Conservative, Liberal, Libertarian, Socialist, Communist, Anarchist- it doesn't seem to matter how people classify themselves, the fact remains that many peoples' political loyalties appear to be very strong to the point of being unbreakable. How would you classify yourself politically? Are you loyal to a political party? Explain in the most concise manner possible why you align the way you do. Have you ever switched loyalties? What caused you to do that?
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It sounds like we may have had similar experiences at different times in history. I grew up in a family made up mostly of FDR/JFK-style Democrats and as a child, I believed that that only Democrats knew what was best for the country. I hated Richard Nixon even though I knew little about him and understood even less. Even in the '60's and '70's, the Democrats were using their Alinskyite tactics to demonize good men like Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan. The "Us vs. Them", root-for-your-team mentality of Americans when it comes to politics allows people to overlook even the most egregious misdeeds of the most corrupt politicians.
As a college student in 1980, I watched as the United States was humiliated and shamed by the Iran hostage crisis. As the Presidential campaign went on, I watched the Carter-Reagan debates and began to see things very differently than I had as a child. I liked Reagan. I liked his optimism, his patriotism and his faith in America and its people. The contrast between him and Carter could hardly have been more stark. After his victory, I watched as the Ayatollah feverishly hustled the hostages out of his country on Inauguration Day, not wanting to test the new President. I then watched in wonder as Reagan's policies took hold and turned around a country that had been in a dark place for too long. The '80's were a great time in America. The election of Ronald Reagan taught me the truth about conservatism and liberalism and why one works and one doesn't. I have never looked back.
Barack Obama came on the national stage in a way that was similar to the way Carter did. The country had been through a traumatic time and restless liberals jumped on the opportunity to install someone they thought would deliver a "fundamental transformation". Unfortunately for the country, they were incompetent at best and one of them was anti-American at worst. The contrast between Carter and Reagan reminds me very much of the contrast between Obama and Trump. Both times, the country turned around on a dime and the stark differences between liberal and conservative policies were highlighted. Say what you will about Trump's temperament and his acting "un-Presidential"; the way I see it, if the price of "acting Presidential" is to suffer through an abomination like the Obama Presidency, I'll take "un-Presidential" 100% of the time.
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