"I was a Republican at the time, but less than one week after the buyback, I chose to switch parties. I believe there is a centrist element among the rank and file in the GOP, but the leadership is led by the far right and openly beholden to the NRA and the gun lobby. It is that rigid ideology that is driving the party into irrelevancy. The overreaction to the gun buyback made it clear that, in Tucson at least, the Republican Party is out of touch with the values of the community." Yet another GOP member switches parties.....this time just a local pol in Tuscon but still....his reasoning rings true with everyone who has made the switch and with voters who erstwhile might have voted GOP, The party of conservatism has morphed into the party of hard right scariness.
Yes it does sound familiar. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/04/massachusetts-judge-approves-taxpayer-funded-sex-change-for-inmate/