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when did your political awakening happen? [View all] EricaGriswoldAuthor Oct 2019 OP
Bobby Kennedy's assassination uppityperson Oct 2019 #1
Mine too. I was 16 then. ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2019 #103
i graduated from high school on the NIGHT Bobby Kennedy was killed trueblue2007 Oct 2019 #156
+1. lastlib Oct 2019 #112
Reagan's election LeftInTX Oct 2019 #2
Same here Sherman A1 Oct 2019 #14
Me too! Meadowoak Oct 2019 #81
Moi aussi! Mme. Defarge Oct 2019 #47
my mom and grandma told me EricaGriswoldAuthor Oct 2019 #69
Me too - when I saw Reagan during the debates. Marie Marie Oct 2019 #61
condescending bastard. I hated him after that nt yellowdogintexas Oct 2019 #120
Reagan's inauguration for me stopwastingmymoney Oct 2019 #89
Yup. How that was so orchestrated. LiberalLovinLug Oct 2019 #152
Me too! Dustlawyer Oct 2019 #111
The Iran-Contra hearings shenmue Oct 2019 #3
Nixon. TreasonousBastard Oct 2019 #4
Yup. 17 I was. benld74 Oct 2019 #39
Nixon's the One lapfog_1 Oct 2019 #87
+++++++++++ HAB911 Oct 2019 #108
70 - 71. Just because I got out of my small town bubble and bothered to see other viewpoints. dameatball Oct 2019 #5
I went to NM's Boys State Turin_C3PO Oct 2019 #6
Sep 11. pnwest Oct 2019 #7
Most people flocked to Bush on 9/11 Polybius Oct 2019 #98
2000 Ahpook Oct 2019 #8
Me too... even though my parents were quite liberal Upthevibe Oct 2019 #83
The Iraq war is what did it for me. However my grandma was a poll worker every election Luciferous Oct 2019 #9
Nixon's re-election tnlurker Oct 2019 #10
I don't remember exactly when I began to notice politics leftieNanner Oct 2019 #11
After I voted for that lying pos Reagan. nt doc03 Oct 2019 #12
The Gulf War, I was 13 and fell in love with politics. And dewsgirl Oct 2019 #13
JFK assassination lordsummerisle Oct 2019 #15
I can only imagine Ahpook Oct 2019 #19
My earliest recollection of TV was Kennedy funeral liberal N proud Oct 2019 #28
I paid attention but not too much until 911 rainy Oct 2019 #16
Always into politics MaryMagdaline Oct 2019 #17
Kennedy assasination began the process zeusdogmom Oct 2019 #18
I'm old--JFK's campaign grabbed my attention. JohnnyLib2 Oct 2019 #20
me, too alterfurz Oct 2019 #115
I was born awake, as far as I know, and never went to sleep. Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #21
after the evangicals didn't show up for bob dole back in th 90's SterlingPound Oct 2019 #22
When Bush was lying his way into Iraq JonLP24 Oct 2019 #23
During the 92 Presidential Campaign... NewDayOranges Oct 2019 #24
My mother worked campaigns, even managed a state senators campaign liberal N proud Oct 2019 #25
Anita Bryant Skittles Oct 2019 #26
She went to my HS and played Nelly when we put on South Pacific in 55-56 bobbieinok Oct 2019 #71
Somewhere around my senior year in high school. llmart Oct 2019 #27
I was born this way. Hugin Oct 2019 #29
same here (see my post below) nt yellowdogintexas Oct 2019 #121
Jack, Bobby and Vietnam were probably 3 of the Golden Raisin Oct 2019 #30
we must be about the same age. yellowdogintexas Oct 2019 #122
Summer 1968, watching the conventions with an older friend. House of Roberts Oct 2019 #31
me too not_the_one Oct 2019 #144
Around 2004 sakabatou Oct 2019 #32
2000 when the supreme court appointed bush kimbutgar Oct 2019 #33
Born to it. The_jackalope Oct 2019 #34
My Dad was a committeeman for our ward. He would pay me livetohike Oct 2019 #35
My parents always voted and so I did too. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 2019 #36
from Eisenhower's 1956 election (I recall family sad about losing Stevenson,) elleng Oct 2019 #37
In the fifth grade... The Figment Oct 2019 #38
I went to CU, too! Raftergirl Oct 2019 #43
Loved Boulder The Figment Oct 2019 #51
Things change Raftergirl Oct 2019 #57
No The Figment Oct 2019 #58
Not surprising Raftergirl Oct 2019 #66
Friend went to teach German there in 60s right out of grad school. bobbieinok Oct 2019 #73
Early 1960's Raftergirl Oct 2019 #40
Greenpeace WVGal1963 Oct 2019 #41
My grandma was a hardcore liberal .my family I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2019 #143
May 4, 1970 CanonRay Oct 2019 #42
I always voted, but my real awakening was Shock and Awe. Crunchy Frog Oct 2019 #44
Really early. 2naSalit Oct 2019 #45
1994, with the Contract ON America. NT Bleacher Creature Oct 2019 #46
summer of '68.. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2019 #48
Voted for Nixon in my first election.. Permanut Oct 2019 #49
Carter-Ford, at the ripe old age of 7. TwilightZone Oct 2019 #50
Kent State 1970 couple weeks before my high school graduation. IADEMO2004 Oct 2019 #52
Kent state Ferryboat Oct 2019 #145
My first real political memory was the election of 1972 - I was just blown away by Shirley Chisholm! FM123 Oct 2019 #53
1992 - Clinton vs. Bush scrabblequeen40 Oct 2019 #54
Watergate, the fall of South Vietnam and Jonestown . . . hatrack Oct 2019 #55
Jimmy Carter, first vote Baked Potato Oct 2019 #56
When the Smarra Mosque bomb went off... Volaris Oct 2019 #59
April 30, 1970. WhiteTara Oct 2019 #60
Probably when I smoked my first joint. Fall, '68 WheelWalker Oct 2019 #62
2000 election showed me what ruthless, power hungry mad men conservatives were. Initech Oct 2019 #63
Little by little. smirkymonkey Oct 2019 #64
I Was Thinking RobinA Oct 2019 #65
Mostly JFK election. Lots of dem college friends. And I WAS'NT 21 and COULDN'T VOTE-- bobbieinok Oct 2019 #67
here was mine EricaGriswoldAuthor Oct 2019 #68
Realizing the people who hated me for being gay had a name: Republicans. NCLefty Oct 2019 #70
When I maxxed @80K in college loan debt and some a**hole tried to blame it on me Bonx Oct 2019 #72
Bork nomination. At least, my first letters to my senators to vote NO. question everything Oct 2019 #74
Taking political science oswaldactedalone Oct 2019 #75
My family always voted (and voted Dem) TDale313 Oct 2019 #76
Working on RFK's Nebraska Primary. Sneederbunk Oct 2019 #77
I finally became a hardcore democrat over health care policy ooky Oct 2019 #78
My dad was a political junkie. He came from a political family. Stories applegrove Oct 2019 #79
That's quite a story!!! LeftInTX Oct 2019 #93
1976. I was 9. GaYellowDawg Oct 2019 #80
'68. Martin, Bobby, the whole dreadful year. nolabear Oct 2019 #82
Randomly happened upon Fox News in my college dorm ecstatic Oct 2019 #84
Second grade. 1952. I remember reading about the candidates in Parade magazine. hedda_foil Oct 2019 #85
Can you imagine what Ike would be saying about current events? yellowdogintexas Oct 2019 #124
Everett Dirksen Iterate Oct 2019 #159
2000 for me is when I really woke up. SlogginThroughIt Oct 2019 #86
Our last honorable Republican president... Binkie The Clown Oct 2019 #88
I was a child under Reagan. herding cats Oct 2019 #90
1963 - When George Wallace closed my school ThoughtCriminal Oct 2019 #91
The Vietnam war Cartoonist Oct 2019 #92
1982. Ohio State Senate Dirty Socialist Oct 2019 #94
5th grade, history teacher ms. Miller, then social studies ms. Brown during Iran hostage crisis onetexan Oct 2019 #95
Parents always voted but weren't "political." I got into it my first year of college & by the time Hekate Oct 2019 #96
1996 was my first election and I voted for Dole Polybius Oct 2019 #97
JFK's winning the nomination at the 1960 Democratic Convention in Los Angeles... VOX Oct 2019 #99
high school handmade34 Oct 2019 #100
1967 and anti-Vietnam war vlyons Oct 2019 #101
Bush v Gore brucefan Oct 2019 #102
Between age three and four malaise Oct 2019 #104
1960 Kennedy vs Nixon wnylib Oct 2019 #105
I forgot about the McCarthy hearings!! yellowdogintexas Oct 2019 #125
McCarthy hearings wnylib Oct 2019 #157
i was always reading the paper. we had a good lefty editorial cartoonist. then i discovered c-span pansypoo53219 Oct 2019 #106
Baby I was born this way Sedona Oct 2019 #107
I always voted, and was alway aware (Watergate, Iran-Contra), but phylny Oct 2019 #109
I've always been aware of what was going on, even at a young age. Vinca Oct 2019 #110
I was at Boy Scout camp in August of '74. bluedigger Oct 2019 #113
Weeks after Sept 11th, 2001 JesterCS Oct 2019 #114
1968 treestar Oct 2019 #116
Clear Memory ConstanceCee Oct 2019 #117
Politics and atheism came together for me at about 12 LakeArenal Oct 2019 #118
born into it. Fully indoctrinated by age 8 yellowdogintexas Oct 2019 #119
The summer of 1968 ChazInAz Oct 2019 #123
Regan cheese growing up Appalachian TEB Oct 2019 #126
Ann Richards had an impact on me in middle school Mersky Oct 2019 #127
Election 2000 mainstreetonce Oct 2019 #128
1980 election when I was 10. At first I thought Reagan muntrv Oct 2019 #129
The 2000 Presidential Primaries. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2019 #130
Spring 1954 - Army McCarthy Hearings. RichardRay Oct 2019 #131
Actively? When I realized the right was deploying Scaife strategy to nullify Bill Clinton Grasswire2 Oct 2019 #132
I grew up mostly with my grandmother Bettie Oct 2019 #133
Probably not long after I started reading MAD Magazine as a kid. MineralMan Oct 2019 #134
9/11 VWolf Oct 2019 #135
In 1952 I was 8 years old, and frogmarch Oct 2019 #136
My dad was union. murielm99 Oct 2019 #137
1986 ! stonecutter357 Oct 2019 #138
Grew up in a left wing household I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2019 #139
Assembly of God church Turin_C3PO Oct 2019 #148
Me too. I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2019 #158
I was always aware, hermetic Oct 2019 #140
GWB JeaneRaye Oct 2019 #141
This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Oct 2019 #142
Summer of 1968. SeattleVet Oct 2019 #146
I was 4, with help wrote LBJ "Please stop the Vietnam War" MasonDreams Oct 2019 #147
Unfortunately I was politically wake for the wrong side from my Jr High years. GulfCoast66 Oct 2019 #149
I first became interested in politics during the Watergate impeachment trial. Nitram Oct 2019 #150
As a kid, I was inspired by... polichick Oct 2019 #151
There was no escaping politics in my childhood. hunter Oct 2019 #153
1964: Johnson v Goldwater The Blue Flower Oct 2019 #154
60s/Vietnam/Cold War moondust Oct 2019 #155
1973, with the growing scandal named Watergate. I was 12 and what was happening madinmaryland Oct 2019 #160
To genx, millenials, etc wnylib Oct 2019 #161
Reading the Kerner Commission report central scrutinizer Oct 2019 #162
Geraldine Ferraro's VP nomination in 1984 nt SaulofTucson Oct 2019 #163
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