My father was conservative. He worked in the Nuclear weapons community most of his life. We were very close. Masters in Physics, Columbia. My mother was a liberal. BA in Music, Univ. of VA. She and I hadn't spoken in 30 years when she died. My sister is a liberal. Lives in GA. She"s a perpetual victim. We don"t speak unless she calls for money. I told her no 3 years ago and haven't heard from her since. My brother is a true southern democrat. Married 6 times, 3 kids by different women (all wives), 5 DUI's. He owns guns but voted for Obama.

My wife's family is all liberals. The saving grace is they're all hard working and self-employed. Most are heavy gun owners and all of them are very nice to me or keep their distance. My wife is pretty conservative. She makes me look a little left from time to time. We've been together 27 years. It's a pretty solid family.