A “Former Gay Democrat; Now A Gay Tea Party Republican”

I have blamed the decimation of gay men dying of AIDS on Reagan, Bush, Cheney, Rove and Gingrich.  I have dutifully voted Democratic in almost every election since John F. Kennedy.  I have called for a “French Revolution” in America and preached the socialist gospel of European superiority to anybody who would listen.  But I have changed!

What brought about this change?  In one word:  Obama !!!

His taxpayer bailouts of the incompetent rich contradicted his beautiful rhetoric of condemning the rich when he campaigned for President.  His health-care reform is a farce and does not control costs for any age-group. His star has faded,. His luster is diminished, just as millions of people have lost their homes and their employment.  He blames Bush, but unemployment used to be almost half of what it is in today’s Obama-world.

He has left us so deeply in debt that China, our primary creditor, is almost certain to become the world’s most powerful economy.  Even crumbling socialist Europe is telling Obama he is going in the wrong direction.

He implores us to vote for Democrats;  and if we don’t, there will be no funding for AIDS.  Yet Bush spent of millions on AIDS, as did Reagan and Gingrich.

I no longer believe Gay propaganda,Gay editorial writers or the Gay blagosphere.

I am tired of being expected blindly to follow a Democratic Party that usurps my Gayness to raise millions, only to raise my taxes and to promote bogus fear of Republicans to extort even more money from my friends and me.

The Human Right Committee, one of the nation’s largest gay political action groups, always wants more money from Gay activists to repeal, “Don’t Ask; Don’t Tell”, the military policy that does not allow open homosexuality.  And, of course, they urge all Gays to vote Democratic.

Frankly, “Don’t Ask; Don’t Tell” actually works.  The military leaves your private bedroom behavior alone and discreet, patriotic Gays can focus on serving their country.  If some Gays want to get thrown out of the military by forcing their Gayness in their commander’s face, then obviously they don’t have the bearing to be in the military.

During this campaign season, I have attended numerous GOP and “Gay” GOP events.  None of the Republican candidates or GOP activists treated me like an alien.  All of them welcomed my patriotism and my gayness. Now I realize how much  “so-called progressive gay activists” lie and exaggerate about right-wing homophobia.

I am fed-up with being told that because I am Gay, I must vote Democratic! Otherwise, I will hate myself.  I am tired of Gay left-wing demagoguery in the Gay blogs and publications.

In 2008, over one out of three Gay voters voted for John McCain in an otherwise dismal year for the GOP. They must have been on to something.  I can only hope, for my country and for my unemployed friends and family, that even more Gays  will vote Republican in November.

A faithful reader,
Peter Ryskewecz
Retired Public School Teacher
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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