As I watch the Democratic National Convention, I am reminded of the brief period in college when I was not quite sure if I was in fact a Democrat. I took a job with a Republican, tried out Rush, and consulted various parties. One of those parties was my Hispanic grandmother. I asked her if she would ever vote Republican. She told me "no." When I asked why, she responded, "My Daddy voted Democrat his whole life, and I will vote Democrat my whole life." It said a lot to me. As I look out in the crowd of the DNC, I am struck once again why she stuck by this. It was because she would never vote for a party that didn't look lik her Daddy, who didn't care about people like her Daddy- a man who was born in South Texas and never learned any English.
I am so glad I got to have that conversation with my Grandma. It's a conversation that I will remember my whole life- as a Democrat.
