What is the political make up of your family?

[liberalmuse]

11. Split.

My mom's side are all diehard liberals - very well informed and actively working in the Democratic Party. They know their stuff. My mom was a very difficult person - very diehard fundie, and voted for Bush twice, but the torture thing was the beginning of her opening her eyes - all that stuff my sister and I told her over many years came rushing through after that. It was hard for her being an Obama supporter and being a fundie, but she managed it. She ended up helping to campaign for Obama, and loved him and defended him literally with her last breath, and it was so hard for her to breathe towards the end.

My dad's side are mostly Republican. A couple are rabid right wingers. One of my cousins is well known, and you can find his stuff all over the net. My favorite cousin, who is gay, was disowned by his dad, not because he was gay, but because he came out as a Democrat, LOL. I really like my uncle, but his political emails bashing Obama got to be too much, and I coudn't find a way to respond in a way that wouldn't anger him, so i stopped responding. My other gay cousin appears to be a Ron Paul supporter - I don't get that. Last time I saw my female cousin was when I stayed with her in San Francisco back in 2001. I was there to protest Bush vs. Gore. I've heard since then she went a bit nuts and is now married to a millionaire. They bury their guns in the back yard (without even wrapping them) now because they're afraid Obama is going to take them away. Her kids are more liberal, but it's just weird to see her go right wing because she was never the political sort, and if you told me she'd ever own a gun, I'd be shocked, but she does have some mental illness.

I'm not so sure about my aunt - too afraid to ask. My aunt and uncle divorced as soon as the last kid was out of the house. Oddly enough, she ended up marrying a guy who used to be in my church - a once staunch Mormon. It was one of those odd coincidences. I had a crush on his son when I was a teen. Now he's sort of family, LOL. Nice guy, and a great family. He's no longer active, but his kids are uber Mormon still.