I used to be a Democrat — for decades. Was it always this bad? Was I that blind?

"this is not your daddy's democrat party"
roger simon over at pgtv has an excellent post and a few of the comments have equal merit. take the time to read his essay and the comments. i thoroughly enjoyed it
update: i am still reading the comments and thought i had already posted this
i have been a victim of a rif, as my readers will know, in oct '09.
april of 2010 i was blessed with a new job.. a billion dollar international biotech company. to date, we have had 3 rifs
all in usa
i may have more updates by the time i finish the comments
update: read it all, there are some incredibly intelligent commenters. i am going to bed