It used to not make much of a difference which party the elected president belonged to. But since Reagan it's begun to take on more and more importance. For most of my life I always said it didn't make much difference who was in power in Washington. I dealt with the same woman at the Social Security office; the same cop who gave me a ticket or let me off this time or the same people at the post office or the DMV. But I think the attitudes of people we deal with every day have changed to reflect political party lines.
We see this in county clerks like Kim Davis refusing to issue perfectly legal gay marriage licenses. I think it's shameful how many things the Supreme Court has decided are legal that Republicans keep passing laws against. It's untold how much money is wasted trying to get rid of Planned Parenthood. And abortion. By people who are against abortions until their wife needs one to save her life. Or their girlfriend needs one to avoid a public scandal for her hypocritical public servant boyfriend cheating on his wife.
It's ironic that Trump named Pence as candidate for vice-president. A big backer of religious freedom laws that allow most anything as long as they believe God approves. The very attitude that the people who came to America tried to leave behind in Europe. Religious intolerance has followed us here.
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