I became a Democrat a year ago and found my own voice. It changed everything.

[patphil]

7. Republicans who don't seem to care about anything at all

It's a stunning realization, isn't it. A whole political party of sociopaths.
The f**k everyone else, I got mine mentality of Ayn Rand found a home.
I have to put up with this in my wife's two brothers and their wives.
Most of their conversations center around what money they have and how not to pay any tax. They are both better off than 90% of all retired people.
Other conversations parrot the Hillary's e-mail theme and other Trump BS.
We are now at the point that politics is verboten at family gatherings.
Even caging children couldn't dissuade them.
Yes, being a Democrat is more of a burden. You have to have a social conscience.
You have to care about something outside yourself and your immediate family and friends.
Your heart does need to bleed a bit.
Oh, and by the way, ignorance isn't bliss, it's just ignorance.
But then, these people aren't ignorant, they are willfully callous and unloving of those who need help.
Welcome to the party of Americans who still have a loving heart.

Pat Phillips