Hello Everyone,
I just got done donating another $100 to the president's re-election fund. I don't want any kudos or people thanking me. That's not why I did it. I did it because I am going to be 50 years old and President Obama is by far the greatest president in my lifetime. Don't get me wrong Clinton was awesome, but he didn't have the challenges PBO had.
The reason I am telling you all this is because when I joined Daily Kos in 2004 for the Kerry/Bush election it was this website that directed me to my local campaign office so that I could phone bank, canvass, and be a poll watcher. I have been active ever since. However, if you look at my posts, I always seem to get blasted because of my login. When I made that login, I was in fact a Republican. Even though four years earlier I had voted for Gore and I have never looked back. I always felt I was pro life but that my view should not be forced down some one's throat. So I guess, what I never realized was that I am pro choice. I grew up in the upper lower class and when my girlfriend got pregnant at age 24 I had just gotten out of the US Navy and was going to college. In order to support my family I was going to have to quit school to take on a full time job. The government (WIC) stepped in and helped. I was able to finish my schooling and today I am well off. I am not in the top 1% but I am in the top 5%. I donate a lot of my time to soup kitchens and donate quite a bit of money to charities. Once again I don't want any kudos. Our government is why I am where I am today and everyone needs the opportunity to get to where I have gotten.
All I ask of you here on this forum is accept what I write as authentic and not as a troll. Regardless of my sign in name.
I am here in northern Ohio and am doing all I can to make sure our President gets to continue what he has started.