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I'm running for Senate as a Republican. My Democrat parents are backing my opponent (tr)
Fox News ^ | July 16, 2018 | Kevin Nicholson

Posted on 07/16/2018 3:11:26 PM PDT by EdnaMode

My decision to be a Democrat was never a decision. It was just expected of me. It was understood. Born into a family of Democrats, my grandfather would often spend weekends talking to me about his respect for Franklin Roosevelt and his annoyance with President Reagan. I listened and absorbed, but was not yet ready to think critically about what I was told – or to decide for myself.

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My parents have since turned their back on me, my wife, their grandchildren, and their extended family. Adding to this, they decided to make the maximum contribution to my Democrat opponent in my campaign for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin, an intentional personal blow that made headlines across the country. It was deliberate – and it is a true representation of the intolerance of a political philosophy that stands on the false platform of tolerance.

I don’t enjoy talking about this highly personal experience, but as I see the #WalkAway movement gain momentum, I feel compelled to share my story. As #WalkAway grows, conservatives need to reach out to those who were raised to believe in a Democrat Party and a liberal political philosophy that does nothing to make them more successful.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2018midterms; 2020election; bwahahahaha; democrats; election2018; election2020; kevinnicholson; republicans; walkaway; wi2018; wisconsin
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To: ronniesgal

It’s human nature to remember. In theory you shouldn’t, but I know of only one man who made it past that sort of thing, and but for him none of us would have an afterlife.


21 posted on 07/16/2018 4:07:51 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Take a look out there folks. Can you see evidence of a Left Wing Hate Group, perhaps fascist too?)
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To: DoughtyOne

i guess i know i have my own back!


22 posted on 07/16/2018 4:11:09 PM PDT by ronniesgal ( I wonder what his FR handle is??)
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To: ronniesgal

Good. “:^)


23 posted on 07/16/2018 4:11:51 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Take a look out there folks. Can you see evidence of a Left Wing Hate Group, perhaps fascist too?)
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To: EdnaMode
My parents have since turned their back on me, my wife, their grandchildren

What kind of effing POS shuns their grandchildren over politics?

24 posted on 07/16/2018 4:36:39 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: EdnaMode

It is tough being the offspring of a couple who are not quite as intelligent as you. You’ll get used to it, trust me.


25 posted on 07/16/2018 4:44:05 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent (.)
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To: kiryandil

A self-righteous, close-minded person.


26 posted on 07/16/2018 5:06:21 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: Ann Archy

Honestly, I had no idea what hatred and contempt so many leftists had for conservatives. It’s very sad.


27 posted on 07/16/2018 5:10:18 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: SunkenCiv

You’re welcome. :D


28 posted on 07/16/2018 5:13:42 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

My parents were both FDR era Democrats. I never considered myself a Democrat. Something about their rhetoric never sat right with me. After leaving the Marine Corps in ‘72 I found the Republican Party and Bill Buckley introduced me to conservative thought. By 1980 R Reagan had me totally won over.


29 posted on 07/16/2018 5:21:59 PM PDT by Forty-Niner (The barely bare, berry Bear formily known as Ursus Arctos Horrilibis (or U.A. Californicus))
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To: EdnaMode

Sounds like the type of deranged leftist family that would defend Antifa and Only Black Lives Matter.


30 posted on 07/16/2018 5:22:19 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: EdnaMode

Dems who’ve walked away should try to attend a Trump rally. You’ll be welcomed with open arms, realize you’re soooo not alone, and have a heckuva good time while you’re at it.


31 posted on 07/16/2018 5:27:03 PM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: kiryandil
What kind of effing POS shuns their grandchildren over politics?

Retired public employees or private sector union members.

Just a guess.

32 posted on 07/16/2018 5:28:49 PM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: ronniesgal

“But i forgive, just never forget.”

Same with me although someone once told me that if you can’t forget you never really forgave in the first place.

They were right. I hold grudges when I’m crossed.


33 posted on 07/16/2018 5:29:08 PM PDT by Forty-Niner (The barely bare, berry Bear formily known as Ursus Arctos Horrilibis (or U.A. Californicus))
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To: kiryandil

What kind of wife doesn’t support her husband?


34 posted on 07/16/2018 5:32:16 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ladyjane

I may have read that wrong. The grandparents are against him, the candidate, his wife and his children?


35 posted on 07/16/2018 5:34:13 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: DoughtyOne

You shouldn’t carry on grudges.”””

There are grudges & then there are multiple back stabbings.

A difference.


36 posted on 07/16/2018 6:07:35 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: ladyjane

What kind of wife doesn’t support her husband?


Many kinds do not support husbands unconditionally in all manners.


37 posted on 07/16/2018 6:36:02 PM PDT by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
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To: EdnaMode

I have experienced this treatment from my own family. Leftists are the most intolerant people in the world.


38 posted on 07/16/2018 6:52:46 PM PDT by Rollee
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To: ladyjane
What kind of wife doesn’t support her husband?

Are you talking about the grandmother?

The grandchildren are the entire point of the exercise - unless the grandparents believe in murdering babies (Choice).

39 posted on 07/16/2018 7:26:52 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: ridesthemiles

I agree.


40 posted on 07/16/2018 7:54:38 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Take a look out there folks. Can you see evidence of a Left Wing Hate Group, perhaps fascist too?)
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