Who is Gary the Ex-Donkey?
I was born and raised a Democrat. Over time, I began to feel more and more like an outsider within that party. I got married, had kids and started looking at the world differently. Liberalism continued to make less and less sense to me as I began to question things that I always accepted at face value.

If you really want to know the whole sordid tale (and you have lots of time) I have it all written out in a 10-part narrative that I wrote back when I started this site. Here are the links to these posts (each post contains links to the other ones):
The Story So Far (Part I)
The Story So Far (Part II)
The Story So Far (Part III)
The Story So Far (Part IV)
The Story So Far (Part V)
The Story So Far (Part VI)
The Story So Far (Part VII)
The Story So Far (Part VIII)
The Story So Far (Part IX)
The Story So Far (Part X)

Today, I'm a Married White Male with three sons, a mortgage and a pet rabbit living in as "Blue" a part of the country as you can get - New England. I am an American first, a proud Conservative second and a Republican third. I try to abstain from drinking the party Kool-Aid and I have varying opinions on a number of issues. One thing I sincerly believe in is the danger that the Left in this country poses to our Constitutional freedoms and our national security.

Why do you still look like a donkey, then?
It'd look kinda funny to be an elephant called "Ex-Donkey" wouldn't it? Actually, someone who didn't know me all that well would look at me - a guy living in New England, one of the "Bluest" parts of the country - and just assume I vote Democrat. So to most people I know or meet, I still look like a "donk".

Are you on some kind of anti-Democrat jihad or something?
No, but I think it's important to emphasize the sad state of the Democrat party, point out where the Left is it wrong and have a little fun at their expense. If in doing so, I can help convince other reasonable people with similar experiences to unplug themselves from the Democrat matrix I figure that's a bonus.

What is this site rated?
PG. For mild profanity and crude potty humor.

I notice you're not all politics around here.
Politics 24/7 will drive you crazy. I'd say my posts are about 50% political, 40% cultural and 10% personal. My last New Year's resolution was to expand that last category. I like to balance this site with fun. Plus, I try not to take myself too seriously.

Note: On September 1, 2005 I switched over from Blogsnot to MuNu. All of my archives were migrated over to the new server. But prior to 9/1/05, very few of my posts were assigned a category. If there is a topic or an issue of interest, I recommend doing a search (located in the left sidebar). Also, some of the photos and graphics uploaded to Blogger don't always load properly. So if you are searching the archives prior to 9/1/05 you may have to reload (refresh browser) of try again later to see whatever photo is included.

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