscal conservatives, and non-interventionists for a long time. Kerry has years of foreign policy credibility, and everyone knows he's a combat veteran and everyone from Rumsfeld to Wiliam Bennett is not-http://www.deal-with-it.org/general/military_service.htm. A lot of Republicans are alienated, and Kerry isn't saying he is going to make America unrecognizable to them. This kind of thing has probably been posted here a lot before, but this magazine really shows how unhappy a lot of longtime Republicans are, and how different their views are from the neoconservatives not to mention the Christian right-http://www.amconmag.com/archive.html. It's a trove of ammo for use in conversations with conservatives. Why not make your case in their and their people's words? A lot of Republicans don't care much about human rights being violated in far-off countries, but they aren't too wild about "Big Government" drafting their kids to fight for a secretive foreign policy they don't understand. You've seen Will Pitt talking about how Pat Buchanan should do another Presidential run! In some ways, at least when he does those doomed third-party runs, he's their Nader, and he's been at it for a while, it doesn't seem to be some phase! I think this election is a perfect time for the Democrats to pick up some maybe one-time voters, as long as the Democrats don't come off as rude, unrealistic and out-of-touch. I mean maybe we can pick up Republicans who are fairly realistic themselves, I'm not saying spend tons of time trying to convert people who make political decisions with "The End times" in mind, hardcore anti-abortion types, etc., but let's see who's out there. The Plame story is great for converting your local Tom Clancy reader: treason's treason, right? If someone says "It's God's preparation for the millennial Armageddon", well, what can you do, move on to the lucid.

[Democrats unite]

8. Pleas don't get me wrong...

I am in no way Bashing Kerry, I am voting for Clark, but I do like Kerry also.

The shocker was actually changing his ticket to Democrat! Sorry if that was not clear.

[wtmusic]

7. Happening more and more

My dad switched (more based on WMD lies)

[SheilaT]

9. I keep on hearing stories like this

over and over, here on DU and elsewhere.

Given that we already know that more people voted for Gore than for Bush in the first place, I cannot for the life of me understand why any poll shows Bush's re-elect numbers above about 30%.

[oasis]

10. Kerry's an excellent choice. (n/t)

[Clark Can WIN]

11. Good for him, I applaud his conversion

and while I obviously don't think he's made the BEST choice, he's made a damn good one.

[zulchzulu]

12. I've met many that feel the same way

I've done some volunteer stuff for Kerry and can tell you that I've met at least 25 GOP Bush voters in that past months that would vote for Kerry in a heartbeat.

Not to diss Dean, but most don't think much of him...

[Hippo_Tron]

13. Your uncle realizes that conservatives SHOULD NOT vote Bush...

This is what many of the smarter democrats have been saying. Good for your uncle, I hope there are MANY more like him.