TALKING THE TALK

July 29, 2024

By Elizabeth Ohmen.

It has been a wild few weeks, politically speaking!

We have a revitalized Republican Party strongly behind Donald Trump, and a lying and desperate Democrat Party and media selling yesterday's garbage (the awful Vice President Harris) as tonight's delicious dinner

This should be quite a show!

So, I was at my local grocery the other evening, and a young man was my cashier. We chatted about the price of groceries, and there was a joke about how we could all use an extra 10 bucks right about now. I said, "I hope that you are voting on the right side of sanity, for people who will get more money back into your wallet." Right away, he said that he saw right through Kamala. (Yay!) But I was saddened to hear he felt that his vote would be a lost cause if he could even decide who to vote for. He seemed dedicated to his belief that it was all for naught. To my surprise, he believed that Trump was not supported by most Hispanics. I stayed an extra minute, (no one was behind me in line) giving him my best reasoning to venture outside of his closed mind. I like to think that I started the wheels turning in his brain.

This conversation reminds me of how dangerous a time we live in. The media's lies and omissions have created an unlevel playing field in which people hear what is easiest to hear, and many won't question what most of us see right through. Conversing with our fellow Americans about politics, is about trusting one's self, speaking from your convictions, and nothing more. It might take a minute to figure out how to do it, but the payoff is well worth a minute or two of discomfort. People are inspired by having real conversations. Many of us avoid these conversations with people we know. Speaking with people I don't know has become my antidote to this. It frees me up to express my deeper convictions.

Our country, right now, needs brave women and men to defend our freedoms and way of life. Consider this your invitation to become one.

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Elizabeth Ohmen is the President of the Montgomery County Rural Republican Women's Club and can be reached at [email protected]

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