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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:17 PM Original message |
When did you first know you're a Democrat or progressive? |
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Tobin S. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. When I was 28 |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. When I went to a Hubert Humphrey rally in 1964. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. My dear mvd... |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:23 PM Original message |
I really had a good foundation from my parents |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. When my dad explained why he was voting for JFK saying that dems. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. I guess when JFK was running for president. |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I think the election before that one but definitely 1960 I was 12 |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. My parents and grandparents were Dems |
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Demoiselle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
49. My parents and grandparents were Dems....from North Dakota, of all places.. |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. You ask a very complicated question for me personally MVD |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Thanks for your great response! |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well our family has a saying... |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. During the 1956 Democratic convention. |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Hey, youngster-- |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I loved Stevenson.... |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. was born into it. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. When Reagan started showing signs of Alzheimer's. |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. When Clinton bombed the Al-Shifa plant in Sudan in 1998. |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. During the Clinton years nt |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. The campaign leading up to the '72 Presidential election. |
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susanr516 (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
19. Maybe 1966? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. 16. I saw Reagan and thought "Oh, my God! He's a fucking idiot!" |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
21. When I knew I was gay and that repugs did not like that. |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
55. I'm with charles on this one |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. Listening to Jesse Helms rant and rave on WRAL |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. I was always a Democrat... |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. Before I was really politically aware, I assumed I would be republican |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. Nixon/McGovern. |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. During the Bush senior Presidency |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. When I was seven in 1963. Our second grade teacher and music teacher |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. Carter/Reagan transition... |
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Silver Swan (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
29. I admit |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
30. In the 4th grade |
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PaddyBlueEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
31. 1980..I was ten years old |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
32. Dukakis was my first presidential vote, but I had been into politics for awhile. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
33. In 1964 when my fundalmentalist preacher uncle told a really horrible racist joke |
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Lorax7844 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. When I was about 9 |
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AllenVanAllen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
35. The first time I old enough to vote, |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
36. 2004 election cycle |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:00 AM Response to Original message |
37. that's not really a when for you |
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travelingtypist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
38. I think about 10 in 1974. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:53 AM Response to Original message |
39. When I realized that my religion considered homosexuality a sin... |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:53 AM Response to Original message |
40. When I was 4. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
41. Back about 1957, when I was 10. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
42. I was always a liberal as a kid. I liked and admired Pierre Elliot Trudeau. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
43. mid 1973-74. I was 12 and learning about Republicans and their mode of operation |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. You old fart! |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
44. when I was 8 and Dukakis was running and had a school debate |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. What your mom didn't tell you about that vote at 7 months... |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. as a kid she just pointed to the lever she wanted me to pull |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
47. When Reagan was president, and he sucked Falwell's cock. "No Christian acts like that", I said, |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
48. Around the time of the Iraq War |
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bookworm65t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
50. Walter Cronkite helped me there |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
51. When Reagan got elected. |
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santamargarita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
52. I was 12 years old before I knew 'Damn Republicans' were 2 different words |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
54. Reading The Daily News in Philadelphia at 10-11 yrs old. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
56. Sometime in the Carter Administration |
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