Why I’m becoming a Democrat (Conservative NYer switches parties -not what you think)

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ^ | Monday, October 8, 2012 | James Panero

[tillacum]

I agree.

[Liberty Valance]

"Anyone standing up to the leftists is doing the Lord’s work,
whatever party they are in."

Bears repeating.

[AmericanSamurai]

I thought about doing this too, becoming Democrat in name only, lol.

And I am a hardcore Conservative.

[Theodore R.]

His vote still won’t have any mathematical meaning. The late Robert Novak was a registered Democrat when he lived in D.C. for the same reasons stated, and Novak’s vote never mattered either. NYC and DC are mostly monolithic and unyielding.

[neverdem]

This guy has lived in NY too long.

Where's he going to live if he's the managing editor of The New Criterion? It would almost require living in NYC.

[WOSG]

Thanks for noticing that.

It occurred to me that what the Democrats need are “Tea Party Democrats” to take on the regular Democrats.

[sam_paine]

I just cut-n-pasted it in a hurry.

lignite, not Ignite. etc. And I cut out the part about Governor Briscoe for anachronism’s sake, mkay?