My dad is responsible for my corruption. He got me when I was young. :P
This doesn't mean because your dad thought one way you should not take the opportunity to educate and inform yourself about conservative principles... like I said many of us here have recommended reading to you. It would go a long way in educating yourself if you read some of them. Read up on Woodrow Wilson and how his actions are affecting us today. Read the book that came out just this year on Calvin Coolidge - probably one of the most ignored and yet one of our best presidents - the book is called Coolidge. Read The Forgotten Man by Amity Shales - an excellent book. Read the Barton book recommended to you today on another thread...
BTW as someone who has said he wants to be a history professor I highly recommend you familiarize yourself with Barton - one of the best historians in this country today... unlike some who love to re-write history Barton has actually compiled ORIGINAL documents and has an extensive library. He is one of my very favorite people because he is both humble and very, very smart. BTW our mountaineer on here went to school with Barton (just a bit of trivia there)