Tim, there is an inconsistency there that they are not seeing, or admitting. IMO, some people have voted Democratic for so long that it's like they are stuck in a rut that they are unwilling to remove themselves from. They are so used to defending the Democratic platforms, they can't imagine doing anything else.
The Democratic party is not what it was in our grandparents' day. It has devolved to the extent that it is unrecognizable to some of us, but yet some remain staunchly loyal to it. I liken it to a mother who continues to love AND SUPPORT her child who has gone "AWOL" and now lives in a way totally alien to how it was raised.
But, loving what used to be is a terrible excuse for owning up to the reality that your child has gone bad, and it needs to be accepted as the bad seed it has become. The Democratic party has devolved into a bad seed. What it's "parents" have done is make excuses for it, to the point that it is now ridiculous to the sane.
Patriots can only hope and pray that, given enough rope, it will hang itself.
Stan, your Post makes a strong case for Poll Testing. Any U.S. citizen over age 18 has the RIGHT to vote. They can vote however they wish, even write-in Mickey Mouse on their ballot. But it's utterly ignorant and irresponsible to vote for any candidate without knowing their positions and past voting record.
Sadly, many people including many gun owners, simply vote Straight Ticket Democrat in spite of how far left the Party has gone. Others, including several here, know exactly what the Democrat Party now stands for, and still support it. We can only conclude they place greater importance on things like gay and transgender rights, continuation of unfair Trade Policies, men in women's sports, higher taxes, elimination of fossil fuels, unfettered illegal immigration, Open Borders, Trillions of dollars of waste-fraud- and abuse, a massive Welfare State, a catch-and-release legal system (except for political enemies), etc.
It took my staunch Democrat parents a while to finally see this was not the same Democrat Party they once supported. But at least they had the brains to walk away when it no longer represented their interests. As a gun owner, my Dad was first to see there were no longer representing him or our founding principles, and also constantly attacking his Constitutional Gun Rights, but my mother soon followed. So it is just another big fat lie to say nobody ever changes their mind. See the successes of the WalkAway Movement, DemExit, TurningPointUSA, and other organized efforts that are successfully showing millions of blacks, latinos, christians, women, etc. that the Democrats are hurting them and our nation.
Unfortunately, the "bad seed" Democrat Party will continue to have substantial support and a lot of clout so long as they have a large voter base dependent upon Welfare benefits. They are beginning to see they alienated a significant part of the electorate, so they are pretending to modify their positions to get back in power. What we can do about it is to strongly push our elected Reps to enact strong Voter I.D. Laws, restrict most all mail-in-voting and unattended ballot drop boxes, and enhance security of voting machines and ballot counting. Democrat opposition to election security shows they need cheating to win.
And as gun owners, we should stop accepting the silly idea that fellow gun owners who support anti-gunners are "staunch 2nd Amendment supporters". They aren't.
