As Winston Churchill said (I paraphrase):
A man (or woman) who is not Liberal at age 20 has no heart.
If that same man is not Conservative by age 40, he has no head.
I started my reformation from leftist to conservative sometime during the Carter Administration (whom I had voted for) and realized the change sometime during the first Reagan Administration. (In my late 20’s).
I did not vote for Reagan in 1980 because I believed the media hype that he was a dangerous cowboy who would destroy the world. Now, I am forever grateful to Ronnie Reagan for teaching me about American Exceptionalism.
We will survive the Barack Chavez administration. We are proud Americans who make the world jealous because we are truly exceptional.
Certain parts the WORLD - the liberal parts.
That's why we get so much "bashing" no matter what we do.