Cinnamon Stillwell voted for Ralph Nader in 2000 then voted for George W. Bush in 2004. The reason for his change in political views, 9/11. The liberal columnist become a 9/11 Republican.
The Making Of A 9/11 Republican
So I became what's now commonly known as a "9/11 Republican." Living in a time of war, disenchanted with the left and disappointed with the obstructionism and lack of vision of the Democratic Party, I threw in my hat with the only party that seemed to be offering solutions, rather than simply tearing away at our country. I went from voting for Ralph Nader in 2000 to proudly casting my ballot for George W. Bush in 2004.
Cinnamon Stillwell turning point from a liberal to a conservative was `left's hypocrisy when it came to the war on terrorism'.
But more than anything, it was the left's hypocrisy when it came to the war on terrorism that made me turn rightward after 9/11. I remember, back in my liberal days, being fiercely opposed to the Taliban and its brutal treatment of women. Even then, I felt that Afghanistan should immediately be liberated, as Malcolm X once said in another context, by any means necessary. But when it came time, it turned out that the left was mostly opposed to such liberation, whether of the Afghan people or of the Iraqis (especially if America and a Republican president were at the helm).
Cinnamon Stillwell has truly became a George W. Bush Republican. In the paragraph above Cinnamon Stillwell give us the latest example of the conservative movement trying to re-write history. Conservatives claimed President Franklin Roosevelt supports "private accounts". An other conservative proclaim President Kennedy is a conservative and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a Republican.
Now, Cinnamon Stillwell is telling us the Democratic Party does not support the war in Afghanistan.
The Democratic Party supports the war in Afghanistan and women rights in American and across the world. The Republican Party only use rhetoric of women rights and democracy when they fail to kill Osama Bin Laden and find weapons of mass destruction.
It is the right's hypocrisy on the war on terror and every other issue made me a 9/11 Democrat.
Cinnamon Stillwell and the conservative movement can continue to lie about 9/11 and their failures. The true history of the events after 9/11 will be written one day and it will be the conservatives in power, media, and Republican party will be proven as the Hypocrites of their day.
Are you a 9/11 Republican?