#WalkAway Campaign
By Phil Orenstein
A great awakening is occurring now unprecedented in modern times. A mass exodus of newly awakened former liberal Americans are walking away from the Democrat Party.
I walked away after September 11, 2001. My family and I were lifelong liberal Democrats. I was a fervent world peace activist. My wife and I walked away and changed our voter registrations to Republican about 14 years ago after a few years of soul searching. In the aftermath of September 11, the mental fog lifted and I realized my true heart and soul was with America. I waved the flag proudly and my eyes welled up with tears when I heard Lee Greenwood’s song “God Bless the U.S.A.” But many of my liberal friends and family blamed America for the terrorist attacks on our nation, professing that America is racist, imperialistic, materialistic, selfish, and greedy, and we deserved the lessons of 9-11 in order to change our evil capitalistic ways. Feeling deserted and betrayed, we parted company and I went searching anxiously for new friends and new ideals. That was when I started reading David Horowitz FrontPage Magazine and attended meetings of the Queens Village Republican Club and the rest is history.
