You might be a Democrat, wrote Janice Shoemaker in her Progressive Views column. It reminded me of the story New Mexico’s Governor Susana Martinez told at the Republican convention. The Governor related how she was brought up as a Democrat, but she and her husband were invited to lunch by a couple of Republicans interested in her switching parties. She had planned to just meet with them as a courtesy, but she said, “when we left that lunch and got in the car I looked over at Chuck and said, ‘I’ll be damned, we’re Republicans.’”
Unfortunately, Shoemaker’s broad brush attempt to paint Democrats in a light that would test Republican positions on issues falls flat. Not only does she not understand the issues she cites, she ignores other issues of deep concern to conservatives. Continue reading
