I was with ya brother till you mentioned 'The Cubs'.
Park Ridge is actually pretty conservative. Went for Bush in 00 and 04 and Dole in 96, HW Bush in 92 and 88 etc.
What's truly scary is I have found out that my brother was babysat by Hillary a couple of times when he was a small baby over her christmas vacation from college. No wonder he is a little odd.
My mom actually knew her parents and said they were nice people.
Right now if I look to the left of my computer on my wall is a copy of a framed thank you note for all the work done on his presidential campaign to my mom and my grandparents from one Ronald Wilson Reagan.
We're such Reaganites in my family that I seriously considered the middle name Reagan for my daughter but my beloved aunt passed away right before her birth and I decided to name her after her instead.
By the way I'm a relative newby. Is there a standard way here of referring to George HW Bush and George W Bush to make it clear which one you are referring to?
Still kicking myself over just missing meeting them in 1998. Was in Houston and went to see Cubs vs. Astros. Friend worked for the Astros and took me down to the box they had been in with their wives. They had just left.