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A former liberal traces his conversion into what he terms a "free-thinking conservative," charging leading figures from the political left with favoring anti-Bush stances over actual democratic causes, in an account that cites events in recent history that prompted his change in party affiliation.
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A baby-boomer father, outdoorsman, and northern California writer, Thompson spent decades considering himself a "liberal" and opposing "conservatives"...until he had to confess that racism, sexism, and oppression he deplored had taken root in the modern-day left. In this memoir, Thompson admits to the many occasions before the liberation of Iraq when he - and probably many other people like him - felt ashamed of the left...but stood by silently rather than criticize it.
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