I registered in '86 for the GOP in my home state of NY. I was a strong Reagan man and still am, and never voted for a dem in a major election - the closest I came was that I would have voted for Koch in 1989 (if Rudy wasn't the nominee, I liked Ed), and I couldn't vite for Bloomberg, I voted for Mark Green (sickening I know). Otherwise, I am an overwhelmingly GOP voter.
But sometimes the GOP deserves to be bashed.
I avoid an instinctive dems bad,' 'republicans good' mindset. It helps me think with better clarity.
I am a conservative before I am a Republican