What a great story! We are the same age. I was born into a democrat house, in fact my dad was a union steward his entire career. Sadly, at 80, he’s still a staunch dem and believes the media. So guess who he is voting for? Wish I could laugh about that. God love dad. Don’t know how I became a conservative, probably around the time of Reagan.
Thank you!!
Yes, my first hero was JFK (I was born on his 43rd birthday on May 29, 1960).
I, too, come from a democrat family. My father passed in 2000 at age 85. He was a dairy farmer but not very political. My mother passed in 2012. She was born in Baltimore and always told me politics was “dirty.”
My only remaining family are my late brother’s children, my niece and nephew. Neither is political.
I voted for Reagan both times and never thought our country would ever find itself in an even more dire crisis, demanding strong leadership than the days of Jimmy Carter and the Iranian hostages. Recently, I had a few fleeting nostalgic moments about Carter (God, help me). At least, he imposed a moratorium on admitting Iranians. Then, I quickly regain my senses and remember how weak we were with him at the helm. It’s also disgraceful how he sides with the Palestinians over Israel. He attended the Naval Academy in Annapolis and yet espouses no national pride.
I gather some Arab interests rescued his peanut farm and he owes them somehow.
These days, I try to engage all with whose paths I cross in the stakes of the election. I do my level best to impress upon them that Mr. Trump represents our last hope to retain sovereignty, constitutional liberties and restore traditional American values.
I do encounter resistance. There are those two areas of conversation that are quite dicey: Politics and Religion.
I used to consider myself a moderate to conservative democrat—but the donkeys are far too radically left for me now.