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In reply to the discussion: Were your parents (or guardians) Democrats? [View all]Aristus
(66,527 posts)39. My mother is an unreconstructed Kennedy-style liberal.
Even at age 80, she's strongly pro-LGBTQ rights and supports a woman's right to choose.
My Dad was a political weathervane. He supported whatever ideology was in the prevailing wind. I think at heart he was a soft right-winger who knew he was too smart to believe their bullshit. After a hard turn to the right after 9/11, he switched back after the War in Iraq turned out to be a disaster. He cast his last Presidential Election vote in 2008 for Barack Obama before his death the next year.
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Pretty sure my Mom was a "closeted Democrat" at least at the polls behind the curtain.
hlthe2b
Aug 2021
#5
Same with me ... when they were younger they were Republicans because their perception was
Hugh_Lebowski
Aug 2021
#22
I put other because they'd go back and forth from Kennedy to Nixon to Carter to
JoanofArgh
Aug 2021
#10
Communists, for awhile. My parents were first gen Americans, born 1919 & 1922.
Martin Eden
Aug 2021
#23
Hard to know about my dad, but my mother's experiences & ethos shaped me profoundly...
Hekate
Aug 2021
#29
My parents were Democrats. I was the closest to Republican in the family 😂
In It to Win It
Aug 2021
#38
My Dad was a liberal Republican who actually voted for Bill Clinton and changed his party
Demsrule86
Aug 2021
#42