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In reply to the discussion: Party Loyalty [View all]H2O Man
(73,537 posts)I remember in the 1980s: I was employed in human services, and worked along with folks from several county agencies. We often ate lunch together, and talked about politics. The director of one agency -- a former aide to Charlie Rangel -- was suspicious of me, because he had heard that I was a "radical leftist." When he got to know me, he still thought I was a radical leftist, but a rational one. (grin)
Soon, he asked my help in running some campaigns, both on the town and county level. And, in a short time, other members of the Democratic Committee discovered that I could go into any low-income neighborhood, help register voters and organize them so they actually voted, and begin to turn the tide in a republican-majority county.
I can think of no more important difference, between the left- and right-wing of the Democratic Party, than their attitudes about poor folks. And it is my advocacy for the poor that has earned me the reputation as a radical leftist.