{"id":5974,"date":"2024-10-04T15:16:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T19:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/?p=5974"},"modified":"2024-10-04T15:16:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T19:16:03","slug":"whats-a-topic-or-issue-about-which-youve-changed-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/es\/2024\/10\/04\/whats-a-topic-or-issue-about-which-youve-changed-your-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s a topic or issue about which you\u2019ve changed your mind?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daily Prompt’s QOTD<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until 2008 I had always voted for Republicans but Barack Obama’s first run for POTUS changed that. He offered change and I needed change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few years earlier I had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. The disease was bad enough. But I, also, required an Implantable Cardiac Device, ICD, (defibrillator implant). I’ve had one ever since and am now on my fourth device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Like me in ’08, a young Barack Obama. wiki photo<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Getting approved for benefits, mainly health insurance, took thirty-seven months. I was damned if I were going to vote for a party that had no feelings for the disabled. And had created so many hoops to jump through just to get care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, I switched party affiliations. And have been voting Democrat ever since, because there is empathy and change within their ranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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