How ironic that just the other day was basking in how wonderful my 11 year old son turned out to be and my thoughts turned to the AGS episode, “Opie the Birdman.” I know it’s just TV, but just that episode taught me and showed me what fatherhood is and can be.
He might have been a liberal, but The AGS show certainly wasn’t. It was true family values, true American values, and it was a reflection of Andy Griffith’s values.
I agree 100%. The Andy Griffith Show and the cast were upstanding role models for a lot of kids, myself included, regardless of his political leanings in his older years. If he was a liberal it never came out in the show. If anything, I consider he was a Southern Democrat. They tend to be a little naive. The entire theme was about right and wrong and innocence. It’s a shame that we don’t have television shows like that now that promote family values.
A lot of the Democrats here were “born Democrats” that will vote Democrat forever simply because they were born Democrats. Most are very nice conservative people with conservative values but will still vote for the wrong party no matter what. It makes me want to bang my head on the wall at times.