This is the first party convention in my entire life that I won't be watching.
My dad is so pissed at the GOP right now, he is literally suicidal. When Obama was elected in 2008, he told me, "I'm glad I am going to die soon." He denies ever saying that, but I remember it as clear as if it was yesterday.
Now, he has stopped eating, and it looks like he really has decided to die this time. This Trump/Clinton shit has really gotten to him. My mother is taking him to the VA today to try to get him on anti-depressants.
My mother and I discussed the whole "lesser of two evils" thing. She wants to vote for Trump just to keep Clinton from being elected, but I told her that is a huge mistake and just leads to us having more and more evil choices from which to choose. I told he we need to send a message to the GOP that we will not let them force disgusting pigs like Trump down our throats, and that they deserve to lose until they get their shit together.
I told her I was going to write in my vote. She said she supported Ted Cruz.
I was going to write in John Kasich, but now I am going to write in Ted Cruz. For mom.
My dad's birthday is November 8, which happens to fall on Election Day this year. I told my mom to tell my dad I will be home for his birthday and we can watch the election together.
She wrote back that he has decided that is enough reason to live until then.