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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:18 PM Original message |
What was your awakening? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. *you* used to be a republican???? |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. What prompted you to read those books though? |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. A liberal friend at my workplace turned me onto Howard Zinn... |
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mongo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. We homeshcooled our daughter |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. I know you're kidding using the word "subversive" but... |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. apparently this is the text at Drake...my bro and nephew ridiculed the cho |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Reading -- isn't that considered subversive now? |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Raised by depression era FDR Democrats |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Congratulations...eom |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. I was also a Republican |
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LiviaOlivia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. Funny thing, I 've changed religions but never political parties. |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. When i saw trickie dick waving good-bye, as a 10th grader!! |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. I used to be a republican |
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Paula Sims (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. The love of a good man. . . |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Ethics courses? no kidding |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. After the 1964 Presidential Campaign and Election. |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. Birth! |
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dddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-05 09:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
66. Not to mention the fact that you live in Massachusetts. |
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pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. Dude, Where's my Country |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. I am learning so much on this thread |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. I think our culture indoctrinates young people to be republicans.... |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. look into my eyes, Postman. You are getting very sleepy. |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 07:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
49. You're dead on |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 09:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
54. I think it's all about money postman |
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BlueStateGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 11:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
59. I was born a Democrat into a family of Democrats. My family have |
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Ariana Celeste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. Highschool, made friends with |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. White southern ministers preaching |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
18. Reagan's election |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. My earliest memories |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. Matters not where you come from |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. I've never been a Republican. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. A Century Of Proud Democrats |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. Born and Raised |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. I too Was a republican |
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mongo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. Haven't voted for a 'pub since Reagan in '80 |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. The red god chan chandler ditto heads |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. You did a courageous turn-around |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 09:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Your welcome |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
31. The murder of Lee Harvey Oswald in the Dallas jailhouse garage. |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 06:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. That and seeing the Viet Cong spy shot on Cronkite ,shaped my view of the |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
33. Reading the feminist blogs out there has been a real eye-opener |
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TexasLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. mine was being politically dead, and then |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. What is this? The Republicans Anonymous Thread nt |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 08:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. It's useful to know what turned people around... |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-05 08:11 AM Response to Reply #51 |
61. I would call it "enlightenment" not "defections".... |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
37. Michael Moore |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
38. Between the time Bill Clinton won the election and was sworn in, |
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LiberallyInclined (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
39. i've always been a liberal- |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. When I heard another Bush was running |
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tyedyeto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
42. Raised by Repugs, but was never one. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
43. It's funny |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
44. My family |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
45. Always been a liberal |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
46. Long process |
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La Coliniere (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
47. Never really had an awakening but a major reawakening. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
48. Mine came in phases |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
53. I was raised a Liberal and a Democrat. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. Born liberal in '59. Know all the good anti-war songs of the 60's. n/t |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
56. I'm from some other planet. |
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corbett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
57. I Voted For Bush In 1988 And Perot In 1992 |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
58. hmmm.. several |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-05 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
60. Age five. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-05 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
62. Marine boot camp. Summer 1961. |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-05 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
63. Nonwestern Politics -- Dr. Nassar, 1994 |
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rabbit2484 (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-05 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
64. "Shock and Awe" |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-05 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
65. I have always been a Democrat |
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