My Mom would probably suggest that my politics have influenced her views more nowadays
And I would agree with that. I mostly tried to avoid talking about politics although I probably have every book ever written about Watergate. I started listening to Dennis Prager when driving to work and Larry Elder coming home and found I agreed with both of them. And then you started talking about being a Libertarian. I always felt you were throwing your vote away.
As you know I grew up in a liberal household. One brother is liberal to the extreme, a sister and her husband are also "democrats" no matter what, another brother is center right but really apolitical and another sister shares my beliefs. Both of my sisters are very religious but don't agree politically.
Awhile back when Geoff and Smithee were in town for mph's funeral, Geoff was loading up the barrels to take on my brother and brother-in-law (we just happened to be having a small family reunion at the same time), when Smithee noticed and changed the subject. Always wondered what that brawl might have looked like. As an example of what it might have been, my brother has made the statement: "I believe everything the NYT prints."
Growing up, we were very aware of Hitler and WWII because the father of a very good friend (to this day) who lived across the street, was a colonel in the army and brought back many war trophies - Nazi flags, uniforms, guns, swords, cat of nine tails, etc. I never had the impression that Hitler was "to the right." The colonel was a hard-core Republican and let everyone know it. |
