Reply #72: Used to be one....I've switched sides and I hate them too

[Trish1168]

Once upon a time, in this land not so far away, there was such a thing as a moderate republican. They weren't all that rare. I know its hard to imagine, since now they're as common as a bigfoot sighting, but really, they did exist.

They were reasonable people, who believed in science, education and some even believed in a woman's right to choose. They were republican, because they didn't like big intrusive government, but they did like government and felt many programs were important and successful. They just wanted the money to be spent wisely.

Then one day, these people known as moderate republicans were attacked by the religious right....just for being different. It started innocently, with the usual level of ridicule in politics, but then it mushroomed out of control, with orders of conformity or extinction. The moderate is now virtually extinct. They keep a few in cages, and they let them out of the cages at election time. They get paraded around with the other republicans so that people think they're more abundant than they are. But then they get locked back up again, and they are hunted, even in their cages. This way they will get learned helplessness. This is what they tried to do to the democrats too. For a while it worked, but anger and resilience is building.

Unlike the moderate republican, the democrats are not an enagered species.

So, to help the democrats...I have joined the party, made contributions to the DNC and move-on....I have even joined the ACLU.

I do not want the democrat to become as rare as the moderate republican. I want this tale to end happily ever after.