Mom and I fight about politics. It’s hard. She obviously means well, but she’s also obviously wrong. : ) I’m sure she thinks the same of me. We send each other email crap all the time and talk about it way too much, only frustrating each other further. The woman thinks George Bush should be re-elected. How’s a bleeding heart liberal supposed to respond?
So she sent me this quotation (because “quote” is a verb, not a noun) accredited to Winston Churchill. “If you’re not a liberal in your twenties, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative in your forties, you have no brain.” This quotation is apparently rather well known. I just googled it to make sure I quoted him correctly. Turns out it wasn’t him. Don’t know who said it. (He was a conservative at 15 and a liberal at 35, according to some hoity toity professor.) Not the point, though – it’s a sensible comment, but it still irks me.
Do my current political affiliations have an expiration date? Will that always be the case? I understand that times will change, I will change, policies will change, etc. But I can’t imagine turning 40 and deciding that gay marriage and legalized abortion and marijuana are wrong. Hm-mm. Nope. Don’t see it. Clearly, only time will tell, but I hope I’m right. I love being right.
Ps – Is John Kerry president yet?
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