Yet another refugee from DK, but not just for the HRC issues and whatever his name`s threats. That said, I never liked WJC and like HRC even less and believe me I tried to like them, but I just can`t. There is just too much repug garbage and deception in their very souls.

Am a lifelong activist, but my activism has really declined in the past 10 years for a lot of reasons, two of which are declining health and old age. In fact I have myeloma purportedly induced by agent orange exposure from my two tours in VN. But I have lasted a few years longer than folks thought, largely because I was diagnosed while working in Australia, where there is universal health care. I got treatment there that only a very few can get here. For minimal costs. So I am pretty much as hard an advocate of single payer, universal health care as one can find in the US.

And I am a democratic socialist. Have been since I escaped from the US army.

My first vote was for Shirley Chisolm in the Dem primaries. I was just 21.