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electric_blue68

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33. My early Republican experience...
Thu May 21, 2026, 08:52 PM
Thursday

A previous post:
"I did volunteer (unable to vote yet in '69, '70) for 2 Republicans BUT these were genuine (a vanished breed) Liberal NYC/S politicians. Mayor John V Lindsey, Rep Charles Goodell (his son is famous in sports)."

This was bc the 2 Dems in these instances the Dems were too conservative on social issues.
NYS also only allows D, or R voters in primaries. Turned 18 in 1971; registered real soon afterwards. The 1971 NYS/C ekection has very little going on - I wanted a real consequential one for my first vote. I've never voted for a Republican. Of, course, there was McGovern in '72. 😭

Oh you might appreciate this.
OK reading this years later McG didn't want to higight his service as a bomber pilot in WW2 over Germany. Idk why, it might have helped. Anyway, he (accidently, some kind of error) bombed a German farmer's land (not sure about buildings). Decades later on W German radio the farmer bore no ill will towards him saying ...if somehow that incident helped further Hitler's regine's erosion he was fine centuries it.

Very interesting family history w NYC & Minnesota politics!

Oh yeah I remember Rizzo. Didn't know he beat people as a cop.
Philadelphia is a favorite city of mine.

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