Posted on 07/21/2019 3:38:05 PM PDT by DGravalloni
In the military one must maintain, “situational awareness”.
It is hard to do that all the time. There comes a point when you realize your mind had wandered. Situational awareness suddenly returns with a sharpness that is almost shocking to the senses.
Welcome to freerepublic. As you reorient to the situation you have perceived and well described, you may experience a little vertigo. FReegards.
Welcome aboard! This is a place of great information and clarification. Stick around!
Can we assume your parents, friends and relatives were conservative? Mine weren’t and it took me a little longer too...
Welcome, DGravalloni. I look forward to your comments and observations as you continue to see the duplicity of the MSM. Please let us know about any success you may have in getting your Democratic friends to question what they see in the media about Pres. Trump and or conservatives and our positions. We need that kind of morale booster from time to time. Yours is my very first post to respond to upon finally joining Free Republic today after many, many years of lurking. How did you cone to find FR?
I became a conservative because of three influences.
My parents were both democRATS back in the day when that meant conservative, not communist.
I received a commission as an officer in the Air Force.
And because I read Atlas Shrugged.
I am glad for both you, and the rest of us.
We need sanity to reign everywhere. You are most definitely a part of that!
Thank you for the cogently explained background.
It would be interesting to hear about the reaction of your friends and family to your losing some of the blinders you had on.
I’m still eleven steps into the 12 Step Deliberalization program and I’m past 60. Not all of us are as self-aware as HotHunt!
Welcome.
The water is warm.
I’m in my fifties a well. But I voted for Reagan first time I voted and never turned back.
What took you so long(grins)
Better late than never.
Welcome again, friend!
Being gentle works for babies. The gentle approach doesn't work for people who need a thump on the noggin.
If you're not a liberal at 20, you have no heart.
If you're not a conservative at 30, you have no brain.
Just sayin'....
after saying for years we need a wall they flaccidly, FLACCIDLY, wussed out and turned against it under the pressure..
The truth is they did not wuss out and turn against it, they have always been against securing the southern border. Democrats have never been serious about securing our southern border. When Reagan agreed to amnesty, he was promised in turn, their cooperation in securing our southern border. After securing their amnesty they reneged. Why, because their plan was, and still is, to augment Hispanics, like Blacks, as party loyalists. Republicans on the other hand were satisfying their big moneyed donors, like the Koch brothers but they aren't the only ones, who wanted the cheap labor from south of the border. Which is why Donald J. Trump won the nomination process, and then the general election against incredible odds. We have stopped trusting the Republicans, and they exposed themselves as really being members of the Uni-party (at least the majority at any rate). A merger that has been in place for far too long. The Uni-party, consisting of Republicans & Democrats in positions of power regardless of which party holds the White House, have been consolidating their power for decades.
As much as i dislike Dems.....The idiot “squad” and all other pinkos...I Despise Romney the most....He is totally toxic and sick....Because he stands for NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome FRiend, here is hoping there are many more like you.
Tatt
I’ll say welcome to you! DGravalloni seems to have disappeared.
I have a many high school classmates who are still liberals and haven't figured it out yet.
I've had some of them ask me over the years, why I won't debate them on their liberal views.
I tell them that I have listened to liberals my whole life and I just don't agree with them.
They're "woke" but not awake yet.
I have to agree with you. As much as I would love to have a lengthy in-depth Conservative study group the truth is what we must do, at this critical juncture in our nation, is the “SCARED STRAIGHT” CLIFF’S NOTES now. We don’t have the luxury of time. This situation is quickly reaching CRITICAL MASS and if we cannot stop the hell bound train we’ve been forced to ride, we will not have another chance. PDJT is critical to our survival. And Common Sense is the greatest weapon in our arsenal. The left has NO common sense as is proven daily. It will be their downfall.
Keep all conservatives in your prayers. For voices to SAY what they already KNOW.
I would agree, no need to dress someone down because they didn’t arrive at the destination as fast as some people claim to have.
People have to come to things in their own way, and at some point, it is less important how you reached that destination than that you actually reached it.
Roger that.
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