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The Ingredients that Make Up a Democrat

I can’t figure out what ingredient inhabits a rabid, America-hating leftist. What is the recipe?

Joan Swirsky | April 22, 2026

My daughter Karen became enthralled with the Food Network decades ago, but it took me until the past few years to be equally hooked.

Although I usually don’t like competitions, because most competitors on Iron Chef America or Guy Fieri’s Diners, Drive-ins and Dives or Beat Bobby Flay, et al. are so equally talented that it actually hurts when one sumptuous dish wins out over another mouthwatering entry.  But this is what gets ratings.  Oh, well.

Among the things that attracts me to these programs are

The interesting “characters” who chose to create appetizing food as their life’s work — most of them tattooed from head to toe, and one of them with blue hair!

The almost impossible challenges the hosts “cook” up.

The impressive credentials of not only the contestants, but also the judges, many who have been awarded the prestigious James Beard Award, written multiple best-selling cookbooks, and run several high-end restaurants of their own both here in America and abroad.

But what rivets me the most are the ingredients!

Who would think of combining mango with feta cheese, of adding lavender to a salad, of throwing a chili pepper into bolognese sauce, of mixing pound cake squares into a fruit compote, or black garlic into pasta?  You’ve gotta love it!

It must be why I’m so intrigued by the ingredients that make up our body politic.

For instance, I can’t figure out what ingredient inhabits an aggressive capitalist who runs a thriving company or a successful medical practice or a promising startup, but votes for Democrat candidates, almost all of whom detest capitalism!  It is necessary to mention, however, that many of those candidates are proudly and unapologetically immensely wealthy........

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