Well, maybe not yours, as far as I know anyway. But mine did. I almost cried when he told me. This, after months of saying he was undecided but was leaning toward Obama. After months of me ensuring I was available to help when he was confused about what the candidates stood for, or annoyed at something he heard on the traditional media (things that I was always able to debunk through the many excellent, well-researched blogs I read). I sent him the most objective sources I could find so he could evaluate the candidates and ballot amendments with as little partisan bent as possible.
And he turned on me as if he were a starving dog and I were chained to a side of beef.
My respect for him really tanked yesterday. In all honesty, if he told me he voted for McCain because he thinks bomb-bombing Iran, overturning Roe v. Wade, giving tax breaks to the wealthy and megacorporations while making middle-class citizens pay taxes on health insurance benefits, etc. is good for the country, then I could at least respect him for truly understanding his candidate's positions, before getting the ever-living fuck out of there, of course.
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