Political preference

[Ziploc]

Originally posted by boiler1991


Rami - Some of us have been forced into the party as well.

I received a questionnaire from the Republican party along with an envelope for a donation. Funny thing is that I am not a registered Republican and have never considered signing up. The party indicated that I am registered as a Republican. Here's to them .

I prefer not to pick sides and vote for the lesser of the two evils.

I got another phone call from the Republicans yesterday....believe it's the third in a couple of weeks or so. As my very colorful country grandmother used to say, you'd think by now they'd have realized "they're suckin' on a dry tlt."

[jay]

Originally posted by Ziploc


I got another phone call from the Republicans yesterday....believe it's the third in a couple of weeks or so. As my very colorful country grandmother used to say, you'd think by now they'd have realized "they're suckin' on a dry tlt."

My grandmother is just as colorful!

[Ziploc]

Originally posted by jay
My grandmother is just as colorful!

I never would have imagined as a kid that her "sayings" and insights would still occur to me these many years later...and how appropriate many of them turned out to be!!!

(I suspect, jay, you feel similarly.)

[ramirami]

Originally posted by Ziploc


I got another phone call from the Republicans yesterday....believe it's the third in a couple of weeks or so. As my very colorful country grandmother used to say, you'd think by now they'd have realized "they're suckin' on a dry tlt."

here in illinois the republicans have given up hope of winning any election at all.... dont think they would even bother calling people...

[Ziploc]

Originally posted by ramirami


here in illinois the republicans have given up hope of winning any election at all.... dont think they would even bother calling people...

I voted for Richard Nixon as an 18-yr-old and was registered as a Republican for a few years thereafter. That is the ONLY, far-fetched reason I can imagine that I have gotten calls now. Unless the Republicans somehow figure that, with heavily Democratic Maryland having elected a Republican governor last time around, we stand ready to cast more votes for Republicans in the upcoming November election.

[jay]

Originally posted by Ziploc


I voted for Richard Nixon as an 18-yr-old and was registered as a Republican for a few years thereafter. That is the ONLY, far-fetched reason I can imagine that I have gotten calls now. Unless the Republicans somehow figure that, with heavily Democratic Maryland having elected a Republican governor last time around, we stand ready to cast more votes for Republicans in the upcoming November election.

I get mail from the Republicans, probably because I voted in a few Republican primaries. In Virginia, you don't have to declare a party affiliation, but you only vote in one primary. I did vote in the Democratic primary most recently.

I honestly can't remember who I voted for in '76, but think it was probably Ford. In '80 I voted for Anderson.

I used to have a philosophy that you vote Republican for the national offices because they'd do a better job defending the nation, but vote Democratic on the local level where the local services are managed. Toss that idea out the window.

[ramirami]

two years later...another election year

[robrecht]

Originally posted by ramirami
two years later...another election year

[N_Jay]

Originally posted by robrecht

And it will again.
(Pre-posted, Do not read before 2010)

[tunergirl]

Originally posted by Bill Balmer
Frankly, I think the whole party system should be dropped. That way we'd actually have to learn about the actual candidate instead of lumping him into a party and voting for or against him based solely on that.

I've heard too many people recently saying things like "I don't like what this administration has been doing, but I've been voting Republican for 40 years! Now what do I do?"

To which I respond, "Don't get caught up in partisanship (for or against). Vote for the best candidate."

Seems obvious to me, but the ownership inherent in "I am a Republican" or "I am a Democrat" is hard for some people to let go of, and it's hurting the process.

I totally agree with you. I for one am not a republican or a democrat. I vote for the best candidate that I think will aide in results.