St. Ronnie is the reason I left the Republican Party in 1980. I became Democrat-curious when Jimmy Carter was nominated, but supported Gerald Ford in the election of 1976, though as a 16 year old I could not vote. I was genuinely alarmed at the rhetoric from the 1980 RNC. Oh, if we could have those days back, because back then there were…
St. Ronnie is the reason I left the Republican Party in 1980. I became Democrat-curious when Jimmy Carter was nominated, but supported Gerald Ford in the election of 1976, though as a 16 year old I could not vote. I was genuinely alarmed at the rhetoric from the 1980 RNC. Oh, if we could have those days back, because back then there were still R's willing to govern and work across party lines. But I left, and never looked back.
You know how some say one gets more conservative with age? I was a Bernie Sanders Democrat in 2016, but did work for HRC in the general. At the rate I'm going I'm going to be at the left end of the Democratic Party by the time I'm 70.
St. Ronnie is the reason I left the Republican Party in 1980. I became Democrat-curious when Jimmy Carter was nominated, but supported Gerald Ford in the election of 1976, though as a 16 year old I could not vote. I was genuinely alarmed at the rhetoric from the 1980 RNC. Oh, if we could have those days back, because back then there were still R's willing to govern and work across party lines. But I left, and never looked back.
You know how some say one gets more conservative with age? I was a Bernie Sanders Democrat in 2016, but did work for HRC in the general. At the rate I'm going I'm going to be at the left end of the Democratic Party by the time I'm 70.