Do you practice the same politics as your parents?

[PartyPooper]

I don't. One parent is a Republican. The other was an independent.

I take after my mother's more liberal roots.

What about you?

:evilgrin:

[medeak]

1. help

my folks are liberals but husband and inlaws are extreme right wing conservatives (husband lied to me saying he was registered dem)

Election years are fierce....have spent two nights in motel so far this year.

[NightTrain]

6. Your husband LIED to you that he was a Democrat?!

Can you say, "grounds for divorce?"

[Pachamama]

9. Sure hope he didn't lie about anything else....I told my husband that if

...he was a Republican or voted for Bush, I'd divorce him....he thought I was kidding - I wasn't kidding...

[medeak]

12. totally!

think it's grounds for divorce...but after 27 years...motel rooms are best respite.

[Pachamama]

27. Yeah, no sex works too, but then I bum out....

No need to punish myself, eh? :evilgrin:

[Rhiannon12866]

55. Welcome to DU, medeak!

And my sympathies. I couldn't have stood it. At least you will find kindred spirits here!:hi:

[Guy Fawkes]

2. Other: I am WAY more liberal

Of course, I am *far* left...

[Djinn]

15. Me too

My folks are life long lefties but I've got further left as Ive got older and have probably "overtaken" them now.

[NightTrain]

3. My mother was apolitical, my father was a conservative Democrat.

And I'm so damned far to the left, "liberal" would barely describe my politics!

[roguevalley]

58. My father's family is intensely leftish leftists. My grandpa was a

socialist in Canada- 'Fair Deal Dairy' was the name of his farm there. Raised five socialist sons including my father. All of them are die hard with a capital D dems and die-hard unionists but one. (He worked for Bechtel before quitting cause they are so "damned corrupt and evil and rotten!!!!)

Of course, we all are too. :) Lefties, that is. ;)

My mom says that she is a liberal to anyone who asks and my father too. They aren't ashamed and neither am I. I owe it to them.

My family is intensely dem and leftish, my parents both are die hard dems and lefties. My father, a 77 year old WWII vet is pro-labor, pro-gays, pro-women, pro-do the right thing, damnit.

My mom too. They hate the way this country is and are ardent in saying their piece to anyone stupid enough to bring up politics. My aunt Ginia is a FDR Dem in Bly, Oregon and has voted dem since the fourties. This in a red part of Oregon.

I am proud of them all. I am so damned lucky.

[Syrinx]

4. it's like this

My parents were never particularly political. But since I've been old enough to be politically aware (probably since 1984 or so), I've done my bit to make them moreso.

My dad died a couple years ago, but he was convinced Bush was an evil person. And the first time I went to see Fahrenheit 9/11, I escorted my mom. And she loved that movie. She laughed and cried. I hope she's spreading the word to her friends -- and I think she is.

[Fenris]

5. My parents are center-left, I'm more of a socialist.

We don't argue about politics though.

[flamingyouth]

25. Both of my parents are very liberal

I love talking politics with them. They are well-off but come from the school of thought that those who have should give, and they practice it every day. I have great parents, I'm really lucky.

[kitkatrose]

44. We must have the same family.

Except my dad is moving to the conservo side. He's admitted to voting republican a couple of times.

[OnionPatch]

7. Dad was a big Right-Winger

who reminded me of Archie Bunker but meaner. Mom was an apolitical Republican early in their marriage but I witnessed them disagree over civil rights in the 60's. She went more and more left and now, at 70, is one of the most liberal people I know. (And smartest, I might add.) By the way, they divorced long ago.

[Semi_subversive]

8. I'm so lucky

Both my folks, ages 75 and 72, are proud liberals. I discovered this when one of my repube friends made some right wing comments and my pop told him he was too stupid to debate with. Sure shut him the hell up.

[izzie]

10. Well I seem to be mixed up. As the GOP is not the same party

I believe in many of the things my parents did and they were really Republicans. Maine was a GOP state but the party is not the same any more.On taxes, my parents wanted them lower but the rate was very high in those days.

[Pachamama]

11. Dad is an extreme Right-winger - Mom is Green...

Any surprise that they are divorced? Oh yeah - Mom left Dad when I was 4 for another woman....so, I guess when "My Moms" raised me and my two siblings, we were raised by liberals which I guess explains how I turned out....but, unlike what Sen. Rick Santorum would think, my siblings and I are all "straight" despite being raised by Lesbians and we are all married to members of the opposite sex (not box turtles) and have kids....and drive station wagons...

Note: Dad may still be a right-wing nut job, but I love him...we just don't talk about politics much - but even he hates Bu$h, because he atleast is "true" to his beliefs of being a Reagan Republican and thinks the attack on civil liberties, invasion of privacy (think Patriot Act), taking away of State's rights, Booming Deficit and spending are Un-Republican....therefore, Dad's voting LIBERTARIAN! Yeah!

[medeak]

13. wow

what a history there...have to admit hubby right wing nut job is not voting for Bush...so progress made there at least.

[Pachamama]

20. Yeah...interesting story eh? Good news that your rw hubby isn't voting

for Dimwit....there's hope then....

Yeah, I have an "interesting" upbringing....definitely not your classic Ozzie and Harriet....but that's okay, because it was a great upbringing....I had two Moms, a Dad I loved and they all taught us kids to grow-up and marry the "person" we loved and who was our best friend....which is what we all did....We are all happily married "straight" with kids and living in suburbia....if any of us had been gay, we could have come out of the closet safely without fear of judgement...but as it is, we aren't and hey, we turned out just fine despite what the "Family Council" and Orrin Hatch and Rick Santorum and gang would have everyone believing is going to happen to the "destruction of the American Family"....

[Swamp Rat]

21. That's because Santorum is a log cabin repug.

Oi Pachamama! :hi:

[Pachamama]

23. Oi Swamp'R! Poor Santorum....he longingly lusts after his fellow Repuke

Senators and doesn't know how to deal with it....

:hi:

[sasquatch]

14. My mom is a die hard Republican, Dad is damn near a fascist

I take after both sets of Grandparents and I'm a die hard Democrat.

[Wapsie B]

16. Mom used to be a moderate repub

Dad would make a John Bircher look like a commie.

[Union Thug]

17. My father was a radical unionist...

...and so am I. Mom provided her support, as well.

[LSU_Subversive]

18. There really isn't a category that I fit in

Both of my parents are democrats, but they rarely vote or discuss political issues. In fact, until about a year ago I just assumed my mother was a republican because she's so conservative in almost every way. I wouldn't classify either of them as liberal.

[Swamp Rat]

19. We're a happy liberal family... I mean VERY liberal.

Most folks at DU are conservative compared to us.

[Pachamama]

22. Your family super liberal? Who'd have thunk it? :)

Oi Swamp'R! Get your term paper in okay today? Get any sleep?


Check out my post #11 above....a little interesting fact about my background, eh? It's my coming out on the DU....

[Swamp Rat]

28. Seems pretty normal to me, but I guess that has to do with growing up

here in New Orleans in a family full of artists, writers, musicians, professors, and in a neighborhood/city with the same kind folks. The only city that compares is SF.

[Cybergata]

46. You haven't been to Santa Fe...

it is a very small version of San Fransisco and New Orleans...also more Hispanic than either. I grew up knowing so many adults that were gay, that I just never could understand all the "to-do" & craziness from people who are all uptight about homosexuality.

:hippie:

[Swamp Rat]

49. My mother is from Alamogordo and I have family all over Southern NM...

just not Santa Fe, the one place in NM I've never been to that I'd like to visit. My family in Chaparral, though I love them, are mullet sportin' rednecks that work on their Harleys all day long, listening to Rush Limpballs and complaining about commie-pinko libruls like their cousin from New Orleans. They actually have photos of John Wayne, Elvis, and Reagan on the walls...

[Cybergata]

62. Southern New Mexico is a whole different country than the...

rest of New Mexico. There was a lot of ranching in the area, but it might be the influence of our neighbor Texas. We New Mexicans can always find a way to blame Texans for anything. ;-)

But there also has been some fascinating groups that moved into the area. There were two alternative communities made up of African Americans. I believe one of them was made up of freed slave. These communities have blended into the community nearby towns since. I've always been fascinated with alternative communities, and wish I knew more about these two communities.

Northern New Mexico is the area where most of the earliest Spanish/Mexican settlers made their homes. The Pueblo Indians also live between Albuquerque the Colorado border. Everyone is more liberal in the North.

Santa Fe & Taos have a long history of artists, writers and counter cultures living there. These are the perfect people for liberalism. There was a time when most of the Hispanics were Republican, but the Great Depression changed that. The New Deal programs helped a lot of Hispanics. My father was one of them.

:hippie:

[Fleshdancer]

26. I want a super liberal family story

tell us tell us! Protests? interesting holidays? Your family sounds great so far so don't skip on the details :)

[Swamp Rat]

31. Oh yes. Protests, Mardi Gras, Day of Decadence, Gay Pride, Jazz Fest

I've been marching in political parades/protests since the Vietnam War. ALL the women in my family are artists (my mother is becoming famous with her fantastic paintings of Madonna, Michael Jackson, and political personalities - that transforms them into insects), and my brother and I are musicians, though we grew up painting and making pottery as well. My father was a professor of sociology, and now he sings with the symphony and writes, and continues his lifelong passion with photography and commiserating with Native Americans.

I consider my family normal (at least I can pass for "normal"), but most might consider us eccentric. Tomorrow night I will participate in a Vodou ceremony that will ask for protection from hurricanes... If I continue, it will become even more esoteric.

[Cybergata]

47. Oh....I want to be a member of your family!

Who want to be normal anyway! Normal can be so boring!

:hippie:

[Swamp Rat]

51. You might already be a distant cousin. My mother's family were ranchers

in NM since mid to late 1800s, mainly in the South: WT Sands area, Alamogordo, Las Cruces, etc.

[Fleshdancer]

24. both my parents were/are liberal

My father spent 20 years in the military, did 3 tours of Vietnam and voted Democratic. He was a patriot and took crap from no one. He passed away in 2000 and while I miss him, I'm glad he was spared the misery of watching his only son fight in a war I know he would have disagreed with. He was a good, strong, gentle, intelligent man. I miss the hell out of him.

My mom...well she kicks ass. She went into the Army for the GI Bill and was the first person in her family to go to college. She has 3 degrees and is the most well-read person I've ever met. I never see her without a book close by. Putting up with sexist crap in the military in the 70's really sowed the seeds of feminism for her and it's no surprise that she named me after Gloria Steinem. :) She's one of my best friends.

[Cybergata]

48. I love your mother!

I'm an orphan these days, can she adopt me! ;-)

:hippie:

[starroute]

29. My parents were fairly leftish in the 1930's and 1940's

I guess that at the time they would have described themselves as being somewhere between left and far left -- my mom probably a little more radical than my dad. (She almost became a communist when she was 16 but gave up on the idea when they told her she'd have to get up early on Sunday mornings to sell The Daily Worker on streetcorners.)

They never got conservative, but they did get out of touch once voting for Norman Thomas was no longer an option. By the time I became politically aware c. 1960, they were pretty much mainstream Democrats.

My mom died a few years ago. My dad is 89 and still has all his wits about him, but he doesn't get out much or associate with anybody aside from the other people in the retirement community. He was saying something on the phone today about finding out what CNN had to say about the 911 Commission report, so I told him that he'd never find any critical analysis there and he should get his news online the way I do. (He has WebTV, though he doesn't use it for much except email.) I sent him links for Truthout, Common Dreams, and Working for Change. I'll have to see what he makes of those.

[RoyGBiv]

30. Other, in a different way...

My mother is one of those liberals who doesn't realize she's a liberal because, I guess, she has this negative association with the word. So, she claims to be a conservative. When she does vote -- she never had until I turned 18 and basically forced her to register -- she votes for Democrats but doesn't like telling people about it. She's rather religious, and living in a fundie state, it's sometimes hard for religious-minded people to make friends that aren't wingnuts.

Get her to open up and talk, though, and she comes off as almost a radical on certain issues.

She and my grandmother (a yellow dog if ever there was one) influenced who I am politically, but I am farm more liberal than either. I pull my mom in my direction, actually.

Now, my father is just a puke through and through. Thankfully, he left the family when I was four to go spend time with his other wife and two other kids. Family values and all, you understand. Mom could handle herself, but his other wife needed his sturdy influence.

[pauliedangerously]

32. Liberal, intelligent, skeptical, outspoken parents...

I was brought up to question authority and go beyond conventional thinking. I was encouraged to gather many skills, both academic and technical, theory and hands-on.

Common sense dictates that just about everyone making less than $100,000 a year would be better off with a Democrat president. Any household making less than fifty thousand a year that votes Republican is seriously misinformed and just plain stupid. They are usually the ones who are Pro-life and are convinced that some old man build a huge boat that carried every living thing during a rain storm that lasted for over a month at over three hundred feet of rain per day about six thousand years ago, and that some other man was the offspring of the creator of the universe, and actually WAS the creator...that is JUST amazing....

These are people who think that the supernatural is something real...like professional wrestling, or those stupid "wonder spots." There is an alarming number of people who worry about the world coming to an end. Well here, let me spell it out for you: It isn't going to end any time soon, so think about how you can make your world better rather than trying to run away from it.

[guitar man]

33. Both Dems

Not as liberal as me, Dad's a retired Teamster, old school let's whip some scab ass on the picket line guy. Mom is a little more conservative than Dad. All in all, they are fairly politically hip for people in their 70's.

[SarahB]

34. Both registered Dems.

My dad is very left. My mom is more centrist.

[ChoralScholar]

35. I grew up in a Pro-Union Democratic Household

My father is a Yellow Dog Democrat and a Teamster. My mother, rest her soul, voted for Reagan.

But we're VERY left wing here at the ChoralScholar household.

[WindRavenX]

36. Both parents are liberal

My dad is a libertarian, mom a yellow dog democrat.
Me? I'm a yellow dog demo, but wicked liberal.

[politicat]

37. Other, totally. We're not even in the same ballpark.

When it comes to politics, I'm playing baseball while they're duking it out in the hockey arena.

Except for those weird places where we're in line.

Mom was raised Quaker and did the whole social peace and justice thing from about age 12 until she had my sister after me (so until about age 24). I remember going to ERA rallies in my stroller. She is mostly a pacifist.

My father is a S. Babtist of the drink and raise hell and hit church occasionally. He's also retired military, and they survived 17 years of a marriage, 13 of them in the service.

But after we moved to AZ, my mother started getting more conservative, and my father started getting just weird. He's now rather conspiracy minded (he was always somewhat paranoid, but this has stepped over that line) and my mother has backed off on feminism, on social justice and developed some incipient racism. Father was always racist.

Me? I'm so left it's painful. Probably because I saw the damage the right does firsthand in AZ - living in a small, conservative town, it's hard to watch your 15 year old, married, vastly pregnant friends drop out of HS and know that's the end for them and not think, "where's the pill? why didn't they drive to Phoenix for an abortion?"

As to whom they vote for and how, I've never asked. I know mom did nader trading with one of my sisters in 2000 and has said that she'd like to see 3rd parties on the ballot, but her best friend is a psycho-uber-libertarian who really thinks there's no point to government, so i'm kind of worried about what mom means.

Pcat

[jukes]

38. you forgot

N/A; mine are both dead; hence, no polistance.

they *were* both libs, but i'm leftier than they were.

[tigereye]

39. mom was raised as a Rep

gm was a Rep ward type who hated FDR. I had to watch the Rep convention in 68 with her. MOm is now very liberal and votes Dem. My dad was raised by ward- Dems and once voted for Nixon. Now he votes Dem as well. Parents are pretty liberal and thoughtful and my husb's parents were/are also fairly lib. Dems. Husb is even more liberal/left than me. Now our son rants about * when he is on TV. Don't think I could have married a Rep./RW.

[pink-o]

67. Off Topic...

Jukes, is that a picture of your kitty?

She looks just like my little Bombay, Miss Patty.

Back on topic...my mother stayed out of American politics for years, because she held onto her Canadian citizenship. She was always progressive but not very strident about it. A few years ago, the US govt allowed Canadians to keep their citizenship and also get dual American, so Mom went for it. Now that she can vote, she's waaaay more vocal about her leanings.

Me, I've always been a lefty, ever since I understood sociology. My house was a battlefield, because my father and I got into it on a nightly basis when I was growing up. All we had to do was turn on Cronkite, and the flame wars would begin!

My dad is 80 now and I'm just shy of 50--but neither of us has budged politically. It's been hell since Dim Son stole office; we skirt around politics when I go visit my parents. (but we end up arguing anyway--old family dynamics die hard.) I try to restrict my conversation to computers and sports with my dad, but I still seethe inwardly. The man is incredibly smart in an artistic and eclectic way--he wrote ad copy for years and was a marvel with pen and ink drawings. He despises overt displays of snobbery and thinks everyone deserves a fair chance and equal opportunity--yet he's totally knee-jerk about Affirmative Action and refuses to believe racism limits anyone from achieving their great American Dream. He's a WWII vet and loves the military, but won't admit how bad Rumsfeld is for the safety and morale of his beloved army.

So frustrating! But I haven't gotten thru to him since I first started trying as a teenager, methinks it's too late now.

[JohnKleeb]

40. yeah

My dad is pretty liberal and knows some of what is going on through me and my mom is as well and I saw F-9/11 with her folks who I'll mention below, and she's continuely amazed to see what bush and co are up to. My mom's dad is a sorta conservative dem, hes a little conservative on social issues, but pretty liberal economically, and sorta a dove on foreign policy, her mom is a liberal though she doesnt know that she is, and my dad's dad was a liberal democrat but he died before I was born so I dont know for sure, his mom was a pretty big democrat before she lost her memory and now is apolitical but before she did, she was quite proud of the letter she got from the Clintons thanking her for a lifetime of service to the party. My aunts and uncles are by and large dems.

[HEyHEY]

41. Nope - I'm liberal - they're Canadian Conservatives - barely

[GOPisEvil]

42. My dad's left of center on most things. Mom is a rabid liberal!

Although we might argue on some things, politics is not one of them. :D

[Screaming Lord Byron]

43. Both parents socialist, grandparents socialist, brother socialist

Great-aunt was a Communist councillor, bizarrely enough. Oh, and the wife's a Green.

[Cybergata]

45. I had pretty liberal parents for their time.

My parents were young during the Great Depression, so the struggles they had really made them liberal. Both parents were educators, who were well read. They are both my heroes. Of course I am a product of the growing up in the 60s, and ended up much more liberal than both. My mother sowed a lot of socialist seed in my psyche though.

Both my Grandfather and Father would come haunt me if I didn't vote for Democratic Party. ;-)

:hippie:

[MissMillie]

50. My mother and I think very much alike when it comes to politics

My dad keeps his opinions to himself. I'm pretty sure he's a bit more moderate than Mom & I.

[Philostopher]

52. My father's gone, but he was a Dem.

So is my mother. Both were more socially conservative than I wound up being, but they already were on the way there and raised us to believe generally liberal social principles. My dad used to complain that all the movies he wanted to see and all the books by authors he liked to read used the word 'fuck' so often, he had flashbacks from his hitch in the Navy back at the quieting end of World War II.

Not only that, but only my sister is more conservative than they were, and even she only votes for Dems when she does vote. She just doesn't vote in every election for everything from dogcatcher up like my brother and I do.

[2bfree]

53. My folks were yellow dog democrates!

Dad still is (Mom is dead), when Bush becomes a one-term-Bush like his Dad I will say, "if only Mom had lived long enough to see this!" She would have loved to see Bush out of office!

[LTR]

54. Dad is pretty far left, Mom likes the third party types

Dad was a big Kucinich fan, and my Mom voted for independents like John Anderson and Ross Perot. You could say she's moderate.

Her side of the family is fairly Republican. Dad's side bounces around. His father usually voted Dem, but claimed that he would never vote straight ticket. I'd best describe him as a JFK Democrat.

I have always mixed up my ballot a bit, voting for the occasional token Republican (there were times I did not like the Dem running or liked the Repug). Also some third-party folks.

This year, it's all Dem. No Pugs! Yes, Bush pissed me off that much.

[Rhiannon12866]

56. My parents are both Freepers,

but only my mother is a mean one. She curses out any Democrat that she even sees on television! She has said to me often that if my father were living, he "would be ashamed of me." Nice, huh? Needless to say, we don't get along at all well.:-(

On the other hand, my Dad may have supported and been friends with Republican candidates, but he liked and was nice to everyone, no matter what their political persuasion. I truly doubt that he would ever be ashamed of me, but my mother is an angry person and she seems to enjoy saying hurtful things to me.:-(

[Kat45]

57. I'm known as the "liberal" in the family.

And of course, the word 'liberal' is said in that tone of voice. My parents have always been unenrolled voters (independents), but they pretty much always vote republican (against their interests, of course), with the exception of the occasional Democrat who they know and like, and who is running for a local office.

[Martin Eden]

59. Actually, my parents were more radical left ...

... before I knew them. Let me clarify:

My parents grew up during the depression, and were part of the labor movement which included American communism at that time. My elderly aunt who lived with us when I was a child had been a district organizer for the Communist party. She was featured in a 1970's documentary titled Union Maids, which was nominated for an Academy Award, and she had a chapter in a book titled Rank and File.

However, everyone in my family disavowed communism in 1956 after Krushchev revealed the horrors of the Stalin regime. I was born in 1957. My parents realized that economic and social justice in America would not be attained by associating with the totalitarianism that corrpted socialist ideals.

Growing up, I knew none of this. I had a normal apolitical childhood. I remember my parents opposed Goldwater in '64, and they would not tolerate prejudice or racial slurs. In 1968 my 6th grade class voted for president; I was one of 2 who voted for Humphrey; 6 voted for Nixon; and 18 voted for Wallace. I'm from Chicago.

My current politics are not the result of political discussions with my parents or my aunt -- we had very little of that. It's more the result of a set of values which include respect for diversity, keeping an open mind, a sense of justice, and the desire to make America better.

My parents both passed away nearly 20 years ago. On one hand, I'd like to know what their reaction would be to the current state of affairs, but on the other hand I'm afraid it would break their hearts.

On second thought, they were made of sterner stuff than that -- they'd fight the good fight and pass the banner to the younger generation with confidence that the human spirit will always rise up against injustice and tyranny.

[tigereye]

60. I think folks from that era had to made of

pretty stern stuff.

[Cybergata]

63. ..and some of them also fought in WWII..

After all those years of struggling through the Great Depression, some ended up volunteering to fight in WWII, like my father. He was always very proud of his service, but the horrors of war haunted him all his life. I really admire that generation.


:hippie:

[Martin Eden]

69. My father served in the Pacific during WWII

Comparatively, Americans today have led pampered lives. The Great Depression is seen as ancient history, but it happened within the lifetime of many who are still among us. The point is that something like it (or worse) can happen again, and we do not have the fortitude possessed by the greatest generation.

Too many take for granted their prosperity and priveleges, and fail in their responsibilities to be informed citizens in charge of their own government.

I hate to say this, but I dread the future. If Bush is re-selected, do we deserve the fate that awaits us?

[Cybergata]

72. During the Reaganomics Years...

The signs of another depression were everywhere. Thank Buddha we still had some of the new deal programs in place to save us. Reaganomics was frightening.

I spent 8 years holding my breath in fear of a new depression. ( not literally of course) There were more people who found themselves homeless, and I had lots of students whose families lived out of their cars. I drove past a shelter that had a line to the soup kitchen that really jarred me. I had seen pictures of soup lines in the 40s, and this looked just too much like those photos.

I fear the same could happen if we keep Bush in office. It'll be worse now, since the Republican Congress is trying to rid the country of some of the laws and programs that were our safety net during the Reagan years.

:hippie:

[AlFrankenFan]

61. Similar to one parent...

out of the four I have. Two step, two biological. My mom is pretty liberal in her beliefs like I am, but unlike me she does not like to get politically active other than voting. My step-father is a conservative for Kerry (!) and my dad and step-mom are die hard Christian righty-tighties.

[nickgutierrez]

64. Other: apolitical parents, more or less

They voted for Clinton twice is all I really know about their politics. And my dad finally admitted I was right about the Iraq war a few months ago. :D

Of course, they somehow managed to raise a radical liberal, so who really knows?

[TrogL]

65. I thought they'd gone right-wing

Last election they posted a Liberal sign on their lawn.

Oh, well.

[mvd]

66. Generally yes

My grandfather is a Kucinich person like me, and my mom is also quite liberal. My mom sticks up for women's rights, as she should. My dad is more of a Clinton Democrat. But both my parents are very strong Democrats nonetheless.

[ikojo]

68. I don't know what party my dad belonged to...

My parents divorced when I was six and my dad died 21 years ago.

My mom is a democrat and will vote for Kerry.

[annonymous]

70. I'm an independant.

My Mom is a nominal democrat. She doesn't follow politics that closely, but tends to vote Democrat. My Dad is deceased but he was a conservative democrat.

[Bat Boy]

71. I practice the same politics...

They've perfected it!

My dad has been arrested a couple of times. I'm damn proud of him.

[scarlet_owl]

73. Both of my parents are liberals.

My father more so than my mother. She isn't exactly conservative, but she isn't very well informed.

[rbnyc]

74. My dad is an anarchist and my mom is a liberal democrat.

I think I'm more liberal than my mother, but probably less so than father since I actually believe in the rule of law.

;-)

[LiberalManiacfromOC]

75. my parents are moderates (in other words they don't care)

and I'm a "flaming liberal." Or at least that's what they call me.