text: Here is a direct answer. From a Republican that can truthfully say she was a Democrat for over 20 years . \n\nHelping the needy --- I do it all the time and don't parade my politics or say look what I'm doing for them.\nBeing taxed  -- it sucks , I don't make 35thou a year but I am doubled taxed for being self-employed.\nAbortion - don't care for it as a means of birth control otherwise it is a private matter. \nImmigration is a great thing it made this country diverse \nIllegal immigration is wrong - get in line like a law biding person and wait your turn. \nAffirmative action - hard to say, I was a woman in a man's Navy and other than resentment it never helped. Everyone is equal to me . \nMiddle Easterners-  have many friends of various decent and yes some are from the Middle East. \nAtheist & non-christians- Not my place to judge. My one grandmother is an atheist and my husband is angnostic and I have my Muslim friends others I don't ask their religion as that isn't my business. \n\nSo sorry but none of that pisses me off.  People who try to sterotype and put barriers between people do .