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Angela Beckles
Onalaska, Wisconsin
Cable Company: Charter Communication

3/08/04: WASHINGTON, DC

I have been a liberal democrat all my voting life as are my father and mother. We are African Americans and the democrat ticket is our voting birthright. In my mind, the conservative racist Republicans wanted to �Turn Back the Clock� on any progress Blacks have made over the past forty years.

I began watching Washington Journal on C-SPAN about eight years ago. I love the call-in show and I am good at being able to get my calls answered (every thirty days of course). In 1996, I called in on the liberal line. I firmly made my position known about the issue of the day. This was during the good ol� days of Brain Lamb hosting on Mondays and Fridays. Brian said to me, �Caller, why are you calling in on the liberal line?� I answered, �Because I am a liberal.� He replied, �Caller, your views are clearly conservative� and the guest agreed. I remember saying in a stunned and somewhat confused tone, �Well that is how I feel.� Brian began his regular spill of insisting callers call in on the proper lines. On that day, I began reconsidering my political position.

Today I am a registered Republican. I was a delegate at the 2001 Georgia State Republican Convention with Ralph Reed as the state chairman. I participated on committees to organize Republican rallies in my county. I am glad to be American thanks to C-SPAN and their �Conservative,� �Liberal,� or �Moderate� call lines.


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