A friend at Facebook posted a link to this article by Dr. Angela Graham West, the wife of Allen West, the former Congressman from Florida.
It is interesting to me because I knew virtually nothing about Angela West, and also because she explains clearly how she became a liberal, what it was like, what happened to liberalism, and why she is now a conservative.
I realized that my values, beliefs and sentiments as well as my economic knowledge does not lie on the side of the Democrats. It was cool at one time because the image was cool — I existed on scholarships and financial aid. I had “nuttin to lose”. We now have to get down to “brass tacks”. This liberal thinking has evolved also — into a living breathing totalitarian monster. One in which the Constitution is under attack from our “Constitutional Lawyer in Chief”. You see you must know what is “in it” before you can “destroy it.” — He and his minions know the Constitution.
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I have lost nothing by evolving into a conservative and neither will you. I have heard people say — I have lost friends. No you have not. They were not your friends to begin with if you have to lay down your principles for them to “like” you.
Apparently, she write a regular column for the Palm Beach County Tea Party. I plan to check on what else she has to say.