Paul F. Tompkins

I remember getting tired of it and like, okay, this is just like the same thing over and over again. And it's not, um, It's not pushing that that button in my ironic pleasure center anymore. So I just stopped watching. But despite despite my my jumping ship, he continued to do what he was doing.

I remember getting tired of it and like, okay, this is just like the same thing over and over again. And it's not, um, It's not pushing that that button in my ironic pleasure center anymore. So I just stopped watching. But despite despite my my jumping ship, he continued to do what he was doing.

You know what? Not super political. My family was a lower middle class, big Catholic family in Philadelphia in a sort of suburb called Mount Airy. And we were both of my... my family was like lifelong Democrats, you know, Philadelphia Democrats. And so that was kind of it. Like we were just sort of, you know, like a conservative liberal family.

You know what? Not super political. My family was a lower middle class, big Catholic family in Philadelphia in a sort of suburb called Mount Airy. And we were both of my... my family was like lifelong Democrats, you know, Philadelphia Democrats. And so that was kind of it. Like we were just sort of, you know, like a conservative liberal family.

You know what? Not super political. My family was a lower middle class, big Catholic family in Philadelphia in a sort of suburb called Mount Airy. And we were both of my... my family was like lifelong Democrats, you know, Philadelphia Democrats. And so that was kind of it. Like we were just sort of, you know, like a conservative liberal family.

And yeah, I, we, we didn't talk a lot about politics in the house growing up. And that was kind of it. But I knew that we were, we were liberal Democrats, you know, who were weirdly enough guided by,

And yeah, I, we, we didn't talk a lot about politics in the house growing up. And that was kind of it. But I knew that we were, we were liberal Democrats, you know, who were weirdly enough guided by,

And yeah, I, we, we didn't talk a lot about politics in the house growing up. And that was kind of it. But I knew that we were, we were liberal Democrats, you know, who were weirdly enough guided by,

guided by I'm not even gonna say faith I think we were guided by my parents sort of morals where they were greatest generation depression babies and they voted straight Democrat but they were not like even though we were Catholic it was like we were not single issue voters you know yeah

guided by I'm not even gonna say faith I think we were guided by my parents sort of morals where they were greatest generation depression babies and they voted straight Democrat but they were not like even though we were Catholic it was like we were not single issue voters you know yeah

guided by I'm not even gonna say faith I think we were guided by my parents sort of morals where they were greatest generation depression babies and they voted straight Democrat but they were not like even though we were Catholic it was like we were not single issue voters you know yeah

But they but my family was my parents were brought up with the same sort of prejudices that people of their generation were brought up with, you know. But but, yeah, politics did not figure in it. It was like when I got when I got, you know, a little older and out of the house and everything. That's when I started, you know, investigating my own politics. And it was like a long journey, you know.

But they but my family was my parents were brought up with the same sort of prejudices that people of their generation were brought up with, you know. But but, yeah, politics did not figure in it. It was like when I got when I got, you know, a little older and out of the house and everything. That's when I started, you know, investigating my own politics. And it was like a long journey, you know.

But they but my family was my parents were brought up with the same sort of prejudices that people of their generation were brought up with, you know. But but, yeah, politics did not figure in it. It was like when I got when I got, you know, a little older and out of the house and everything. That's when I started, you know, investigating my own politics. And it was like a long journey, you know.

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