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Kennah

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91. My parents are Yellow Dog Democrats

Sat Oct 20, 2012, 03:21 AM

Oct 2012

I think teenage rebellion may have helped push me into the GOP for a number of years. They were always very matter of fact about their views and why they held them.

They weren't political junkies, and they weren't wrapped around every issue. I wouldn't even be able to call them far left, just left of center.

One recurring question they would ask was, "How can you vote Republican? You don't have enough money to be one."

As I look back, scratching my head, wondering, I ask, "How the fuck did I miss that most basic point?"

Sorry Mom and Dad. I shoulda listened to you sooner.

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Do You and Your Parents Vote The Same or Totally Different?? [View all] mim89 Oct 2012 OP

The same. Horse with no Name Oct 2012 #1

Total opposites auburngrad82 Oct 2012 #2

My dad is a Navy vet, worth a few million dollars cherish44 Oct 2012 #3

Usually the same gollygee Oct 2012 #4

My parents would have been Teabaggers. yellerpup Oct 2012 #5

My Dad has passed, but SAME! get the red out Oct 2012 #6

The same Broken_Hero Oct 2012 #7

Nice. I heard the term "corporate terrorist" on Thom Hartmann today and I thought that was perfect. LittlestStar Oct 2012 #79

Usually the same. vi5 Oct 2012 #8

Totally different. But I don't argue - they live in a blue state, so there's no point! reformist2 Oct 2012 #9

Both Cairycat Oct 2012 #10

split jorno67 Oct 2012 #11

Ugh mine too but she's not even religious, just paranoid! nt LittlestStar Oct 2012 #81

Our whole family votes Democratic. hamsterjill Oct 2012 #12

Iowa Democrats here abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #13

Same. LisaL Oct 2012 #14

Parents were different Xyzse Oct 2012 #15

Same ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2012 #16

same, different reasons Johonny Oct 2012 #17

very well put. barbtries Oct 2012 #66

Completely different. Zoeisright Oct 2012 #18

My mom and I vote the same but cabot Oct 2012 #19

Usually the same. geardaddy Oct 2012 #20

Opposite until Obama, then Mom registered D after 50+ years as an R. Her last vote. nt Mnemosyne Oct 2012 #21

Mixed bag... a la izquierda Oct 2012 #22

Usually different... BeeBee Oct 2012 #23

my entire family votes Republican, siblings and all KSstellarcat Oct 2012 #24

lifelong dem here and so were my parents shanti Oct 2012 #25

I come from a long proud line of Dems. EasyGirl Oct 2012 #26

My mom thinks Rush Limbaugh is god. Nuf said. nt Speck Tater Oct 2012 #27

Opposite. SalviaBlue Oct 2012 #28

My parents are no longer with us... regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #29

My parents were union members and vote democratic - TBF Oct 2012 #30

Mom was a lifelong Democrat (I think) and Dad became a Democrat around 1964 k8conant Oct 2012 #31

Totally Opposite... Dread Pirate Roberts Oct 2012 #32

I guess it all depends... LP2K12 Oct 2012 #33

My parents, though immigrants from Holland, were staunch Republicans. BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #34

Currently usually different laundry_queen Oct 2012 #35

My parents have always been Dems. They have gotten more liberal as they've gotten older WhollyHeretic Oct 2012 #36

Differently - and my Dad lives in OHIO. maxsolomon Oct 2012 #37

I'm in SW Ohio Carly Oct 2012 #42

So do I, so that's why I am not really trying to change his mind maxsolomon Oct 2012 #52

The same. Mad_Dem_X Oct 2012 #38

Same Dawson Leery Oct 2012 #39

Both mine are racists who watch Fox 24/7. dangerdoll Oct 2012 #40

Sort of Carly Oct 2012 #41

Same PD Turk Oct 2012 #43

this year dad seems to be for Rmoney while mom is for Obama treestar Oct 2012 #44

If it weren't for the abortion issue... caraher Oct 2012 #47

It really is treestar Oct 2012 #82

"Rs will do nothing about it, it's too useful a wedge issue" WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2012 #93

Indeed caraher Oct 2012 #100

Grew up in a Union household Go Vols Oct 2012 #45

Mostly opposite caraher Oct 2012 #46

The one thing my parents and I agree on BigDemVoter Oct 2012 #48

Parents are dead but I'm the white sheep of the family. I can barely log onto FB any more. nolabear Oct 2012 #49

Thanks mim89 Oct 2012 #50

My divorced parents will probably vote opposite of each other as they have done in other elections Nikia Oct 2012 #51

the same but i didn't know until the clinton re-relection. eom ellenfl Oct 2012 #53

My parents are Dems and so am I sakabatou Oct 2012 #54

My mother and father had been divorced a long time RebelOne Oct 2012 #55

My mother started me out campaigning for Gene McCarthy... brooklynite Oct 2012 #56

I'll start with myself Risen Demon Oct 2012 #57

I'm the only Democrat in an immediate family of 10! sucks! flyguyjake Oct 2012 #58

Mom sometimes voted Democratic but kept it to herself. ohheckyeah Oct 2012 #59

My dad was (by today's standards) a radically Liberal ex-Marine; Mom, Religious Conservative. ieoeja Oct 2012 #60

My mother was a registered Republican and a closet socialist Warpy Oct 2012 #61

My parents are deceased. Blue_In_AK Oct 2012 #62

Our parents raised us right and educated B Calm Oct 2012 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author hack89 Oct 2012 #64

my parents have been dead a long time. barbtries Oct 2012 #65

Dad: I'm polar opposite. Mom was apolitical; don't know if she ever voted. She was moderate I think. Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #67

Pretty much the same etherealtruth Oct 2012 #68

When they were alive? No. They were Eisenhower Republicans and voted for Nixon. Cleita Oct 2012 #69

My parents voted for JFK & LBJ LeftInTX Oct 2012 #70

Parents are dead Spirochete Oct 2012 #71

Both My parents AsahinaKimi Oct 2012 #72

Same, but we never discussed anything political when I was growing up ecstatic Oct 2012 #73

The Same AnnieBW Oct 2012 #74

My parents are both dead but my mom was a democrat. craigmatic Oct 2012 #75

My parents were Republicans. CBHagman Oct 2012 #76

Same krawhitham Oct 2012 #77

Dad was a Dem. Mom turned r/w nut job after he passed away. He was the logical/science/data type LittlestStar Oct 2012 #78

My mom votes Democrat and my dad doesn't vote at all IVoteDFL Oct 2012 #80

I always wondered what it's like to have somebody in the family who's a Republican. Jamaal510 Oct 2012 #83

The same. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #84

Mom = straight democratic, Dad is more of a moderate Initech Oct 2012 #85

vote. mmeetkaur3 Oct 2012 #86

Same, thank God. ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #87

My father has always voted Conservative u4ic Oct 2012 #88

100% opposite donheld Oct 2012 #89

Both dead now but they voted for Stevenson burrowowl Oct 2012 #90

My parents are Yellow Dog Democrats Kennah Oct 2012 #91

Same WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2012 #92

Mine are both gone now but we voted the same, always. nt Raine Oct 2012 #94

I'm the only Dem in my immediate family Michigan Alum Oct 2012 #95

Opposite, but then I've changed as well Populist_Prole Oct 2012 #96

I'm not sure how liberal my mother is anymore, kentauros Oct 2012 #97

Okay, I've got sort of a parent group, and they're all in NH. yewberry Oct 2012 #98

Mine Are In Chicago...They vote early and often... KharmaTrain Oct 2012 #99

We used to vote opposite. Popcorn 51 Oct 2012 #101

Both my parents are Dems. Odin2005 Oct 2012 #102

At my folks, there is a signed, framed picture of JFK right next to the signed handwritten letter Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #103

Lost my mom last year OkieGranny Oct 2012 #104