(August 8, 2015 at 8:08 am)abaris Wrote: I switched from conservative to left about 25 years ago when the Iron Curtain fell and the Conservatives did no longer feel the need to keep up the nice nice facade. That's when they really started to fuck everyone over in order to help their millionaire buddies. And I'm not the one calling for a second helping.
I switched for the 1992 election also. The elder Bush rejecting the proposals of the Earth Summit in Rio was the trigger that made me consider abandoning the GOP. I had always been socially liberal but center-right on foreign policy and had been put off by weak Democrats (Carter, Mondale, Dukakis). With the cold war over and a strong Democratic candidate, it was time for a change.
Since then, the Repugs have morphed further and further into a religious right, science denying monstrosity not worthy of my consideration. I keep hoping that will change because I don't like being locked into one party.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
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