I am a Democrat

[Duppers]

34. Bravo!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I would like to ask folks why they are Democrats. Because they grew up in a liberal thanking household? Or if they grew up in a conservative household, why did they change?

I grew up in a red state; my parents are Republicans, as were their parents, as were their parents. Most of them, not all, were backward rednecks. My parents were at least adamant that their children go to college. Ah, but then two of us got "ideas" not just some education. We realize that the Republican Party did not promote either economic or social justice nor did its leadership make rational decisions to help most people. Republicans protect and defend corporations -- the military industrial complex that, ironically, Republican Dwight D Eisenhower warned about. I became a Democrat because of concepts and ideas. So, whenever I find someone vaulting those ideas to a higher plane, I am drawn to them.