Bruce Springsteen Knows the Meaning of the Word 'Respect'
I was raised in a New Jersey household where my mother and father taught me to be a liberal Democrat, Franklin Roosevelt-style. In our family, we saw the government as a benign force in times of need - a reliable friend of the working class and the poor. Dad viewed Republicans with suspicion all his life: Notwithstanding Ronald Reagan's broad popularity - Reagan carried New Jersey twice - my father strongly opposed Reagan.