Quote:My beliefs change with almost every term. We get a dem in office, I get so damn tired of em that I vote repub next and so on.. Bush screwed up something fierce and made me vote democrat.. Now I'm wishing I never woulda voted in the first place..

 

I'm kind of the same way.   My political beliefs have changed, mostly as a result of being repelled more than being attracted.   When I went off to college, I was very left wing, but as I went through college, and was exposed to a lot of left wingers, professors, university policies on affirmative action, etc, I became much less liberal and more conservative.   Then when the religious right came along, I was repelled by them and became much more liberal and less conservative.  

 

Although I would add, a lot of people like myself cannot be put into a left or right pigeonhole.   For a lot of people, myself included, political beliefs are all over the map.   I don't think you can predict my opinion on one particular issue based on my opinion on another particular issue.   For example,are you for more regulation or less regulation?   I am not for more or less regulation; I am for the right amount of regulation.   A little more here, a little less there.

 

A lot of people just choose left or right rather than thinking independently about each issue.  People who say they are conservative or they are liberal are taking a mental shortcut.   It's the lazy way to set up your political positions: follow someone else's lead.  

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