Let me first say that my husband has been a liberal as long as I have known him. He's the one who first got me interested in politics. He's the one who took me to my first Democratic rally. He's helped open my mind on so many issues. In 2008, we both worked many hours each week to ensure that Obama would win the state of Florida!
Lately though, I'm not sure what's happening to him. Read below the fold and help me figure out what to do!
It all began a few months ago. Everything was normal and then out of the blue my husband began criticizing the health care bill. He said it was too expensive. Then he started talking about the stimulus and how that was too expensive too.
Then, one night I walk in and find him watching Glenn Beck of all people. Just a year ago, he wouldn't even flip through Fox News for fear it would somehow boost their ratings increase. He said that Glenn was right on an issue, so I thought, well, maybe Glenn has come to his sense. No way. Glenn Beck was going on this long rant about liberals and Reid and Pelosi and Obama were ruining our country. I assumed my husband had been drinking, so I just left the room.
Lately, he's been more critical of the President. Who hasn't? I just thought he was expressing his frustration. Well, the comments began to happen more frequently. Today, there was news about Florida's Senate race and how Marco Rubio was beating Charlie Crist in the Republican Primary Race. My husband began to cheer. Not only did he cheer, but he told me he was donating to Marco Rubio. I almost fell out of my chair. To make matters worse, he told me he was voting for him!
Then he drops the bombshell on me. President Obama is going to be in town on Thursday (probably to announce rail from Tampa to Orlando). Well, of course, I wanted tickets to the town hall and mentioned that I would pick a couple up for us. He told me he didn't need one. He has signed up to protest the event - with teabaggers. OH MY GOD.
What on earth is happening here? If my husband is representative of the base, then we are in trouble. Massachusetts trouble. What can be done to win back voters such as my husband? He certainly hasn't become conservative overnight. Something has changed his mind on the issues though.
UPDATED: Just for clarification, I'm not sure he's becoming an actual teabagger, but he is going to a teabagger demonstration against Obama when he's in town. I just assume he's becoming a teabagger since he's watching Glenn Beck. Maybe it's a mid-life crisis?