Yesterday, Meg Kinnard came to introduce herself and share with us her experience within the journalism field. I found her completely inspiring, and her story resonated deeply with me. Specifically her akiness to objectivity. She said, "If you get to the end of one of my stories and feel you know my side, I've done a bad job". She also spoke of her background and origins in politics, which began at a young age supporting her uncle on his campaign trail. Her grandfather was a blue dog conservative representative of Tenessee, Ed Jones. I later had the pleasure of meeting Jay Parmley, the executive director at the SCDP(South Carolina Democratic Party). It alludes to how the topic of the conversation came about, but we got to talking about blue-dog Democrats. A term I never really had a name for before this trip. It essentially refers to Democrats with conservative tendencies. They've also been described as a more moderate Democrat or a fiscally responsible Democrat...
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