Age and Political Views (illegal aliens, school, dictators, retired)

[PurpleLove08]

I want to thank all of you who replied, especially those of you who were honest enough to give your ages (or who I believe were honest....)



BTW, I'm a 19 year old proud Democratic Socialist.

I've always been on the liberal side and pretty much will always be liberal.

[gysmo]

voted for carter at the age of ten (grade school)
THEN REAGAN came along, A REAGAN CONSEVETIVE ever since.I was never able to vote for him because I was not yet a U.S.citizen and the fact that I was 14 when he ran the first time he won.

[th3vault]

Originally Posted by ozzie679

I haven't heard the words "rock ribbed" in a long time. Are you sure you're only 20?

Yep, I'm sure. Heard it in Lubbock once.

This article reminded me of it: Study Ranks America's Most Liberal and Conservative Cities

"Texas cements its reputation as Americas most rock-ribbed state"

[th3vault]

Originally Posted by Chatteress

What does rock ribbed mean?

It's an older term that I discovered in a newer article. Sounded like a good analogy for solid conservatism. By the amount of curious responses to the term looks like I was right.

It means committed to right wing conservative values, unwilling to compromise on issues. Solid and stand the line, I don't support moderate Republicans like McCain or that Dede in the upstate NY election.

In other words, I'm part of the GOP conservative base.

I used the term to separate myself from independent minded conservatives, moderate Republicans and libertarians.

[th3vault]

Originally Posted by diva360

Late 30s--voted Dukakis at 18, Dem ever since, though sometimes differently locally. I'd self-identify as liberal.

So what is rock-ribbed? I've lived in TX, and I never heard that.

Probably because you lived in Austin.

You'd have heard it in Lubbock...

[17th Street]

Mid 20s, socially liberal and more moderate on fiscal issues.

[Huckleberry3911948]

hey there is a thought. maybe i am not getting smarter just older.
but that should show up in other areas but it doesnt.

[Evenstar51]

I'm so old that I taught English to God. At 9 I saw JFK at a whistle stop during his campaign. I wrote to him, and he wrote me back. The text is not aligned on the paper, and the signature is ink, not a stamp. He gave an incredible speech at a dinner during his presidency on why he was proud to be a liberal. Also, I found that liberalism fit with what I'd been learning in Sunday School. I'll quote the speech but hope that posters will take the time to actually read it in its entirety.

[quote] I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, in human liberty as the source of national action, in the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas. It is, I believe, the faith in our fellow citizens as individuals and as people that lies at the heart of the liberal faith. For liberalism is not so much a party creed or set of fixed platform promises as it is an attitude of mind and heart, a faith in man's ability through the experiences of his reason and judgment to increase for himself and his fellow men the amount of justice and freedom and brotherhood which all human life deserves. [end quote]

I may not always agree with my party or specific representatives of it, but my heart and soul still respond to these beliefs.

http://www.liberalparty.org/JFKLPAcceptance.html (broken link)

[MsMcQ LV]

[quote=Evenstar51;11474173]I'm so old that I taught English to God. At 9 I saw JFK at a whistle stop during his campaign. I wrote to him, and he wrote me back. The text is not aligned on the paper, and the signature is ink, not a stamp. He gave an incredible speech at a dinner during his presidency on why he was proud to be a liberal. Also, I found that liberalism fit with what I'd been learning in Sunday School. I'll quote the speech but hope that posters will take the time to actually read it in its entirety.

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, in human liberty as the source of national action, in the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas. It is, I believe, the faith in our fellow citizens as individuals and as people that lies at the heart of the liberal faith. For liberalism is not so much a party creed or set of fixed platform promises as it is an attitude of mind and heart, a faith in man's ability through the experiences of his reason and judgment to increase for himself and his fellow men the amount of justice and freedom and brotherhood which all human life deserves. [end quote]

I may not always agree with my party or specific representatives of it, but my heart and soul still respond to these beliefs.

A Liberal Definition by JFK (http://www.liberalparty.org/JFKLPAcceptance.html - broken link)

Thank you for that link! I knew there was a reason I liked that man!

[Sonrise]

[quote=MsMcQ LV;11474322]

Originally Posted by Evenstar51

I'm so old that I taught English to God. At 9 I saw JFK at a whistle stop during his campaign. I wrote to him, and he wrote me back. The text is not aligned on the paper, and the signature is ink, not a stamp. He gave an incredible speech at a dinner during his presidency on why he was proud to be a liberal. Also, I found that liberalism fit with what I'd been learning in Sunday School. I'll quote the speech but hope that posters will take the time to actually read it in its entirety.

Thank you for that link! I knew there was a reason I liked that man!

Pro life, pro tax cuts, and pro military; JFK would've been a modern day conservative.