Opebo - When did you switch to the Democrats? Sorry, I've been away for a while.
A few weeks ago. I've always been a Republican voter based on a lesser of two evils analysis, and have always had grave reservations about the party's social positions. I had an epiphany during the anti-gay constitutional referendum amendment here in Missouri, in addition to some other issues. I realized that the GOP is controlled by the Christian right, and my freedoms are greatly threatened by their agenda. I wouldn't want to be in the same party as people like that. The slight impositions Democrats might make on me economically seem like nothing by comparison.
That's interesting. I personally never understood the GOP's popularity, since many of its ideals (particularly those stemming from the religious right, as well the Straussian/neo-conservative wing of the party) seem to tread on the very notions of individual freedom and liberty which the United States was based on. But that's a more general thought.
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