Republicans For Obama (The Underground Truth)

Article by Mem

I realized the other day when talking to a friend that many people on the left do not realize just how many Republicans supported and voted for President Obama.

Unfortunately and with much embarrassment I must confess that I have not always been one of the enlightened ones. Now I tell people that I stumbled into sanity, because I feel like I did.

This picture is one of our very first pictures found on the walls of many of our groups.

I never felt comfortable being a Republican, and feel that it was passed on by my parents as a birth right. I didn't relate, and pretty much avoided politics for my 50 some years. When I moved to Texas, I thought it would be a good time to campaign for a fellow Texan. I sent out the many many letters and lies just like a good sheeple. I shook my head a lot, but continued to do it. Yes, I do realize I will have to pay penance for the rest of my life, BUT I could not bring myself to vote for Bush! As a matter of fact, I had never voted. I never found the need to....mind you I am now 56.

By the time elections came around, I was really beginning to see the Republicans for what they were. I started listening to Fox, because I had heard that was the only fair channel, and all others were controlled by liberals! I found myself always saying what?....that's not true! Everything they were saying was not factual and appeared to be made up. I hated the blatant racism and what I considered hate mongering. I would send them emails everyday saying that's not true, you have your facts wrong. I would tell them that I was offended by their racism and question them about it. After a time they blocked my emails. During this time I started doing research about Barack Obama. I was very impressed with his intelligence and the way he conducted himself. I loved his calm demeanor, his ability to let things roll off his shoulders. I also started reading up on the Democratic Party and felt like I had come home. I related to this party and their core beliefs. At that time though I could not shake this feeling of betrayal to my family and their beliefs so in my research, I found groups that were Republicans who were voting for and supporting Barack Obama. Over time, many of them moved to the left but many stayed Republican and still support Barack Obama. I should note that a small few members supported Obama as the lesser of the two evils. Most members though were very hard core republicans who did not like the direction the republican party had taken this country, nor did they approve of the Bush/Cheney lies and acts of crime.

What I also found during this time was all of the underground supporters of Barack Obama, (they were by invitation only most of the time). At first many of the members were women, who had to support him secretly so that their husbands would not find out. Many of these groups were private groups on Google that could not be seen by the public. I felt sorry for these women, but they loved the fact that they had a place to express their feelings and to be a part of this change. With time, men started joining these groups and even started some groups for republican men who support Obama. What I realized is it didn't matter if you were a man or a woman. I was amazed by how many had to hide it from friends, family, employers or those in their small towns. This is the first time in my life that I had heard of a party of people having to hide who they were supporting. Through much discussion with people from all over the United States in the republican party, I was saddened to find that most of the secrecy was more about his race, than his party affiliation. My husband was a republican, whom I met and married when I moved to Texas. I never hid my feelings from him about supporting Obama and changing parties. In fact, I am proud to say that I voted for the very first time in my life for Barack Obama. I voted straight across the board as a registered Democrat, and so did my husband.

Today we look at each other, shake our heads and ask...were we doing drugs all those years?

Some of these groups are very public and some had even started blogs or websites, being very open about their support and beliefs while others still remain underground. One thing they all have in common is their support for Obama.

Many have heard me say that polls mean nothing to me and the reason I say this is for the simple fact that many of these members never did the polls for fear of being discovered and still do not to this day.

Note-these were NOT small groups and they were and are in every state!

I am writing about this now because everyone is up in arms about Obama's polls being down while the republicans and tea party are having a celebration. I think that people should know that not everyone does polls and the person setting across the table from you may not be the trained "submissive" wife, child or spouse you think!

I would never mention names, links or groups but I want the Democrats to know there are intelligent republicans that do not agree with Bush/Cheney, the war, tax cuts for the rich and other actions of the Republican Party! (Many were and still are in favor of the Health Care Bill)

I will also mention that many women voted for Obama because of Palin. Many were insulted as intelligent women by McCains choice and republican men lost respect for him with his choice of Palin.

I will also end this by saying I am not a religious person (another birth right) and do not believe in religions. I do consider myself a Spiritual person and because of my inner "hippiness" I say this with great pride now. I wanted to be just like Jesus so I became a hippie loving Socialist!

There is still hope for November and 2012! Believe it or not it may come in the form of a "Republican".

"Every time a Republican votes for a Democrat, an Angel gets it's wings"