Newfie wrote:Tanda,
Interesting perspective. I wonder where I fit in? Dad was a bayman, then tried being a handyman, an on job injury put an end to that. No health insurance y know. Then he became the janitor at my high school. That's real cool for a teenager.
I did my service, got a maintenance job, got a degree (39), got a PE (50). Lived in cc Philadelphia married to a psychoanalyst. Neighborhood was so D they had to loan one to the Rs to represent them at my voting spot. True!
Maybe that's why I don't care to align with or support either side. Either I'm terminally confused or can see both sides of the coin too much.
I get the feeling others here have similar varied backgrounds which leads to this rich exchange.
I hear you Newfie. I have been a Libertarian since High School lo those many years ago and I alternate which of the major party candidates I support based on who is closer to my political views. I was no huge fan or apologist for W. Bush and I have been extremely disappointed with the Obama Presidency. The idea of another Clinton Presidency with all the scandals that would mean and the Supreme Court selections that would destroy at least one of what I see as my fundamental rights forced me to support Donald Trump in hopes that he will reverse what I see as too far of a veer to the left. If I had been able to get the candidate I wanted it would have been Dr. Ben Carson, a devout Seventh Day Adventist who came from very humble roots to become the top in his field. However that was not an option so I was left with the awful candidate, or the unknown.