I am a proud, lifelong Democrat

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59. I want to underline: Many Democrats are conservatives.

Any conservative Democrats who are fond and supportive of the party, in spite of its predominantly liberal ideology, belong here as much as any one else.

Notably, some conservatives still believe in pursuing progressive answers to big problems, whether it be battling local hunger through their church or malnutrition in our nation's children through the Democratic Party. I say still" because the Republican leadership has done everything it can to snuff out ("purge" using a word some are too fond of on GD-P) progressivism in the Republican Party.

Conservative progressivism was and is real, however, and true progressives of all stripes (except extremists who will not ally) are natural allies.

Please, no more insults to our fellow conservatives for being conservative. This forum is for supporters of the Democratic Party.