Barack Obama and the audacity of my hope (confessions of a former
Republican)
http://www.blueoregon.com/2007/06/barack_obama_an.html
guest column
By Sue Emmett of Milwaukie, Oregon. Sue describes herself as a
"lifelong conservative Republican, recently converted Progressive
Democrat, mother of 7, grandmother of 24."
I am a life-time Oregonian, born and raised in Portland, now back in
Portland after 25 years in Salem (love this city!). I grew up in a
VERY Republican home, and in a religion that virtually required
"Republican" on your precinct card to be on the rolls. I was white, I
was middle-class, and everyone in my family's social circle was a
dedicated conservative.
But I have hope in Barack Obama.
How did I get from "there" to "here"? How did a believer in uber-
conservative Republican values and policies for over 50 years come to
change her political registration three years ago? How did I get to
this place wherein I proudly wear an Obama button, and plaster bumper
stickers on my car for maybe the second time in my life!
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