"I voted for the other team. As well as my family, and everyone I know. It makes one wonder exactly how he gained his office. But then that's another argument, another outrage."
Grace paused to take a sip. Jeff seemed a thoughtful man, sharp, and she knew that she was not saying anything he probably didn't think himself.
"I don't agree with the way they've laid out their plans and their methods of implementing them. Complain, and you're sent to prison, resist, and you're branded a traitor and re-educated. That sounds much less harsh than brainwashing, doesn't it? But the results are the same. You still do as they wish, minus a great part of your original personality and intellect. If I'm going to do as they want regardless of how...intellectually present I am during the process, I'd rather do it intact. Any child gotten from this deserves a mother who is capable of taking care of her. Or him."