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I've drifted like Odysseus. When I entered the political arena at 14 or 15, I was a Republican through and through. My parents were Republicans and my grandparents were aswell. I thought Bill Clinton was the antichrist and he was the least moral man to ever walk the earth. I followed along the party line like so many do without a conscious thought. Was I wrong? Not necessarily. Bill Clinton's willingness to lie under oath was a serious breech in the trust between the American people and our president. Of course, I had no idea what effect he was having on the American or global econemy. I had no idea what he stood for or his party stood for. I was happy in my ignorance and I had my little soap box on which to preach supposed Christian morality (something with which I had little experience as I was so young). Had W. Bush been in office at the time, I would have been a die hard Right Winger with Jesus on my brain, 'morality' on my tongue, and Limbough in my ear. Then my grandfather told me he voted for Clinton. That opened my mind enough for reason to enter my thought process on politics. BTW, I am not suggesting that Republicans or right wingers are unreasonable, but by my logic, reasoning, and morality, I was on the wrong side. It took some time, but I slowly made my way from Republican to what I now know is Libertarian. Small government, limited involvement in other countries, depending on ourselves; these made sense to me (still do in fact). Since then I've gone Green (changed from Libertarian about 2 months ago over to the Green party), but I'm still in opposition to the right.
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