Reply #11: By sitting at my family's kitchen table and listening to [View All]

[chieftain]

the conversations of my Mom,Dad Aunts and Uncles. They discussed local politics with as much fervor as they did national elections. I learned of the goat and rabbit factions of Kansas City electoral wars. As an Irish Catholic, I learned about how Al Smith was unable to overcome religious prejudice but John Kennedy was triumphant. Over that table, my Dad and I fought about the Vietnam War and became estranged on politics foe years before reconciling. Politics has been in my blood from the beginning and I am proud to say my wife and I have made politics a central point of discussion around our kitchen table. Our son has the type of grounding in issues that I was lucky enough to have.