I come from a pretty conservative family(my parents are actually libertatians now but were once pretty big supporters of the Republican party). All of my Grandparents were Republicans too. My sister and brother are both Republicans and, in my opinion, far more conservative than me((that's right, in my family, I am the liberal
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Now I am not just a conservative/republican due to my family. I operate a small business, own a heavily taxed home, and my best friend is a refugee from communist Cuba. I graduated from a very liberal college(Portland State) and saw all the crazy predictions my liberal proffesors made in the late 80s never come true. Right after college I listened to a lot of talk radio because I was driving a truck for a living.....no, not Rush or any right wingers. The station I listened to the most was KGO(San Francisco) because of its great signal for long distances........yes, Bernie Ward has a lot more to do with who I am now than Rush or Sean.
Than there was 1992. When Clinton won the White House things were really weird for me. I was so use to being a defender of the President(be it Bush or Reagan) that it was difficult for me to switch and become a critic.....it didn't take long though for me to figure out that defending was actually harder than being a critic. The Clinton years were actually kinda easy, debate wise that is