Well, you picked one heck of a good GOPer to support. So, yer from a family of Pubbies and you had to be a "renegade", eh? They must just shake their heads when you start spewing yer Pro-Socialism rant...LOL!!
So it wasn't a bad upbringing that led you astray...what was it that got yer mind so skewed to the Left?! Was it a way to pick up girls or what?!
LOL...MUD
Yeah, sure. Chicks dig Birkenstocks. </sarcasm>
I grew up in the backwaters of East Texas -- verrry conservative part of the state -- and my mom and dad were both dyed-in-the-wool Republicans. There was also a lot of Klan activity in the town, and to make a long story short, when I compared the constant harassment my black and Hispanic friends received on a daily basis, with my family's indifference to same, then I think that was the genesis of my "commie liberal" thinking. It didn't really reach intellectual maturity until my college days, however, and I got my own critical thinking skills and paid more attention to current events.
I've mentioned being Democratic a few times, but politics generally isn't discussed in my family for other reasons. As a matter of fact, I still get Hillary jokes emailed from my aunt occassionaly. Of course, I reply to each of those jokes with the latest edition of my Michael Moore newsletter... =)