09-04-2008, 12:56 PM
I'm with racer and billb. We both tend to vote our consciences, we're not 'party above all' people (we actually have functional brains and think independently of the herds). It's been a lot of fun explaining reality to my 20 year old daughter, who had drunk much of the youthful koolaid from fringe groups so common to colleges.
I think my conversations with her have worked- she's become very articulate and insistent on facts when it comes to political discourse. I overheard her talking to one of her friends about politics, and she was saying things like 'and exactly where is your proof of that theory' a lot. It's a grand thing when your child learns to reason with her brain instead of her emotions.
I think my conversations with her have worked- she's become very articulate and insistent on facts when it comes to political discourse. I overheard her talking to one of her friends about politics, and she was saying things like 'and exactly where is your proof of that theory' a lot. It's a grand thing when your child learns to reason with her brain instead of her emotions.