Since I was thirteen years old I knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I was a 100% blue-hearted Democrat. It was Mr. Lockhart's eighth grade civics class, and in the middle of the 1992 presidential election. Everything about the party spoke to me; strong public education, improved standard of living for the middle class, equal wages for all minorities, and the list goes on and on. I was so stoked I even went up to Washington, D.C. for Bill Clinton's inauguration.
It would seem though that the party that I believed in doesn't exist at all. I would say it is a myth or a fairy tale but those at least have some moral, meaning, or special truth to them. The Democratic Party I fell in love with is simply...non-existent.
Two wars with promises of there being no end in sight. Continued record high unemployment while the rich get richer. Public education: a farce. Constitutional rights be wittled away on a daily basis, save a misguided interpretation of the second amendment. All this and much more while Democrats do little to nothing to stop it - and in many cases encourage it. An accomplice in any crime is just as guilty.
For these reasons, I have decided to write with a Populist point of view - that is, writing from the point of view of the People. I will go back to being a Democrat when Democrats go back to being Democrats.
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