ok, so i am the only democrat in my birth family- there- i am out of the closet so to speak- my only sibling is rabidly republican- my parents are republican- so much so that my mother tried to vote for my father in the presidential election because he couldn't vote for bush on his own......my aunt and uncle in cleveland are republican, my cleveland grandparents were likewise, as was my crown grandfather down on the farm in nashport, ohio, on the erie canal. my crown grandmother was a democrat- or so it was said- but she was so vested in traditional marriage that she never drove a car, so i guess it doesn't count. of course, i am married to someone that i assume is democrat, after 21 years one forgets if one has actually asked these improtant questions, but i would be really surprised .........now that i have gottn that issue off my chest, i feel much better..