Sanity is madness put to good use. – George Santayana
Betsy Ross Endorses Barack Obama
20Oct2008 Author: Mother Jones, RN
I work with a very nice lady who is a diehard Republican. I call her Betsy Ross. Betsy is adorable and she is one of my best friends. Betsy knows that I’m a liberal and I know that she’s a conservative, and that’s just the way it is. We’ve never let politics get in the way of our friendship.
I walked onto the unit yesterday at change of shift and found Betsy sitting at the nurses station. She looked up and said that she needed to speak to me. I put down my handbag and asked her what she needed. Betsy meekly smiled and said that she was voting for Obama. Not that she really likes him mind you, but that she couldn’t vote for McCain after Colin Powell endorsed Obama. She said that Colin Powell is a man of principle, and if Obama is good enough for him, he’s good enough for her, too. She added that she didn’t agree with Rush Limbaugh’s statement that Powell’s decision to endorse Obama was based on race. I pinched myself. Betsy Ross is endorsing Barack Obama.
McCain is screwed.
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There has been a lot of chatter in the blogosphere about medical bloggers and HIPAA regulations so let me make this very clear: I write composite stories about many different people that I've cared for over the years.
Cecily
October 20th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Wow! And here I was wondering in the Powell nod would change anyone’s mind.
It was lovely meeting you at BlogHer DC, btw!
Kristi
October 20th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
God love Betsy Ross!
Mother Jones, RN
October 20th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
I enjoyed meeting you, too Ms. Cecily. BlogHer rocks, and so do you!
MJ
rnjenny
October 20th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Men of principle make mistakes in judgement too.
And If Obama is elected, we are all screwed. Color be damned, he is all wrong. Mccain isnt much better, simply the lesser of the 2 evils we have been given.
Nurse K
October 20th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Sorry, my mom has never voted Republican in any election ever and is voting McCain this election. Your vote’s canceled out, Betsy.
Awake In Rochester
October 20th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Wow! They said on T.V. that Powell’s endorsement wouldn’t change anyone’s mind. It’s good to hear that they are wrong.
minja
October 20th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
hi
As a firm supporter of Barack Obama… and a firm supporter of the DrugMonkey… I want the DrugMonkey to win the Bojamacakes. But voting for the McCain cuntest has been extended for a week and the DrugMonkey isn’t here to promote himself! Don’t you want the DrugMonkey to have cupcakes? The DrugMonkey can’t cook. Don’t you want to feed the DrugMonkey?
I’m going to all of the DrugMonkey’s friends and asking them to endorse his entry into the cuntest since he can’t do it himself. Teamwork! He’s winning (so far) and we should keep it that way!
Moira
October 20th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
I live in Philly and one of our big conservative talking heads, Michael Smerconish, just endorsed Obama. It gives me hope!!
PunditMom
October 21st, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Give Betsy a big hug for me!
coty jo
October 22nd, 2008 at 8:26 pm
yes!!
bridge
October 28th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
My father, step mother, step father, mother, sister, brother-in-law and husband…all republicans. voting Obama.
My step-father wants my mom to keep it secret from his racist friends who are voting McCain. My aunt and grandmother are so fearful and fundamentalist they will vote McCain. If they only could see who the real Christian was.
kt
October 29th, 2008 at 3:10 am
It’s good to know that there are still open minded people in this world. Everything is not race. If that’s the case what’s GW’s excus.
Kristi
October 29th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Bridge,
Your Mom doesn’t have to tell anyone who she votes for.
As for, as you wrote ‘My aunt and grandmother are so fearful and fundamentalist they will vote McCain’……
That’s what bothers me….the fear factor. And really, what are they afraid of? Some GOP’er coming into their room late and night and ‘offing’ them?
It both saddens and frustrates me that fear is an issue.
bridge
October 29th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
@ Kristi: no, they are not afraid of a GOP’er they feel protected by the GOP. they have a sense that we are a christian nation at war with the Muslim world, that Obama is a secret Muslim here to “do in” America. That he is a communist and will take away rights. They are mostly fearful of change.
Kristi
October 30th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Bridge,
Ah….yes. Change scares a lot of people. It’s that fear of the unknown that gets ‘em.
What I say to people who basically say the same as what you’ve written about above is……instead of being afraid of what you don’t understand, educate yourself.
Heck, I’m no more afraid of a Muslim than I am of a high school boy. Sure, there are extremist Muslims, but there are also high school boys that walk into their school and open fire.
IMHO, the word terrorist has become such a blanket statement that some people are leaving out one of the definitions of the word i.e, ‘a person who terrorizes or frightens others’.
That being the case, I guess I shouldn’t sneak up on my hubby and scare the crap out of him. Ha!
Kelli, RN
November 6th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Nurse K,
Why would your mother choose to vote Republican after all this time? I mean the stance Obama has on the issues is the same as any other Democrat out there…pro-choice… end the war…focus on Main street, not Wall street. As far as the accusations about his “questionable associations” we all know these were last ditch efforts of a losing camp. So what is it about Obama that makes your mother, a loyal Democrat, want to go to the other end of the spectrum and vote Republican? ……Hmmm… could it be his race? AHA!
That’s OK! Barack won anyway!!! Yes, We Can.