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In reply to the discussion: When and how did you figure out that American Conservatism was a scam? [View all]2naSalit
(86,586 posts)that there was something else. Both my parents, a pair of schizophrenic types, were both conservatives though one was Democratic Party and the other not... we were military. I was born during Eisenhower's first term but recall Nixon as the first Republican president I was aware of. At that point I was fully aware, in my early teens and getting tear gassed in the north eastern cities of the US.
I think I figured it out when Johnson was in office, I was able to vote shortly after the voting age changed to 18 and I have never voted for a Republican for president though I have voted for Republicans in other offices in the past... it's been many elections ago since that happened. Things became ever more clear when I was getting my master's in polisci, just as W got selected.