Just a quick 'hi'!

Hi!

I'm not a big poster, but I finally hit 10 posts and got the little message saying I should post an intro in the DU Lounge--so here I am, intro-ing!

I've actually lurked and read for a very long time, but never really got around to signing up until recently. I'm 56 and in the Philly area. I was a Democrat all my life until 2008; when Hillary didn't get the nomination, I was very disappointed and I decided to join the Greens, whose overall platform was more in line with my ideals. I was in the Greens for 8 years, but always voting Democrat -- then after last year, I decided that I'd given it a good shot, but that adding additional parties and broader discourse hadn't worked out to be the solution. So I rejoined the Dems to resist, and here I am. Resisting!

Thank you all for your insight and brilliance, and especially for the funny stuff -- which sometimes makes an unbearable day bearable. Glad I finally got around to joining. (I'm still figuring out all the lingo -- like k and r and Fitzmas. Thank heaven there's a google, lol.)