My mother and father were lifelong Democrats — don’t believe either of them ever voted non-Democrat. They came of age during the Depression, and were convinced that FDR save the country.
One of my brothers is a LIEberal — he went to MIT and got corrupted; he is unrescuable. My other brother and I are Very Conservative.
Both of my children are conservative, but it doesn’t do much good; they live in Kali-Fornia. I have 5 nieces and nephews; three are conservative and two are LIEberal.
My Southren cousins are Conservative and my Yankee cousins are LIEberal. Must be the water.
I hope to be able to tell my LIEberal family members “see, I told you not to vote for that sonofabitch!” one day.
My parents grew up in the depression too. Italian immigrant families. My father to this day is still a democrat. But I can’t understand why. He is vehemently against welfare, pro-family, and proudly American. I remember during the Carter administration the cognitive dissonance he was going through. Seeing the flag being burnt in Teheran, the failed rescue, the giving away of the Panama canal. Yet he could not vote for Reagan.