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POLITICS: SOMETIMES IT CAN MAKE YA FEEL ALONE
One of my favorite races was Bill Clinton while I didn't trust him that much I knew that more of my friends dying from HIV would have better care and would live longer than under the prior administrations. We were proven right the number of funerals diminished, but then again so were the numbers of friends in my address book. It was a very bad time and I lost a lot of wonderful people. Now we have Curious George in charge. Oh well!

  
 
 
 

Gee it's 1972 its hard to believe you could actually have the entire third grade yelling at you just you supported McGovern for president. Well that didn't win me any popularity contests in the third grade, but then again wearing tights for ballet class under my street cloths wasn't so bright especially if ya have to undress for gym later in the day.  
     
  POLITICS: WHEN YOUR A "D" STUDENT
It's 1980 and working for Ted Kennedy for president was like the coolest thing to do in a republican town. Imagine phone banking all of your conservative teachers asking them how are they going to vote, and they tell ya "I'll vote for Kennedy when you get straight A's"....ugghgghh!
 
     
    POLITCS: IN THE MONASTERY (THE ELECTORAL ONES)

Now Jesse Jackson, Oh yeah supporting this guy for president brought me lot's of friends in the monastery. The monks were not exactly thrilled with my dinner time discussions about this guy. During my years in the labor movement Jesse was one of the few national leaders talking about what was in the best interests of the everyday worker. PLus my older brother was one of his speech writers, no..he did not write Jesse's anti-Semitic remark about NY, Jesse did that all on his own, to the chagrin of all of his followers. What a stupid asinine thing for him to have done.