Posted on 08/20/2006 3:17:03 PM PDT by FairOpinion
IN the 1960s, my sister was part of the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley. She was arrested in a civil rights sit-in. Naturally, she was a lifelong Democrat.
Today, she is a “9-11 Republican.” She is not alone.
My sister is no less committed to civil rights than before. But she believes that not being murdered by Islamist terrorists is also an important civil right. She is not sure that the Democratic Party completely agrees with her.
For 9-11 Republicans, this is the most significant political issue. The GOP “gets it,” while the Democratic Party doesn't.
Many recent former Democrats are astonished and a bit embarrassed to see where they have landed politically. The rest of the Republican program may leave them cold. They may have doubts about Bush's handling of the war, treatment of prisoners and everything else. But unless and until the Democratic Party fixes its national-security problem, my sister and others like her will not vote Democratic in November's congressional races, nor in the 2008 presidential contest.
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"The short answer is, yes."
Well, alrighty then. So long as they don't kill you or inconvenience you too badly, go right ahead and be Communist or a Nazi, then. Don't expect many on FR to agree with you, though.
The "Liberal Republicans" will get the Republican party back to minority status very quickly.
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