My political preference and why that is my political preference

I am a die-hard conservative Republican, modelling my beliefs on those of Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan. My parents are both Democrats, and prior to 1990 so was I, but after seeing how President George H.W. Bush handled the situation in Iraq after Saddam Hussein attacked Kuwait I admired his handling of the situation and when I first registered to vote in 1991 I chose Republican. My mom had no problem with my political preference but my dad had a big problem with it when he asked me in September 2004 who I was going to vote for in November. When I told him that I was going to vote for George W. Bush he voiced disapointment in my choice and said that the Republicans are only looking out for the rich. I told him that I was voting for Bush based on his handling of the war on terrorism as well as the aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001. He said that we should not have even gone to war in Iraq or Afghanistan and I told him that we needed to do something to combat terrorism and that Bush is taking the war to the terrorists instead of them taking the war to us.