Dear Republican: Here is That Apology You Keep Asking For:

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18. Welcome to DU, ResistantAmerican17!

I feel like I need to print this out or otherwise keep a copy of it.

Sure sums up how I feel! Particularly since a close friend confirmed my worst fears - AND THEN SOME, last night. I suspected their vote was for trump, just because of being a longtime Republican. A Republican, not a republi-CON. Our conversations were always fairly neutral till the truth came out in a conversation last night.

And it wasn't just voting for trump. What tipped the scales in his favor, "all other things being equal," was Mike Pence!!! The Supreme Court and Mike Pence!!! "Because he was the only one on either ticket with actual governing experience"!!!! My friend had evidently decided to forget the years of service Tim Kaine put in as Governor of Virginia, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, and Mayor of Richmond VA, plus running the DNC for several years.

This stabbed me right in the heart. I didn't sleep last night because of it. Tossed 'n' turned. Too upset. God, I remember when Tim Kaine was introduced as Hillary's running mate. The speech he made. My friend and I were both watching it on TV, several states away from each other. We were texting back and forth (as fellow Catholic school alums) about what an impressive debut, how terrific he was, look, he's bilingual! Look! Educated by the Jesuits (always an immediate gold star in my book)! I thought my friend was sincere! Until last night when the admission came that "and of course Tim Kaine couldn't govern his way out of a paper bag"!

Just gotta get that off my chest. I'm STILL upset about this.

You know how it is when you suspect something because of things you've heard a friend say that imply a certain conclusion, but you try to ignore it because it's your friend talking? Or you try to pretend that they REALLY don't mean that or REALLY didn't imply what you suspect deep-down that they DID imply? And then the proof of your suspicions just suddenly hits you across the face like a flying 2x4. DAYUM!!! It's gonna take me awhile to get over this one. It came from a longtime friend.