Another Dem Switches To GOP. This One Most Significant?...

[AmericanFirst]

I started out my political life as a happy Democrat and staunch admirer of some great Democratic statesmen. I was an admirer of the honesty and integrity of Harry Truman whether or not I agreed with all his initiatives and decisions. I loved JFK's vision, fiscal conservatism, and statesmanship in the face of real international confrontation. But beginning with Lyndon Johnson and finally coming to a head with Carter, the Democratic Party absolutely left me when it began currying favor to buy votes by increasing the rewards for incompetence and nonproductivity while punishing competence and productivity. I was quite young, but I knew what I believed to be right, and I jumped on Reagan's band wagon--he was also a Democrat turned Republican--and I don't think either of us ever looked back.

So yes, you can trust people who jump parties out of conviction and not simply to increase their fortunes. But each time a conservative Democrat crosses over, it dilutes the GOP's more extreme right wing--that is not a bad thing--but it also makes it harder for the GOP leadership to stick with true reforms and practical conservatism to get us back on track.

And the Democratic Party becomes increasingly a party of left wingnuts farther and farther removed from what most American people believe and want.

You have got it right. The democratic party today is not the same as in the day of JFK. It says something when the socialists started backing the dems up in the late 60's.