My earliest exposure to Republican values came from lessons I learned from my grandfather and father (as well as fights with my liberal mother). After years of listening to my father and grandfather talk about the skyrocketing taxes (particularly here in New Jersey) and the obnoxious controls levied on the average person by the government I was firm in my beliefs as a Republican before I entered high school.
During senior year of high school I volunteered to knock on doors for Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll (R- Morris Township). For those of you who do not know who that is, he is the most conservative member of the New Jersey Assembly. Assemblyman Carroll consistently fights for the principles of liberty and freedom every day in Trenton. Unfortunately for all of the citizens of New Jersey, no matter how right he is there are just not enough votes to stop the obnoxious liberal agenda in Trenton.