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Flatulo

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9. I used to vote Republican until Reagan came along. I think I also voted for Carter due to his
Fri May 30, 2014, 04:30 PM
May 2014

sheer integrity.

Back in the day, voting Republican meant you stood for fiscal conservatism and a strong national defense, and not much else. Then Roe v Wade came along and the Rs got themselves all tangled up in the pro-life, family values movement, which was a turn-off for me, and I imagine, the rest of their shrinking demographic.

They've gone completely off the rails with the rise of the Tea Party and the endless push for tax breaks for the wealthy. I believe a lot of the current Rs, while still fiscally conservative, are sick of the whole morality play.

What permanently sealed the deal for me was watching the last 30 years of rising income inequality. I personally saw quite a few incompetent VPs get lavishly rewarded for essentially putting a viable enterprise into the ground with endless outsourcing. There are very, very few good leaders in the business world today. The current crop is the most entitled bunch of talentless brats to come along in many generations.

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