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Who was/is the biggest influence on your political views?
I came of age politically during the Carter/early Reagan administrations. And while my mother was a strict conservative, the biggest influence on me was James Earl Carter Jr. Carter was and still is a clown.
Overlord
My dad. He raised me to be a conservative Republican, but he never prevented me from studying other paths and following them. He encouraged me, and frequently debated with me to help me hone my own ideas and ability to defend them. Nowadays I'm the one convincing him to follow certain pathsBut I wouldn't be half the person I am without him.
"Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most — that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least."
- Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926), five-time Socialist Party candidate for U.S. President
resister (10-20-2017)
Overlord
Outside of family and friends though, I'd have to say Theodore Roosevelt.
"Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most — that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least."
- Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926), five-time Socialist Party candidate for U.S. President
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I don't really get inspired by people, it's just not who I am. My parents were kinda causal republicans for a while, and then kinda casually Democrats without ever putting any effort into it.
I was pretty apolitical until my middle 20s, and it was seeing the shambles other countries had made themselves often through inept government that made me who I am today politically.
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My parents until I became an adult. Now I am stuck with me for better or worse. It is interesting seeing my kids political paths take shape.
" I'm old-fashioned. I like two sexes! And another thing, all of a sudden I don't like being married to what is known as a 'new woman'. I want a wife, not a competitor. Competitor! Competitor!" - Spencer Tracy in 'Adam's Rib' (1949)
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Green Arrow (10-20-2017)
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Me. Observation is the basis of my political opinions. I observe what I see around me, decide what should be addressed , and figure out what way would best address it. I guess I am in the Anecdotal Party of One.
Peter1469 (10-21-2017)
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