Reply #10: My parents were slightly to the left of the John Birch Society [View All]

[ladym55]

My mother died in 2007. I am STILL receiving mail from "Judicial Watch" and Tom Tancredo delivered to my home. When she was alive and in assisted living, my mailbox was polluted with the Rush Limbaugh newsletter and the Washington Times.

It was so sad to me to see this otherwise intelligent woman buy into right-wing propaganda with no question. She was very angry with me for NOT being a right-wing conservative (my sister pretended to be to be the "favorite"), and because my husband and I are both progressive, she thought we were somehow not to be trusted.

In the end, her "mean-spirited" LIE-brul daughter and son-in-law were the ones who showed up when she got sick, made sure she got good care, took care of her finances so she had no worries, and did all we could to make her last few years comfortable and happy. The favored "conservative" daughter spent her time trying to get her hands on her "inheritance" and complained when my mother's money was spent on her own care. phooey.

There is something so very warped in conservative thinking. It is truly toxic and did so much damage in my family over the years.