Neither Democrat or Republican?
Neither Democrat or Republican?
#0Neither Democrat or Republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 3:19pmAre there people on this board that are neither Democrat or Republican? I refuse to join one of the two parties . . . but listen to whoever is running for whatever office and vote on who I feel would be the best in that position. I think what is tearing this country apart (besides Bush), is that we are too "party" driven and completely bash the other party just because of the party they represent. **breathes**
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#1re: Neither Democrat or Republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 3:22pmI'm registered as independent. I think they call it something else now. Anyway, I've only been eligible to vote in 2000 and 2004 and both times I voted Democrat. There was NO way in hell I was going to vote for Bush et all, especially the second time around.
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#2re: Neither Democrat or Republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 3:23pm
I'm the same. When I registered for the last election to vote (for the first time, thank you) I did not register as either democrat or republican, and opted instead to watch the debates and make my choice based on who I believed was best qualified to run a country.
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#3re: Neither Democrat or Republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 3:25pm
I can't be either since I'm not American. But I think it is a good idea to handle it like Stagey and CatsNYRevival, for it is fact-driven and not party-driven.
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#4re: Neither Democrat or Republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 3:25pm
I was originally a registered independent. I recently switched to Democrat because it at least allows me to vote in the primaries.
I ended up becoming much more politically active once I found myself firmly in a "fringe" group that has been the repeated target of one party's policies.
When that day is over, perhaps I'll lean towards an independent mind again.
#5re: Neither Democrat or Republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 3:25pmI voted democrat for the presidential race, as well as for the local races in my state. But, I am not going to vote for someone JUST because they are democrat. My family (hardcore republicans), vote for a republican for every office on the soul fact that they are REPUBLICAN, and not what their debates and whatnot.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#6re: Neither Democrat or Republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 3:29pmNor.
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"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
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#7re: Neither Democrat or Republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 3:29pm
No, that's an important distinction to make, Spidey. Actually, it'd be nice not to tell like I need to vote for a particular party but that's where I am right now (see aforementioned flogging of the sexuality politics).
But I still say that, even if your mind is independent or third-party leaning, you are better off registering for one of the two parties so you can vote in their primaries, the better to shape that party with candidates with whom you more closely align.
#8re: Neither Democrat or Republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 3:33pmI think most people who are registered in one of the two parties are more "purple" in their beliefs.
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#9re: Neither Democrat or Republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 3:36pm
I am also registered as "unaffiliated" but it is because I am far too deep of a blue in most of my ideology to be a Democrat. 
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
#11re: Neither Democrat or Republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 3:39pm
spider, I get where you're coming from, but desperate times calls for desperate measures -- and these are desperate times! To quote Sondheim, "We've no time to sit and dither."
When I voted in 2000, I didn't know much about either candidate, as I was new to politics. But Bush seemed like a joke even then, thus I didn't take him seriously and opted not to cast my ballot for him. When 2004 came around, I was older and wiser and wanted my vote to count for something. That left me with only two choices. After all that had transpired, the Democrats seemed like the lesser of two evils.
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Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
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Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#12re: Neither Democrat or Republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 3:44pm
I have been told that Pink is really my color more than once Bway.
The Commie part is probably true though.
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
#13neither democrat or republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 4:18pmpink my eye. yer a red through and through!
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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#14neither democrat or republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 4:19pm
I hate pink! 
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Updated On: 9/13/06 at 04:19 PM
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#15neither democrat or republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 4:23pmmy war-mongering imperialist running-dog yankee ways are not at all affected by my devotion to the pink.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#17neither democrat or republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 4:38pm
I agree with you, Spider, which is why I registered as "No Party Preference". [Which is not Independent - there was a separate box for that as well.]
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I remember days
Or at least I try
But as years go by
They're sort of haze
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
For a day of sky
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And Starbucks will use the words 'large' and 'small', not pretentious crap like grande and tall.
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Updated On: 9/13/06 at 04:38 PM
I remember days
Or at least I try
But as years go by
They're sort of haze
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
For a day of sky
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
And Starbucks will use the words 'large' and 'small', not pretentious crap like grande and tall.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"You could get away with anything if you call it art and tell people who don't like it that it's cutting edge culture." --vmlinnie
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#18neither democrat or republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 4:43pmI'm a registered Democrat, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't vote for a Republican. It all depends on whether or not I agree with a candidate's position.
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#19neither democrat or republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 4:48pmNo affiliation for me, but I "align" with Democrats for the most part.
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#20neither democrat or republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 4:59pm
I am a registered Democrat. I definitely vote for the person, not the party, however.
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#21neither democrat or republican?
Posted: 9/13/06 at 5:20pmNeither.
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#22Those on the Fence Will Also Fall
Posted: 9/13/06 at 5:48pm
I'm a registered Republican. I registered before the 2000 primary in order to vote against George Bush and never switched back to the Democratic Party.
Once upon a time, I was a Rockefeller Republican when I was an adolescent, but Richard Nixon turned me against the Republican Party, Ronald Reagan uncaringly allowed my friends to die, George Bush I invited Pat Buchanan to preach bigotry on national television and George Bush II allowed Karl Rove to use gays as scapegoats.
Every year there are fewer and fewer Republicans I can stomach. In addition, during these six years of the Republican Party's control of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of the government, during which they battered at and tried to intimidate the once-independent (and never really liberally biased) media, I have been horrified by the fascistic and anti-American leanings of the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld regime and the level of corruption practiced by the Republican-controlled Congress. Horrified and disgusted.
Therefore, I feel it is the responsibility of all decent Americans to end this terrible Republican hegemony by voting in Democratic candidates on every level--not by voting in Ralph Naders who are funded by the Republican National Committee to split the progressive vote--but by voting in Democrats who will stand up to the Republican destruction of the United States Constitution.
Say what you want about all politicians being corrupt, the Republican Party has surpassed all previous corruption, and, finally, it has outstayed its welcome.
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#23Those on the Fence Will Also Fall
Posted: 9/13/06 at 6:03pmI have not been able to vote in a presidential election yet, but I don't identify myself with either party either. But my family is also hardcore republican as well. I really consider myself libertarian, but that's a different story. I just can't get into ANY sort of political discussion with them because it just ends up being a fight. They say things like "I'm old enough to know better than to be accepting" and stuff like that. It's actually very upsetting. That may be why I am so against identifying with a party. Ok, that actually really turned into a rant about my family, but it felt good. Back to the subject, I agree with the original post and listen to all candidates before deciding and aligning myself with one party.
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#24Those on the Fence Will Also Fall
Posted: 9/13/06 at 6:20pm
I am not a member of any party. I have opinions that lie on both sides of the fence... occasionally in extreme ways. So I really consider things candidate by candidate and issue by issue.
Perhaps to give you a better idea of my opinions... I wish that Dennis Kucinich were president.
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