A "Rights of Man" Conservative
It started with Thomas Paine. In "Common Sense," he described a progression from a society to a government, and that made sense. It started as required reading, but I wound up buying a book of his wo…
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A Bronx, Italian Conservative
My views on politics were shaped by my values. I was taught to respect life. The willingness of liberals to destroy life, (abortion) is something I can never align with. I am also a student of histor…
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Square Deal Conservative
Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal philosophy laid a ground work for an idea of unity and fairness in my mind when it came to politics. Later on I came to love more some factors of this philosophy and …
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Why I Became a Political Liberal (I Have Trouble Following Directions)
History is the primary influence for me. Liberalism built this country, indeed all of modern Western Civilization. I am influenced by the Constitution and by the men who wrote it. I've always been in…
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My Conservative Story
I took a strong interest in history, and I concluded that the conservative principles have taken this country into the right direction, while the liberal policies (despite being from good intention) …
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A Broke Liberal Turns Conservative
In 1972 I wrote a term paper for my government class stating that the modern view of Left (Dem) and Right (Rep) were both on the same end of the political spectrum. Next to Monarchism. From there we …
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Taking America Back
As I matured, I felt a sense of urgency about politics & I needed to be proactive. I became an ultra-conservative & I volunteered for the RNC. I was saved in 2000 & my political beliefs softened. Tho…
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A Liberal Turned Republican
I Became aware of the liberal views, Of a party that I had faith in and became discouraged. With the ever changing mind set of being politically correct, on issues that you may not believe in ,And th…
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Limited Government, Unlimited Opportunities
By the time I was of voting age, I was married to an enlisted man in the military and was the mother of two. We were poor by any standard. We did not look to Social Services to provide that which we …
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The Bloom of a Reagan Republican
After serving 4 years in the A.F. from '64 to '68 I began to notice a change in the Democratic party especially in the period after the civil rights movement and the end of our involvement in Viet Na…
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