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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 05:46 PM Oct 2012

I'm a new poster on DU

I've been reading DU for a year or more but have just begun to post to the forums here. I describe myself as a progressive liberal who usually votes Democratic, but who will vote more for the person I prefer regardless of party. My parents were life long Democrats but all my siblings (5) are right wing wackos and born again evangelicals. I like a good debate, but will rarely respond to personal attacks and insults.

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I'm a new poster on DU (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 OP
Welcome to DU, left-of-center2012. cbayer Oct 2012 #1
Welcome to DU, left-of-center2012! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2012 #2
Wrong you'd be left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 #5
Welcome to DU! Turbineguy Oct 2012 #3
That being said ... left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 #6
Good for you. Turbineguy Oct 2012 #7
Welcome to DU! LeftishBrit Oct 2012 #4
welcome! fizzgig Oct 2012 #8

CaliforniaPeggy

(156,985 posts)
2. Welcome to DU, left-of-center2012!
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 05:49 PM
Oct 2012

Glad to have you posting.

Interesting family dynamic you grew up in. You probably know how to hold your own in a political fight!

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
5. Wrong you'd be
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 11:26 PM
Oct 2012

With my family, it's their way or the highway.
We don't communicate much after 50+ years of being on the opposite side of the fence.

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