Do You and Your Parents Vote The Same or Totally Different??

[Carly]

41. Sort of

My mom and I have very similar views. She voted for the first time in 2008 and it was for Obama. She will be voting for him again. One thing that sets us apart is she will vote for Republicans on a local/state level. She supports Sherrod Brown (THANK GOD- I would disown her if she liked Josh Mandel) but she also likes a local congressman who I think sucks. Oh well. She thinks Romney has NO IDEA what life is like for us "normal" folk and she can't ever imagine voting for him.

My dad. Oh where do I begin. He WAS a Democrat. Vietnam Vet, Union worker for years, and LOVED the Clinton's. I started to see racist things come out of him when Obama was first elected. He must have hidden his awful views for years because I had no idea he was like that. He couldn't believe I didn't like Sarah Palin because she was a MOM! Like ME! Now? We are no longer speaking. Over the summer he sent me an email telling me how stupid I was for supporting Obama, I must not care about my kid's futures, blah, blah, blah. My son is disabled and receives Medicaid and SS and he told me to get off my lazy ass and support him myself instead of making taxpayers like HIM pay for him. Keep in mind my husband works close to 60 hours a week and the both of us are FAR from lazy. The funny thing is my dad is no longer working and gets SSA and Medicare but his situation is okay. Mine is not. Anyway, last I talked to him he thought Romney was amazing and would has the potential to totally turn this country. I didn't care too much because he wasn't even registered to vote but I have since checked our local BOE website and see that he has registered. I know he will be voting for Romney. Yay.