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Abandoned all redeeming qualities upon retirement and took up writing. Judge, lawyer 40 years. When you wonder whether I'm kidding, assume I am. JD Law, BS Biology. Science doesn't lie. I search obituaries under "T" every day. DM=BLOCK

33 yrs ago, Hillary pursued a subsidized healthcare plan and conservatives called it "socialized medicine." My dad, a very conservative 3rd generation MD, said government healthcare would be better than letting "big business" take it over. I was shocked to hear that from him. He was right as rain.

To better understand the out-of-the-blue "communism" slur, senior evangelists associate communism with banishment of Christianity. That was the common understanding when they were younger, and they will never budge from it. To them, democrats are conduits to communism.