...Not to mention that every Republican president since Ford has gotten us into a war (or 'Police Action', which is just a fancy thing to call war when you don't want the public to get upset)...

I agree.

Well said!

Here in Australia it is compulsary to vote. When you front up at the polling station you must have your name crossed off on the polling list. Then you can vote. If you don't vote on the day you get a fine notice in the post. I think it's $Aus50. I hear that in the US of A voting is not compulsory. I wonder what the outcome would have been in your last Federal Election if it was.

You’ve got it, and I think a key point remains those ‘single issue voters.’ I live on an island of intelligence surrounded by the red sea of ignorance… For decades these people have been bombarded by wrong-wing propaganda, feeding their fears and ignorance. On top of that - a multitude of churches promoting the same.. If confronted by someone like us, you can watch their gears churn in fear & anger … before reciting some ‘single issue’ that’s apparently allowed them to trash their morals and support a candidate best described as the incarnation of their ‘Satin.’

And, their vote cancels out the best of us.... Those who, like yourself, have not only been paying attention - but keeping score! And in the end, we all lose … except for that microscopic few at the tippy top.. who feel their superiority is validated by the obvious ignorance of the masses… Republican = Dirt - period ~

The problem is they simply don't listen.

I tried to point out to my brother, who lives in Kansas, that under the tax bill just passed, he wont' be able to deduct repairs if another tornado comes through and takes out his house and/or out buildings again (his out buildings and chicken coop were taken out by a tornado and it alao did minor damage to his home.). He also has student loans, which I pointed out he will no longer be able to deduct the interest from them under the new bill, and he can expect hsi insurance rates to go up as the mandate to buy insurance under Obamacare will no longer be there to spread the risks evenly, so any savings he might get are mor ethan eaten up by other costs which he didn't have before. He doesn't really care (or understand... he's not the brightest bulb). All he cares about is that not one democrat voted for the tax bill.

I atttribute anyone who voted for trump-as having limited education, social values of discrimination and bigotry and false view of MAGA-Make America Great Again. Only 33% of the country feels this way and rest assured they are going to be voted out of office come November. Thank whatever.

From what I've seen in some Town Hall type interviews, I don't know if it's possible to get some of them to change their minds.
For instance, there are some Republican voters who will never, ever vote for a dem. even if they know it's the best choice.
They've gotten so used to saying "no" to anything a dem proposes that they don't even bother to listen to what is said.