My parents are life long Democrats, while 2 of my brothers and I are Republicans. I went to visit them last week and they had there sample ballets laying on the table. They had early voted due to a conflict on Nov. 8th. I noticed that they had voted for Trump. I asked about it and they had voted completely Republican. So that tells me that even lifelong Democrats can get smarter.
They are a lot like me in that they are fiscally conservative but moderate to liberal on social issues. We should have voted Libertarian, but could not waste the vote on Johnson.
Originally Posted by hermanhaspender
I am pushing 70, so I might be in the same age group as your parents.
I too am fiscally conservative and moderate to liberal socially.
I work hard for my money and want to keep as much of it as possible.
I believe people who work should live better than those that are able but won't.
I believe that left unchecked, Government will continually suppress the
Population to a breaking point. Our Constitution, especially The Bill of Rights, is the closest thing we have to a sacred document, and should defended at all cost.
I believe that what two adults do in a consenting relationship is nobodies
business but their own.
I believe that marriage is in reality a legal contract between two people, and if
two people wish to enter into that legal contract knowing the legal commitment involved, they should be allowed to.
I believe the "war on drugs" is a failure. There has to be a better way.
I believe we need to stop sending our young men and women off to wars to fight other people's fights.
Where I do disagree with the liberal social mindset is abortion. The fact is, we
use abortion as birth controle, since by the government's own statistics, 98 percent of all abortions are considered convienience abortions.
While I am not a religious person, there is something inherently wrong with that.