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Only on economics, and I prefer to think of it as the right way. But I been this way for a while. I pulled up from my own posts the day I left the GOP, March 15,2001:

“Congress Bails Out Credit Card Companies, Big Time!
Thursday, March 15, 2001 9:07:32 PM · by parsifal · 1+ views
The Flip Side of the Coin! | March 15, 2001 | parsifal
The United States Congress stands ready to legislate a massive bail-out of credit card companies and banks across the country. After years of irresponsible lending practices, the companies launched a massive campaign to reform the nation’s bankruptcy laws to pull their fat from the fire. Congress passed a law during their last session but even president Bill Clinton was too smart to add this insult to his long list of ignominious acts. The companies have been issuing credit cards to people too poor to repay them. The result has been several years of massive bankruptcy filings. In spite of this, ...

Freeper Poised To Become Democrat, Argggh!
Thursday, March 15, 2001 5:18:45 PM · by parsifal · 420+ views
disbelifatgopstupidity | March 15, 2001 | parsifal
Well this Freeper has finally had enough of the GOP. I figure that GOP must stand for “gang of proto-simians.” I registered to vote when I turned 18 and voted for Richrad Nixon for president. Since then, I have stood in line for hours to vote, usually for Republicans. But sadly, I have to face reality. The Republican Party is nothing but a group of idiots. They are too stupid to run the country. One thing the Democrats have been right about is that Republicans only care about the rich. Yep. They’re right. They are wrong about everything else but ... “

To toot my own horn a little, I was having problems with lenders making bad loans back in March 2001. This was 7 1/2 years before the sub-prime crash in September 2008. Unfortunately for the GOP, they chose to back the lenders and stick it to the poor and middle class consumers.

parsy, who may be right and he may be wrong