I remember well my first vote. It was 1972, in Decorah, Iowa. I voted for Nixon for president, and he won the greatest landslide in American presidential history. My, how politics in America have changed.Most noticeable is the outrageous pattern of high government officials calling us names. Yes, we the people, who pay for that very government, are called “deplorables” or “ultra MAGA extremists.”Oh, and I’ve heard another one from the Democrats — “Christian nationalists.” Labeling like that doesn’t serve any purpose; and in that case, it couldn’t be further from the truth. It simply amounts to propaganda.We were ridiculed ...