[quote=Butleroftwo]gandalf is this blogs Obama franchisee. Be careful with gandalf, he(?) pretends to be like everyone else until one of his core issues is discussed. He has tried to establish his character here by letting us know that he is Tall, rides a motorcycle, owns a business, is Columbia educated and is independent.
His only goal is to push Obama’s agenda of higher taxes, government control (left of center or way left of center only), strange foreign policy, elitism and whatever this mysterious president has on his list. I would guess that he walked away from a party meeting sometime in 2005 with a list of blogs that he needed to infiltrate. Since then we have been graced with his “Social Marketing” techniques from some unpublished manual.[/quote]
I dunno.
I come from a family of Realtors and entrepreneurs.
We are all pretty left of center.
Most members of my (exceptionally large, Catholic) family are self-employed.
While I cannot speak for all of my family’s views, I know my grandmother launched into a lecture on gay rights after too much wine at my wedding.
We don’t subscribe to some manual or some checklist of “progressive” ideas.
I would attribute this to their/my strong Catholic* upbringing which had a lot to say about hard work, charity, and giving more when you have it.
(And lets be honest, the Catholic denial of gay rights is really just about self-hatred.)
The fact that you attribute people who have different opinions than you to brainwashing or checking the box from some manual really says more about your views.
And in case you are wondering if I am real, many Piggs have met me and several have closed escrow with me as an agent.
You can meet me too if you’re not afraid of the scary homos in my neighborhood.
*this is probably why most of my extended family are pure suckers for Stephen Colbert (a serious liberal and a devout Catholic Sunday school teacher)
