I began coming to my senses during the gov’t of my beloved New Democrats in BC (1999). I had been an active volunteer in Vancouver East. Yet the NDP proved to be far more corrupt than the free enterprisers, and far less able to deliver basic services. I had been “bamboozled.” This prompted an examinination of my precious assumptions in light of conflicting evidence. When I left that socialist paradise unemployment was 10% and I was broke. It was 4% in this capitalist nightmare, where I got a good paying job within a month. However, my friends and family still cling fervently to their democratic socialism. My ex, a NY Jewish multicultural priestess calls me hateful when I quote portions of the Koran that call for Jihad and the slaughter of Jews. Her Canadian friends share the same warm regard for the USA as Rev. Wright. My stepdaughter (biracial) is outraged that I said Martin Luther King had been a Republican. My stepson gave his son an Arabic name and thinks if you just say “Peace” often enough miracles will happen. And I’m an old hippie. I feel for you “real” conservatives.
