Mike 03
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Tue Jan-13-09 07:59 PM
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My first memory of being a "Democrat." And, no, I'm not ashamed. |
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Edited on Tue Jan-13-09 08:02 PM by Mike 03
As some of you know, my father has terminal cancer, so this past year has been a time for reflection, remembering and appreciating him and my mother as well. They are true liberals, and I am so proud of them. My mother opposed racism before it was fashionable, and I sat on my father's shoulders as he walked me across a bridge after MLK was killed.
My earliest memory of being conscripted into Democratic duty must have been when George McGovern was running for president. I wish I could remember the exact month. I was really, really young, but I'm assuming it must have been 1972?
My dad had assigned me to put McGovern literature on the windshields of cars in New Jersey, and a police office came by, rounded us up and warned us. We were warned we would be arrested if we didn't stop, and I remember vaguely, for a fleeting moment, fearing that we actually might all be arrested.
We were not, but that is how I remember my parents: Fighting for the underdog.
1972?
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Tue Jan-13-09 08:03 PM
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1. Yes, 1972. That was the first campaign I was actively involved in, too. |
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It killed me to see Nixon's electoral landslide.
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walkaway
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Tue Jan-13-09 08:10 PM
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2. I was 5yrs old and got down on my knees and begged... |
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My parents to vote for Kennedy. One of them did. This year the other one finally voted for Obama.
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Libertyfirst
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Tue Jan-13-09 10:28 PM
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3. The police threaten me when I nailed up posters for Harry Truman to telephone posts. But |
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they left and I kept on going. Still call myself a Truman Democrat.
Damn, I'm old.
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Libertyfirst
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Tue Jan-13-09 10:28 PM
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4. The police threaten me when I nailed up posters for Harry Truman to telephone posts. But |
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they left and I kept on going. Still call myself a Truman Democrat.
Damn, I'm old.
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