But I am glad you are seeing the light.  With age comes wisdom... alway remember the agenda of people trying to convince you of their view point, always question what is being treated as absolute, always follow the money (as someone who worked in law enforcement a number of years... the same is true in politics) as to who is benefiting be the policies, and always form your own opinion.  Even in the dem camp, we don't agree with each other 100%, but there is so much more we have in common that can be remedied.

Welcome!  (sorry for the mini lecture!)