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Friday, November 21, 2008 08:23 AM

I never gave in ....

I began, around age 12 or 13, in the post-McCarthy 1950's to call myself a radical Socialist, much to my parent's chagrin. When I registered for a political party, I joined the Democratic Party, to have a realistic vote. I changed my self-designated label to radical liberal. I had to live through the Reagan years and Bush years proudly refusing to call myself anything other than liberal, supporting the causes I had always championed. To this day I am a Ted Kennedy-esque liberal. I know Barack Obama will have to govern in a moderate and inclusive manner, like Bill Clinton, but I feel that there is room in the so-called "Democratic Party tent" for me and others who never gave in, never gave up, never sold out.

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