Oregon is mail in voting only.
What??? I did not know this. That is insane. Good grief.
You might find that interesting:
The thing is that Trump and his entire coterie (excluding Vance) have been lifelong Democrats, until running for President as Republican. It seems obvious to me that there is no longer a right wing in American politics. The Overton window has been shoved to the left so far the Conservatives just aren't part of the conversation. The incredible shift in the public view through the Overton window since 2012 makes Trump the same thing as Hitler in that view through the Overton window.
It's pretty ludicrous, but the control of the public discourse is impressive.
We are experiencing exactly the same phenomenon here, with the once conservative parties gradually moving further to the left under Merkel's leadership and all the women who stepped into that world through the last century before her. I now consider women in high political office to be fundamentally wrong. They are either very hairy on the teeth or dreaming dancers. Exceptions prove the rule.
My new life as a housewife has given me completely new insights into my female role. It's madness to deny yourself a soft heart. If you do, you are doing yourself wrong and ultimately leading yourself astray for the rest of your life. Since we got married, the roles between me and my husband have become clearer and clearer, and his is to give my son the kind of fatherhood he needs. I have to let him have his way and although I am still free to spoil my offspring, I can see the rightness of the male tougher action and do support my man in this. The eureka (!) happens almost every week. It is such a relief for me to no longer have to be both man and woman, but to allow myself to prioritise the feminine and finally give up this eternal conflict.
I wish many more women would have this experience, which is as taboo today as the devil shuns holy water.
I couldn't have hoped for more.
On the political side. What do you want to do? Just let everything run its course and ignore the ludicrousness?(more of a rhetorical question) We can see where that has got us. For my part, I believe that one should never surrender as long as one can enjoy life. In a way, you have to play the game.
So, I am having meanwhile some fun in writing satire-esque posts.
It sounds like you're heart is overfilling and your love is spilling over to all around you. It sounds like a great time to be someone close to you, to see you blooming and blossoming like that. I'm very happy for you.
Thank you very much.
It's so good to pack away the illusions and excuses I formerly had when I was younger. It is not that I was totally out of touch with reality. But to love and to live together with a genuine man is an experience. Who is strong, determined, focused and to whom I can submit without betraying myself, is something I cannot really express. Don't get me wrong. He is not flawless. But there is something going on between a man and a woman which is unique in its own. I feel sorry for all the loners and losers out there who didn't man up and who did not woman up.