What is the political leaning of your relatives

[NoAmericanTaliban]

you may encounter during the holiday season. I've seen a number of blogs about right wing relatives that make us boil underneath.

[derby378]

1. You really need one more option

Right wing, but we manage to get along regardless

[Penndems]

4. Yep - agree

Dad: Republican, but not right-wing. Didn't vote for The Village Idiot in '00 or '04; supports John McCain.

Two brothers: Bush groupies.

Two other brothers: Moderate Democrats.

Mother: Moderate Democrat.

Stepmother: Independent.

Sisters: One moderate Dem, one apolitical.

Hubby and I: Moderate Dems.

All of my in-laws are liberal-to-moderate Democrats.



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[Raine]

8. Yup

my relatives are TOTAL Bush suck-ups but politics is never discussed by them or by my Democratic father, brother and myself.

[bahrbearian]

2. My brother is very proud of the Picture he has in his Office

showing him shaking hands with "41"

[Az]

3. Um, where's mainly left wing with a few mollified righties?

Both sides of my fam (mine and my fiances) are majority left leaning with a few right wingers that have learned to keep quiet or we will "discuss" things with them.

[Warpy]

7. Or mostly left wing with a couple of disowned righties?

That describes my cousins.

[TechBear_Seattle]

5. I like polls

Actually, my family is in the moderate range of liberal. None of the choices seemed to fit.

[Double T]

6. super hardcore RW neocons that believe bush walks on water..........

and does ONLY good. It is enough to make ME lose my appetite.

[TahitiNut]

9. Other: Like liberal oatmeal with lumps.

The majority are liberal, ranging from somewhat apolitical muddled-in-the-road liberals to well-informed and staunch liberals, sprinkled with rock-hard, dense, egotistical conservatives.

[Tyo]

10. Part of a dying breed

Moderate Republicans (who have been voting Democratic lately)

[Aristus]

11. My side of the family is great. My mother, brother and sister are all

unshakably liberal. My father has been a left-leaning moderate for most of his years, but is drifting to the right as he enters his dotage.

My wife's side of the family are all a bunch of Bush-worshippin', gun-totin', Gawd-Blayess-Murkka reich-wingers. My wife is by far the most progressive of the bunch and even she is pretty far to the right. Gotta love her, though. I didn't marry her for her politics. B-)

[Annces]

12. basically non-political

and if anyone wants an opinion, they ask the faux prince and princess yuppie couple in the family what they should think.

[Broken_Hero]

13. 50/50

my father in law is conservative with his social views, aka gay marriage, abortion, death penalty...but he is liberal when it comes to social programs, aka welfare, health care, things of that nature.

My wife and I are making leaps/bounds with his thoughts on gay marriage, but his dp stance his solid. His abortion views are...hard to determine, I think he struggles with it, from day to day...

My mother in law, is a lot more liberal/democratic...her main issue is Gay marriage as well, but she is starting to change drastically. Her views fall in line with the democratic party almost to a tee, and she is a devout christian, as well as her husband.

The rest of the family is left, or lefty left...with my wife's side...although, there are some RW kickers on her extended side in Oklahoma...

My side of the family...mom and pop, straight libs...my moms only hang up, is the abortion issue, my fathers only issue is the uniouns...my grandma, and aunt are both Dems, and both of their hang ups are abortion too.

In all, my family/married family is rather blue....

[distantearlywarning]

14. Libertarians on both sides.

My parents and my in-laws. The biggest thing we all have in common is that we all think Bush is a total asshat and needs to be thrown into the sea along with all his "peering-into-everyone's-bedroom" fundie friends.

[ToeBot]

15. Mormon Democrats, ie Republican's pretending to be Dem's so Utah at least looks like a democracy. nt

[MazeRat7]

16. Other: They are now *cough... "Independents".... *cough....

Both sides made it well known they were republicans for years. But the last couple of times we've spoken the point was made that they are really "independents" and have actually voted for several democrats in the past. I guess they mean Kennedy because I don't think there were old enough to vote for Truman. :rofl:

MZr7

[NoAmericanTaliban]

21. Interesting how many new Libertarians and Independents

there are now that people are starting to realize that * has no clothes on. Make sure you remind them of their past voting record. Even though the elephant is the GOP's symbol the repukes sure do have a short memory.

[NaturalHigh]

17. We're pretty much conservative Democrats.

We have some disagreements, but not enough that we get mad at one another.

The main exception is my wife. Other than abortion, she's pretty far to the left.

[Buck Rabbit]

18. Other, my family are all Commies, in-laws are all fascists

[Patsy Stone]

19. One strange RW uncle no one understands,

and the rest are bluer than blue.

[Trajan]

20. We have a mix ...

The 'No Political Talk' rule is in effect during the holidays ....

We enjoy our time there .... Nuff said ...

[cobalt1999]

22. All over the map

Some left wing, some right depending on the issue, so we have lots of cross overs and shifting alliances during discussions. For example, the same person you spent arguing against on a topic like abortion is your ally on the environment. Makes for a fun time and everyone is pretty respectful and light hearted about it.