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Hepburn

(21,054 posts) Tue Apr 10, 2012, 12:24 PM Apr 2012

The older I get, the more liberal I become. How about you? [View all]

I used to hear all the time that as one ages, one becomes more conservative. I am now nearly 64 years old...and in the last 10 years find that I am truly a lefty leftist.

It's been just the opposite with me -- I never became more conservative as I aged. I have come to the point in my mid-60s where I do believe that I am as Democratic Socialist. I vote a straight Dem ticket and am a registered Democrat, but geeeeeeeeeeez, I feel like I am standing in left field looking at a party that is more conservative than I remember thinking about Eisenhower.

When I hear someone say that Obama is a liberal, I truly wonder what the heck gave him/her that idea. I'M A LIBERAL...and I sure am a ton farther to the left of Obama.

I am proud of being a liberal, a VERY LIBERAL liberal. How about you?

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The older I get, the more liberal I become. How about you? [View all] Hepburn Apr 2012 OP

In my youth, I was merely liberal. no_hypocrisy Apr 2012 #1

Now, that is a good explanation of where I feel like I am coming from. Hepburn Apr 2012 #2

For the win! mac56 Apr 2012 #3

At the ripe old age of 52..... Howler Apr 2012 #4

"I also seem to be getting too liberal for the existing Democratic party." CrispyQ Apr 2012 #57

Its so sad isnt it!!! Howler Apr 2012 #64

I'm there too! Greybnk48 Apr 2012 #5

Me too! I used to think of myself as conservative until I realized SharonAnn Apr 2012 #26

Same here at 61 duhneece Apr 2012 #6

I think I've become more conservative paulk Apr 2012 #7

The more conservative policy gets crammed down my throat, the more liberal/progressive I get. Old and In the Way Apr 2012 #8

I'm in the same boat! Of course these days one can just stand still and RKP5637 Apr 2012 #9

Same for me. hifiguy Apr 2012 #10

Was raised in moderate Dem house kctim Apr 2012 #11

You're still younger than the average Fox News viewer. onehandle Apr 2012 #12

I have definitely become more... Whiskeytide Apr 2012 #13

Multiple shifts FreeJoe Apr 2012 #14

I'm the same... Magoo48 Apr 2012 #15

I've resisted the categorization of American politics created by the media tularetom Apr 2012 #16

Absolutely. ananda Apr 2012 #17

I find that I'm a Progressive who's become impatient with centrist liberals and Bluedogs leveymg Apr 2012 #18

Same here, though I was born only in the 70's. Poll_Blind Apr 2012 #19

That's pretty much where I am. Lugnut Apr 2012 #20

Love the replies here, they give me a tiny bit of hope. Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #21

Count me in! blitzburgh55 Apr 2012 #22

As I age I found that I have become more cautios... wandy Apr 2012 #23

~lol CrispyQ Apr 2012 #58

The country has moved to the right felix_numinous Apr 2012 #24

I've become more cynical about establishment politics as I've aged. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2012 #25

At 70, my position would be a liberal, but in Eisenhower-Kennedy years, my same position was... dmosh42 Apr 2012 #27

Count me in! nt avebury Apr 2012 #28

Nah. lolita Apr 2012 #29

I went from ignorant conservative to far-left liberal in a very few short weeks 40 years ago.... Scuba Apr 2012 #30

Is being a liberal a choice or is this how you were made? AngryAmish Apr 2012 #31

As I grow older I get more experience that confirms what I thought when I was younger. Thus jwirr Apr 2012 #32

More steadfastly and confidently liberal, but less optimistic about the near-term prospects TahitiNut Apr 2012 #33

I'll be 64 in November HockeyMom Apr 2012 #34

Awesome post, HockeyMom! Kath1 Apr 2012 #66

Hey Scorpio! I'll be 64 on Nov. 9th! Greybnk48 Apr 2012 #80

I grew up in a home full of conservatives abelenkpe Apr 2012 #35

I'm not sure the spectrum just hasn't shifted under my feet. TheKentuckian Apr 2012 #36

Exactly. I may be slightly more Liberal. But our government is a *lot* more Rightist. n/t ieoeja Apr 2012 #46

I'm not sure if this counts, but... Jamaal510 Apr 2012 #37

I haven't changed much....... socialist_n_TN Apr 2012 #38

In my case, yes! Ron Obvious Apr 2012 #39

I was a Republican until it became asjr Apr 2012 #40

I was a right-wing jackass when I was 18 Papagoose Apr 2012 #41

been liberal cindyperry2010 Apr 2012 #42

I've become more Conservative. Doc_Technical Apr 2012 #43

I remain the same. But why I am liberal is much more clarified. MissMarple Apr 2012 #44

I've become more conservative as I have aged. Bette Noir Apr 2012 #45

where do you lean? LittleGirl Apr 2012 #47

I have always felt I was a social democrat. southernyankeebelle Apr 2012 #48

I would say what you said..perfect... movonne Apr 2012 #49

I find I'm the same everyone else has moved so far right nineteen50 Apr 2012 #50

I just turned 50 but have been moving leftward over the past half dozen years Populist_Prole Apr 2012 #51

Same here! Kath1 Apr 2012 #52

I voted for Jimmy Carter and measured my own political beliefs then as a little left of his. hunter Apr 2012 #53

As long as I can think, see and hear.... Chakaconcarne Apr 2012 #54

I was always a progressive/populist, but in the last 15 years... ColesCountyDem Apr 2012 #55

I have been pretty liberal since 1992, when I first became interested in politics. Jennicut Apr 2012 #56

You'll probably become more liberal. Kath1 Apr 2012 #61

I have been the same Democrat I have been for 35 years Dragonfli Apr 2012 #59

Yes, absolutely, BUT mojowork_n Apr 2012 #60

a president trying to pass Republican policies from circa 1992 is considered flaming leftest Johonny Apr 2012 #62

Oh hell yeah. I've moved from "radical liberal" to "totally gone beyond left" Zorra Apr 2012 #63

Good for you, Zorra! Kath1 Apr 2012 #65

But still not quite ready for "Comrade Zorra"......... socialist_n_TN Apr 2012 #71

lol! Actually, "Comrade Zorra" Zorra Apr 2012 #75

damn, can't remember where I read it (because I am getting old) rufus dog Apr 2012 #67

I thought I was liberal in my youth and then I got a lot older Irishonly Apr 2012 #68

I'm just a tad older than you, but I have walked the same path Stinky The Clown Apr 2012 #69

Oh yes XanaDUer Apr 2012 #70

Am I getting more liberal, or is the country around me getting more wing-nutty? n/t SpankMe Apr 2012 #72

Truly, sometimes I feel like Nixon would be raouldukelives Apr 2012 #76

If I grow more liberal when I age... Neoma Apr 2012 #73

Although my views change at the margins, I'm about as liberal as I was as a 19 year old. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2012 #74

Yup. The longer we live, the more we have a chance to learn. MineralMan Apr 2012 #77

Same here madokie Apr 2012 #78

What's crazy is that I used to consider myself a moderate liberal - but now I find out that jillan Apr 2012 #79