Thank you! I am going to make the time to read the comments very carefully.
I can see from the responses in the thread that I seem to have poked a little bit of a yellowjacket nest - just from making a general observation about how women, in general, have responded to sociological and cultural changes, their tendency to vote based on “feelings”, rather than logical consequences of outcomes.
I can even see this in myself, at this age. As an example... I will vote for Trump, based on logic, reason, and his acts as President, not on his tweets, off-hand statements that are offensive...
But, if he were to state that he would immediately “day 1” end Medicare, reduce SSI, and change the retirement age to 75, I would tend to go to straight to my “feelings” and vote for someone who promised a gentler approach to a culture which has become dependent on the government giving then taking away.
Don’t get me started on the “lockbox”. I do sometimes wonder if we are so far gone that it is too late for the grand experiment our founding fathers gave us.
And, I often think that they didn’t intend for everyone to vote. They intended those intelligent enough to understand the issues, who were productive economically, and who had property to protect - not those who would rob Peter and give it to lazy Paul.
The long slow slide is underway, and we women bear our fair share of the blame!
Yes I understand.
Sadly, we have gotten so bad that it is difficult at times to notice the difference between genders in how some respond to lunacy.
After all, some of the Republican women in Congress are now more conservative and level headed than the likes of Landon and McConnell are in the US Senate.