The Good Fight

[H2O Man]

7. Part of it is

likely my going by the definitions I learned when I was young -- centuries ago (!) -- that apparently are no longer in common usage. My older relatives on my father's side were all FDR Democrats; among them were numerous railroad union activists, who broke bread with the socialists of their day. I grew up knowing the socialists as "the Democratic Left."

In "local politics" in my region, I work closely with people who are not registered Democrats. Heck, we even have a few registered republicans who are horrified at what their party has become .....they haven't changed their registration, but they have surely changed their voting patterns. It's been that combination of people -- Democrats, the Democratic Left, and sane republicans -- that has allowed us to win about 75% of the local contests we compete in.

While we might use a few words differently, I am confident that our values are very much the same.