TSExile
TSExile's JournalDEEPLY disappointed...to the point of tears.
I have already shared with you all about my dad and his yard sign. My mom, back in 2022 watching the 1/6 hearings with me, said she would never vote for the RAPIST again. She also said she can never vote D, so she would skip voting for President and just vote down ballot. Both my parents are staunch Republicans, always have been, both sets of my grandparents were staunch Republicans...
I want to scream and yell that this isn't the Republican Party they grew up with. It's not the party of Lincoln and Ike anymore and hasn't been for decades. Well, this morning my folks decided to go to the Board of Elections and vote early. Mom said that she will vote for the RAPIST because he is more palatable than Harris/Walz. For some reason I cannot understand, neither parent likes them.
Many of you know that I been very forthright about my sexual assault back in 2015, right when T**** was beginning his climb up the political ladder. His treatment of people he despises, especially women, got my guard up. With E. Jean Carroll, it felt especially personal to me. My parents and rest of my immediate family would vote for a known sexual assaulter, knowing my own story...just because he is on the Republican ticket, not Democratic.
I honestly love my parents and get along great with them outside of politics. Where did I go wrong? 💔
Heartwarming sight...yard sign edition
In Lake County (northeast Ohio), I have to do a lot of driving as a home aide. I have been pleased with amount of Harris and/or Walz, Sherrod Brown and local D candidates signs I have seen. Not so pleased by the sight in Geauga County directly south. Those signs are vastly outnumbered by the RAPIST signs.
Shout outs to two particular households in Painesville and Mentor. One yard has a large Harris/Walz sign and right next to it was a sign that read, "I may be Republican but I am not a fool." In this case, they're right. The other has Harris/Walz, Sherrod Brown and the local D candidates' signs as well as two more: "Dump T****!" and "I am a veteran, not a sucker or loser".
I don't respect my father anymore.
I am grateful that he and my mother let me live with them because at this time, I cannot afford to move out. But he had to do it. He had to do it!! What did I see in the front yard when I came home from work???
He supports that RAPIST, knowing full well that I was sexually assaulted. It doesn't matter to him. I am not even allowed to put a Harris sign up to show that not everyone in the house likes and supports that RAPIST.
I love my father, but I cannot respect him anymore. The one saving grace is that my room faces the back yard and not the front where that wretched sign is. 
Beautiful scene outside of the local chapter of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
I was driving past it the other day and saw four Biden/Harris 2024 signs in front of the building!! There was also another sign that read, "IBEW Endorses Biden/Harris"!! This is a pretty red county in Ohio (Lake), so it was an especially beautiful sight. 
Just seen at the supermarket...UGGGH
I had to buy a few groceries about an hour ago. When I went inside, I happened to walk in at the same time as some guy wearing a red (of course) T-shirt that read, "UN-VAXXED AND UNASHAMED".
Sigh. Why do they love announcing themselves so much? They wonder why women aren't flocking to them? 
Mixed emotions...
My eldest nephew just graduated from high school today. I had to work and was unable to attend the ceremony, but later was able to watch the video on YouTube. I am such a sap that I immediately burst into tears at the beginning strains of "Pomp and Circumstance" and did so again when my nephew, tall and handsome in his cap and gown, accepted his diploma.
Despite the pride and happiness I felt watching him and his classmates achieve this milestone, I also felt despair. In a few months, these kids' seemingly bright future may be no more. They will be voting for the first and maybe last time. How many of them have parents and other relatives who are staunch Republicans like my nephew's parents? How many come from MAGA and white religious nationalism families?
My heart is broken. How can so many seemingly kind, smart and sane people continue to support a rapist and convicted felon??? 💔
Has Jerry Seinfeld ALWAYS been like this?
I grew up with his sitcom, which has surprisingly aged very well. He was surrounded by such a great supporting cast and had Larry David at the helm for much of its run.
Now, he is railing about wokeness, cancel culture and "real men". Seinfeld used to have a pretty apolitical public persona, so is this a new thing?
https://www.salon.com/2024/05/29/i-miss-a-dominant-masculinity-jerry-seinfeld-looks-to-turn-back-the-clock-on-gender-roles/
I was so happy to see Mary on MSNBC tonight.
Mary is definitely the white lamb of that evil, monstrous family. I was so happy to see her so happy!! 
RFK yard signs...and a flag!!
On one of my usual routes, a house I drive past has both an RFK Jr sign and a large RFK Jr flag covering its white picket fence. On another route, the house had a much smaller "RFK for President" sign in its yard. Oh, brother.
Have any of you seen any RFK Jr signs/flags in your area? Those are the only ones I have seen...as yet. 
Beautiful sign in front of a house on my street.
It reads:
"Resist racism.
Resist fascism.
Resist T****."
Perfect!! Beautiful!!
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