My dad is a very libertarian leaning person, and he always told me to never trust the government, and to always ask questions. He really could be a great politician, he has the ability to convince anyone to his ideals. He used to love going city hall and getting everyone in the room worked up included the city councilmen that would have no choice but to agree... I used to love watching them cringe on TV while my dad was giving them hell.
In the past few years he lost 80% of his vision to diabetes, and now he is secluded and quite due to depression. Although he stays active on talk radio. There is even a host that calls him up to discuss issue on the air. Just shows you how informed he really is.
I've been listening to Michael Savage and Rush Limbaugh, for as long as I can remember. My god father hosted a libertarian leaning talk show, and my god mother is the Superior Court Judge in one of the largest counties in California.
Started volunteering for Bush at 14 in 2004.... sorry!
Obviously when I turned 18 this year I was really excited to get registered, and find the right candidate.
First it was Gravel. Marijuana/The war on drugs is the main issue for me, I see it as a war on the People, that's why I started looking through the Dems first..They have the reputation of being easy on drugs. I thought it was great that a candidate would be so open about his view on an issue that is considered taboo. My Gravel support lasted about 4 days until I started researching Republican candidates.
I discovered Ron Paul, and he matched my ideals 152%, now most of my family is for Ron Paul, including my Grandmother who has a picture of Bill Clinton in her home.
So in short, its really all I know.
