My wife and I went to visit my mother and father-in-law, the occasion being my wife’s birthday. In the car on way over my wife an I were talking about the latest Trump follies.  She warned me not to bring up politics during our visit. No problem, that wasn’t going to happen. My mother-in-law is rather liberal, as is my wife, but 87 year old father-in-law is an old school Southern super conservative who hasn’t voted for a Democrat in the last 20 years. He’s a great guy, but given my rather liberal views, political discussions never go well with him and I have long since learned not to go there.

My father-in-law hasn’t been well lately and doesn’t get out much, but I have heard he he has been watching the Presidential election with keen interest.  While my wife and her mother were having one their mother/daughter chats in another room, he and I were watching the Discovery channel on TV and chatting about whatever on the side.

Out of the blue he said that he was looking forward to the next debate in a few days.  Leery, I asked he meant the Vice Presidential debate.  “Yes”,  he said, and then he went on to say that he thought it would be a good match up.  Dipping one toe into the water I knew was full of man eating sharks, I tentatively asked, “Did you watch the first debate?”  “Yes”, he said, “I watched every bit of it”.  Then he continued rather emphatically, “That guy is a nut!” . . . .  Whoa!  Did I hear that right?

I was shocked and my mind was moving at warp speed.  I played it back; yes, he definitely said “he” not “she” – that really did come out of his mouth, …. I think.  Not wanting to get in over my head in case there was some kind of mistake on I said, “Well, Trump is very unusual candidate . . . .”  “He’s just crazy” was the immediate reply.

Finally feeling on more solid ground, I agreed whole hearty.  We went out to discuss Thump’s braggadocios style (I should have realized my father-in-law never liked braggarts), his lies,  his praise of his buddy Putin, and the fact Hillary had dangled baited hooks in front of him time and time again during the debate and Trump couldn’t help but lunge at them every time like a hungry bass chasing a school of shad. We agreed on how dangerous it would be if that man were to become the President of the United States

For once, my wife, my mother-in-law, my father-in-law, and I are all on the same political page.  That’s flat amazing!  Here’s my take away: If someone like my father-in-law has learned to hate Trump, that fraud doesn’t stand a chance November 8th.

Cajun      10/2/2016