[SamFromSC]

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?!

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... =)

[Mudboy Slim]

"...the latest edition of my Michael Moore newsletter..."

My gawd, you are defintely warped...LOL!!

Takes all kinds, I reckon, but I sure am glad those who think like you are outta power!!

MUD

[P8riot]

Of course, I reply to each of those jokes with the latest edition of my Michael Moore newsletter

I guess one good joke deserves another.

[sultan88]

"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."

What's your view on Robert Byrd's association with the KKK?