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One former Republican's view ... and pretty much why I left the party, too.

Why I left the GOP:

Hate and paranoia have become an ideological principle in the GOP. The common view is the poor are thieves and stealing taxpayer's money. They point to social programs as having failed to end poverty. Social programs are not designed to end poverty. They are designed to keep you alive while an individual tries to find another pathway in life.

They hate education. Their steadfast crusade to end public education, to deny it money is an attack on our future. I went to public schools, including a public university. I received a good education, from dedicated teachers and professors. That should be preserved and not torn to shreds.

They are trade protectionists and isolationists. This is the final betrayal of Ronald Reagan.

They blame the victims. In fact, they have a false victimhood that they are actually the victims of the poor.

The GOP hates the poor. They are only interested in self. Everything with the GOP today is "I." There is no "we" in their dialogue. In the GOP rant about the poor, they go out of their way to admonish the poor for being poor. They treat them without dignity and try to destroy all hope for the poor.

The GOP is xenophobic. The day we lose the melting pot is the day we lose America.

The GOP is overtly racist and unapologetic for it. They can talk about how much they love Israel but that doesn't stop them from being anti-semitic. They love the Jews "over there," but the Jews under their very noses? Not so much. This week, I have been told I am a kike which is not a term of endearment and told there is an oven with my name on it. I belong in an oven because I don't agree with conservatives. That sums up today's GOP.

[Bob Schneider has spent more than 30 years in National Politics as a Federal Lobbyist, and political consultant Bob's issue areas include Foreign Policy, National Defense, and Trade. He has worked on some of the most contentious issues of the past 30 years including Gulf War 1, The War in the Balkans as well as Middle East Policy.]

44 years a Republican, 1 year an Independent, today I'm joining the Democratic Party

 

LOL. Are you suggesting it's without precedent?

You're not suggesting that, are you?

 

He's suggesting they have no character in times of adversity. See Lincoln's Internet post.

 

Stephen Colbert Apologizes to Eric Trump:
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Stephen Colbert Apologizes to Eric Trump: “We Always Thought You Were the Dumb One”

 

False:

 

100 percent agreee. Been thinking this for awhile.

 

"FakeScience Guy fake news! Beakman's World Real Science! That rat was top-notch!" Trump's Twitter feed tonight at 4 a.m.

 

Clinton Hit List in 3...2...

You got me. I forgot that someone else did something else at some other time, therefore Donald Trump is qualified, ethical and doing a great job.

 

Trump-Russia investigators probe Jared Kushner-run digital operation

 

He's embedded enough wishy-washy disappointment in Trump to scurry away from the Trump superfund site soon enough.