Almost a convert

My political transformation occurred, in large part, because the Democrats began embracing positions that have always been alien to my political and social belief system. That is, I didn’t leave the Democrats, they left me. It looks as if the liberals are working on alienating yet another demographic, although at least one person isn’t quite ready to make the leap to the right. Matt Prebluda is a Marin County smoker who is finding draconian anti-smoking regulations hard to accept. However, for him, they’re the tip of the iceberg:

“It’s ridiculous,” Prebluda said. “You know, it’s funny. When I lived here, I was about as left-wing as a person can be. But that whole politically correct lefty scene turned me off. I’d switch to the other side, except that the other side scares me more.”

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