” Perhaps even if it’s a Dem.”
I work or come in contact with several ultra liberal attorneys, doctors, businessmen and know a few local professors here in California that are NOT happy with what they’re seeing politically; Observations about what they would normally call “Their Side”.
Several of them are circulating chain emails with stories on Bundy, the IRS, the Justice Dept, The TSA, gov’t spending, foreign policy etc where I get to be privy to their comments.
My only comments to them is that they are starting to sound like Tea Partiers (What they accuse me of being).
The music to my ears is that they seem to be as stubborn in wanting to fight these policies as they used to be about fighting (Poor outnumbered) me. There is an attitude change happening.
As I actually know many of these people well, my take is they are all still typical liberal do gooders. But, they are figuring out that something is drastically wrong. They are growing more and more suspicious of what they have blindly supported.
Also interesting is the fact that they are expanding their normal source of gathering information beyond The NYT, the Wash Post etc. and sending links they pull from various sources that are new to them. They’re realizing this is what they have to do to find out what the heck is going on.
When I think back 45 years ago when I was a dumb a$$ liberal myself the straw that broke my belief system was realizing I had been lied to, suckered.
I then realized most conservatives actually did want a fair and just world, cared about the needy and other things but relied on themselves and communities to deal with those issues, not government. Also that redistribution doesn’t work, you need a string military, points I never hesitate to drill into this group.
I gotta say from my perspective I’m startled at what I’m witnessing from my local observation point and can only hope this is happening more widespread then just my circle.
One of his favorite shows is The Profit on CNBC. He's seeing true conservatism in action. Marcus Lemonis rescues marginal/failing companies by making the tough decisions to return them to profitability. By doing so, he saves the jobs of the ordinary folks working there.
It's given my son a different idea about business and entrepreneurship, and he has aspirations of owning a company himself. I intend to assist him, so long as he continues to invest in himself (school, scouts, sports, band, church, etc.).