My parents were democrats long ago. Back then being a dem meant something, we have nothing to fear but fear itself, the buck stops here, ask not what your country can do for you... They became Republicans around the same time Pres. Reagan did, and for the same reason, they didn’t leave the party, the party left them.
back then in the 1930’s and 40’s FDR was a democrat and president
a democrat meant something back then = socialism
it still does ,democrats = socialism
FDR was a huge socialist
a democrat meant something back then = socialism
it still does ,democrats = socialism
FDR was a huge socialist
Even before that in 1913 Democrat President woodrow Wilson burdened us with the income tax(16th amendment), the start and source of all our troubles.
democrats = socialism, communism
so for at least 100 years , democrats have been destroying the USA
exactly. all of my family are ohio dems as well. a dem will move out of the party out of disgust with what it has become, not because they have any admiration for the republican establishment. that sparks a few random thoughts.
they tend to instinctively detest and distrust big business. going back to the revolution, they laugh at the notion that a rich man is a better man. in fact they know from experience on the line and in the trenches that they are not. but they feel the need for big government to protect them, but that is as far as they are able to see. they are always more concerned with the local effects of politics, which is why they vote straight ticket. they are not just “dumb” democrats as many here like to characterize them.
that being said, the new breed of marxist dem has no relation to the old. and so they leave. but the ones who wake up in my family tend to leave politics when they do, they don’t become republicans because they sense they are two-faced and view all republicans as stupid.
come to think of it, that is why it is so laughable that the GOP-e thinks its going to rake in dems for opening wide the borders. the’re not going to get old dems, the’re going to drive them further away with this pandering. i guess they are making a play for the marxists, the la raza dems. either that or they really believe their holier than thou propaganda about bring the invisible mass of illegals into the sunlight. God help us.
Exactly my parents are very conservative democrats but when Bubba Clinton came into the picture my parents saw that the democrat party was not their party any longer and has joined the Republican Party and supported George Bush (Both Bushes). The Kennedy Democrats are not the same Democrats of today. Today’s Democrats are....fill in your own words. =)