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72. Yes, I used to be rethug/conservative. Glad to say I'm not now

Wed Feb 29, 2012, 03:08 AM

Feb 2012

I was never a hard line conservative and despite a Christian upbringing my politics were always secular. Back then, the whole neocon bill of goods made sense, since I was too young to judge it against anything else I've actually seen and lived. It was cool ( or so I thought then ) to be a Tom Clancy reading, flag waving, rugged individualist USA! USA! dittohead. Somewhere around the early 90's I began to see what bullshit it all was, though Bill Clinton's corporatism and rabid support for globalism sure didn't help.

Oh well, what does it all matter just how: The point is, I've arrived.

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How many people here on DU were once rethugs/conservatives? [View all] Hugabear Feb 2012 OP

My wife used to think I would turn conservative as I got older. onehandle Feb 2012 #1

Never. notadmblnd Feb 2012 #2

I was an Independent for 30 years HockeyMom Feb 2012 #3

I'm Spartacus Rittermeister Feb 2012 #4

sort of dipped a toe in rurallib Feb 2012 #5

I was never a "rethug" Control-Z Feb 2012 #6

I had a photo of Nixon on my bedroom wall. bluedigger Feb 2012 #7

The proudest pictures on the walls of my parent's house were JFK, MLK and Jesus. nt bluestate10 Feb 2012 #85

Kinda Sorta zipplewrath Feb 2012 #8

My background was somewhat different. arbusto_baboso Feb 2012 #9

have you thanked and given her a big hug?? a kennedy Feb 2012 #15

Been doing that a lot lately. arbusto_baboso Feb 2012 #19

You can see why repugs don't want you to go movonne Feb 2012 #34

I used to think I was a libertarian, but grew out of that around 23 snooper2 Feb 2012 #10

Fell off that bus back in 98. Zalatix Feb 2012 #73

I'm an ex-fundie. Initech Feb 2012 #11

I never liked Ike. rug Feb 2012 #12

Never. I have always been on the left since RebelOne Feb 2012 #13

Your folks must have been liberals Dokkie Feb 2012 #29

I was President of our high school's Young Republican in 1983 and 1984 LanternWaste Feb 2012 #14

Never was ... Trajan Feb 2012 #16

I was pretty moderate in high school/college Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #17

How did your family handle your conversion? Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #18

I just try to avoid talking politics with them Hugabear Feb 2012 #21

Never have been and never wanted to associate with a party that is anti-worker Major Nikon Feb 2012 #20

I grew up in a military family Hugabear Feb 2012 #23

I was in the military and still didn't feel that way Major Nikon Feb 2012 #26

Never and it's my dear departed Mum-Mum's fault Avalux Feb 2012 #22

Not really in US terms dmallind Feb 2012 #24

I started off as a red diaper baby Marxist and moved left from there. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #25

+1 Hugabear Feb 2012 #27

No, but I used to be moderate Democrat and am now a fringe, pony demanding, extreme leftist TheKentuckian Feb 2012 #28

Never! hamsterjill Feb 2012 #30

I may have been, if so, I was brainwashed, born and raised in TX, StopTheNeoCons Feb 2012 #31

my parents migrated from the segregated south to los angeles noiretextatique Feb 2012 #32

and this is EXACTLY what Santorum is afraid of n/t Sheepshank Feb 2012 #33

Started out as a Democrat trixie Feb 2012 #35

What does DSA stand for? I used to go to SDS meetings left on green only Feb 2012 #66

Democratic Socialists of America trixie Feb 2012 #76

I was a progressive Republican in 1968 grantcart Feb 2012 #36

I decided I was a Republican in about the 9th grade....seriously DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2012 #37

Oy- I was a Randian Objectivist in College. w8liftinglady Feb 2012 #38

Amazing how much the "real world" can open your eyes - n/t Hugabear Feb 2012 #45

I was raised up around alot of republicans. I was nonpolitical until the 2000 election and have been craigmatic Feb 2012 #39

I changed over mid 80s cayanne Feb 2012 #40

No; I became politically aware at the time of Thatcher's rise to power and I always HATED her LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #41

That parallels my experiences with Reagan. Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #62

When I was 18, I registered as a Republican. chrisa Feb 2012 #42

Voted for Jimmy Carter in '80 at 18 Go Vols Feb 2012 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #44

I was never a republican... Iggo Feb 2012 #46

Me too! Same scenario. Low info Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2012 #71

NEVER.. AsahinaKimi Feb 2012 #47

Never. My parents were Democrats, and I went left from there. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2012 #48

That's my story etherealtruth Feb 2012 #51

Yep mine too.......... socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #86

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Do you really want answers to your questions? Hell Hath No Fury Feb 2012 #50

Thank you for saying it......., left on green only Feb 2012 #79

You are replying to a 2 post troll. Rex Feb 2012 #82

Yup, I know -- Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2012 #88

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yea, you wil get kicked out quinnox Feb 2012 #55

Not to mention they can't spell for shit............ socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #87

Never was I Republican. But my mother was/is one and my father was a die hard Dem. vaberella Feb 2012 #53

Out of my 37 years of voting marlakay Feb 2012 #54

NEVER!!!!! BigDemVoter Feb 2012 #56

not i barbtries Feb 2012 #57

I was a conservative/republican til I was a junior in high school, 17 years old The Genealogist Feb 2012 #58

I grew up in rural Indiana, where most people were Republicans DefenseLawyer Feb 2012 #59

In 1984 my parents were still (very moderate) Republicans Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #60

Didn't think that my OP would also serve as flypaper Hugabear Feb 2012 #61

Not me. Solly Mack Feb 2012 #63

Ackety! Never! lonestarnot Feb 2012 #64

I voted for Nixon in 1972 liberaltrucker Feb 2012 #65

I was never a conservative republican, but I find I move left more and more each day. aaaaaa5a Feb 2012 #67

Yes I was. I was raised a bible beater. donheld Feb 2012 #68

I grew up in a red town Johonny Feb 2012 #69

I've always considered myself a Democrat, Blue_In_AK Feb 2012 #70

Yes, I used to be rethug/conservative. Glad to say I'm not now Populist_Prole Feb 2012 #72

If you could pigeonhole me hyphenate Feb 2012 #74

I was, both my parents were moderate rethugs so that's how I registered. Raine Feb 2012 #75

I registered as a Republican at 18... a la izquierda Feb 2012 #77

Communist idealist Puzzledtraveller Feb 2012 #78

so, you were a communist idealist, right? newspeak Feb 2012 #81

I have been a Walter Reuther Labor Democrat since I was a kid and still am NNN0LHI Feb 2012 #80

My family are all Republicans Shankapotomus Feb 2012 #83

I was raised in a democratic family and have been a lifelong moderate democrat. nt bluestate10 Feb 2012 #84

Pro-UNION FDR Democrat since birth. bvar22 Mar 2012 #89

Never was R.Blue Mar 2012 #90

Never one of those but registered rethug in Iowa so we could influence local officials who all ran jwirr Mar 2012 #91