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Anthony Keith contributed a piece entitled “Leaving The Democrats” at American Thinker. He concludes:
I never went to college, I am
totally self-taught. I am a doer of many trades and master of none.
I have had a great life in the greatest country on earth. All along
the way, the Democrats have stepped on me, taxed me more, lied to me, called me
names, and demanded I give up my rights. Democrats were the ones pushing
environmental causes at the expense of humans and government takeover of
healthcare. They have mismanaged everything they get their hands on, and
then blame others for their own deeds. I watch them lie and cheat and
twist words.
Democrats have alienated their own base to the point they
have to argue for foreigners to come into this country illegally in order to
vote for Democrats, mainly by calling those of us opposed to this "racist."
In all fairness, the weak
Republicans in our government have hardly stood in their way. But that is
another day, another rant.
I am now called racist, homophobic,
misogynist, and Islamaphobic. A gun-toting, Bible-believing bitter
clinger. A deplorable. A white nationalist. Nazi. I can’t
remember all of my Democrat party subtitles.
But I am middle class. I have been
given nothing by our government and have given too much to it. And it
always wants more, telling me I have to pay my fair share. It is a sad state
when you get to a point in life of maximum dollars earned that it is taken away
by higher tax brackets and the loss of deductions.
I will never vote for anyone
advocating for more government control. Or for anyone who is trying to
denigrate me by name-calling or label-making. The reason is my life.
The entire column is here, and it is particularly useful
since it traces his family’s background as “Roosevelt Democrats” and their underlying
values.
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