[Gritty]

I've been a Republican ever since one of my classmates in 3rd grade stopped me on the playground and asked me, "Are you a Republican or a Democrat?". I didn't know the difference but I answered "a Republican" because I knew my parents liked Ike and they used the word "Republican" in the same sentence!

But this isn't even moderate old Ike's Party any more. Nelson Rockerfeller and Jacob Javits? Yep. They'd recognize it for sure! But Ike might even disown it.

If they elect that drunken clown Boner again, it likely will be because (to paraphrase a Proverb) without a vision the Party will perish, and sure as hell if they elect him they are as bad as he is and they don't have any themselves. They won't have any base, either.

Then maybe after 62 years it will be time for a change?

[Theodore R.]

Not at all, old Ike was as liberal as they came; he balked at Goldwater, didn’t live to see Goldwater turn left.

[uscga77]

I too was a loyal Republican since childhood. Not now.

At 62 years I left. The Republican brand is ruined. Here in northern California it’s a joke. I look forward to moving to Texas this summer. Then maybe on a state level I can happily pull the lever for R. Wow from Boxer and Feinstein to Cruz and Cornyn! Now that’s change you can believe in.

[SaveFerris]

“If they elect that drunken clown”

We hoped against hope.