http://www.sentinelnews.com/articles/2004/12/28/news/news03.txt
"I, along with so many other conservative Democrats in Kentucky, have found it virtually impossible to wholeheartedly support candidates whose policies do not reflect what I grew up with and learned at a young age," [County Attorney] Hickman said. Then he quoted President Ronald Reagan's line explaining why he abandoned the Democratic Party in the 1960s. "I did not leave my party, it left me."
Hickman said he disagrees with the national party on its support of abortion - especially partial birth abortion - its support of gun control legislation and its opposition to extending President George W. Bush's tax cuts beyond next year.
"I, along with so many other conservative Democrats in Kentucky, have found it virtually impossible to wholeheartedly support candidates whose policies do not reflect what I grew up with and learned at a young age," [County Attorney] Hickman said. Then he quoted President Ronald Reagan's line explaining why he abandoned the Democratic Party in the 1960s. "I did not leave my party, it left me."
Hickman said he disagrees with the national party on its support of abortion - especially partial birth abortion - its support of gun control legislation and its opposition to extending President George W. Bush's tax cuts beyond next year.
