I'm officially a republican.

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: palehorse74
I've never understood why anyone would affiliate themselves wholely with any one party versus another. Are people that desperate to belong to something bigger than themselves? Are most people wandering through life trying to "belong"?

Joining a party seems to indicate that you're willing to support them in all that they do, and regardless of their representatives' stances on individual issues. (Am I wrong?) To me, it screams of ignorant comformity and weakness. Blindly following any one party seems nuts!

To me, being "unaffiliated" is the only sane and proper way to live... You "Party People" scare me.

Hey, look, we agree on something.

NJ is a closed primary system.

 

[TheSlamma]

Registered Unaffiliated.

You have fun spawning your sheep children and going to the megachurch.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: loki8481
just, you know, FYI for anyone who wants to troll me

I had to re-register to vote in my new county (I moved back in August from Hudson County down to South Jersey) and had to redeclare a political party (since I guess Independent no longer exists and I would have had to change to either a major party or unaffiliated).

I decided to go R since the D nomination looks like it'll probably be locked up before super tuesday and NJ has a closed primary system.

Congrats I guess. I'm officially a Republican who will most likely not vote Republican in the upcoming presidential election.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: yllus
Impossible. Only heterosexual, religious males are members of the Republican party.

Shens, look at all the ultra-conservative hypocrites leading secret homosexual lives.

 

[db]

Coming out of high school, I registered as a Republican, the party of my parents. A typical move for most people.
Then I started thinking on my own, and the Dems made more sense. I registered Democratic.
In the 90's, the Dem party moved to the right.
Now I am sick of politics as usual--and it's the same in both parties--so I registered as Decline To State (Califorina). I am a mixture of conservative, progressive, and mostly moderate.

Red bullsh*t / Blue bullsh*t. Same ol' thing.

It's time for a change.

 

[badkarma1399]

Originally posted by: Jaskalas

Originally posted by: Phokus
So are you voting Ron Paul or Dubya 2.0?

Dubya 2.0 is exactly why I will not vote for Romney, McCain, Huckabee, Thompson, or Giuliani...

also Hillary and Obama.

EDIT: and Edwards

fixed *puts on "OMG RONPAULBOT" flamesuit*

Anyways, I registered Republican for the first time to vote for Ron. If it wasn't for that guy, I probably wouldn't have cared enough to register at all.

 

[Drift3r]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: Citrix
independent here.

and what do you mean unaffiliated doesn't exist?

not sure.

there was a note on the application that anyone registered to vote before such and such date and was independent would have to change to unaffiliated or register with a party.

Isn't "unaffiliated" just a rephrasing of the word independent?

 

[spittledip]

Independent here. I would rather not be affiliated with Satan's Left and Right Hands. Maybe a better analogy would be left and right butt cheeks

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: spittledip
Independent here. I would rather not be affiliated with Satan's Left and Right Hands. Maybe a better analogy would be left and right butt cheeks

Wait, if they are the buttcheeks, and you're in the middle... :Q

 

[spittledip]

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: spittledip
Independent here. I would rather not be affiliated with Satan's Left and Right Hands. Maybe a better analogy would be left and right butt cheeks

Wait, if they are the buttcheeks, and you're in the middle... :Q

lol, I am independent, not between parties. Nice try though.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: spittledip

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: spittledip
Independent here. I would rather not be affiliated with Satan's Left and Right Hands. Maybe a better analogy would be left and right butt cheeks

Wait, if they are the buttcheeks, and you're in the middle... :Q

lol, I am independent, not between parties. Nice try though.

Yeah, sorry, just couldn't resist.

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: loki8481
just, you know, FYI for anyone who wants to troll me

I had to re-register to vote in my new county (I moved back in August from Hudson County down to South Jersey) and had to redeclare a political party (since I guess Independent no longer exists and I would have had to change to either a major party or unaffiliated).

I decided to go R since the D nomination looks like it'll probably be locked up before super tuesday and NJ has a closed primary system.

FYI. South Bound Brook is NOT south Jersey. Its Central.

 

[Lemon law]

Loki8481 may simply be pointing out an unrepairable flaw in our primary system with our primary system being created as a reform to repair other flaws in previous processes.

But the essential honest dishonesty is here--I decided to go R since the D nomination looks like it'll probably be locked up before super tuesday and NJ has a closed primary system.

So basically in our primary system, any tactic is permitted. You can vote your choice which is the honest way, or you can cross party lines to hope for the oppositions weakest choice, or
any damn fool can do any damn fool thing they want, and deciding to declare R because thats where the exciting contention is this year is a good a reason as any.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: yllus
Impossible. Only closet homosexual males are members of the Republican party.

Fixed

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: loki8481
just, you know, FYI for anyone who wants to troll me

I had to re-register to vote in my new county (I moved back in August from Hudson County down to South Jersey) and had to redeclare a political party (since I guess Independent no longer exists and I would have had to change to either a major party or unaffiliated).

I decided to go R since the D nomination looks like it'll probably be locked up before super tuesday and NJ has a closed primary system.

FYI. South Bound Brook is NOT south Jersey. Its Central.

if you're unable to see NYC from any single vantage point in a town, it's south jersey

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: loki8481
just, you know, FYI for anyone who wants to troll me

I had to re-register to vote in my new county (I moved back in August from Hudson County down to South Jersey) and had to redeclare a political party (since I guess Independent no longer exists and I would have had to change to either a major party or unaffiliated).

I decided to go R since the D nomination looks like it'll probably be locked up before super tuesday and NJ has a closed primary system.

FYI. South Bound Brook is NOT south Jersey. Its Central.

if you're unable to see NYC from any single vantage point in a town, it's south jersey

If you say so

 

[imported_hscorpio]

Originally posted by: palehorse74
I've never understood why anyone would affiliate themselves wholely with any one party versus another. Are people that desperate to belong to something bigger than themselves? Are most people wandering through life trying to "belong"?

Joining a party seems to indicate that you're willing to support them in all that they do, and regardless of their representatives' stances on individual issues. (Am I wrong?) To me, it screams of ignorant comformity and weakness. Blindly following any one party seems nuts!

To me, being "unaffiliated" is the only sane and proper way to live... You "Party People" scare me.

Many states force you to join a party to participate in the primaries. Otherwise you're forced to sit back and let someone else choose the candidates that you will eventually vote for in the election.

It sucks because more and more people are choosing to be independent, yet we are still stuck in a 2 party system. As the the moderate independents avoid joining the parties and get excluded from the primaries, it ensures the more extreme partisan hacks get complete control over choosing the candidates.

 

[Corn]

Originally posted by: loki8481
just, you know, FYI for anyone who wants to troll me

I had to re-register to vote in my new county (I moved back in August from Hudson County down to South Jersey) and had to redeclare a political party (since I guess Independent no longer exists and I would have had to change to either a major party or unaffiliated).

I decided to go R since the D nomination looks like it'll probably be locked up before super tuesday and NJ has a closed primary system.

Let me get this straight. Because you think the Democratic primary will be sewn up prior to you voting in it, you are going to vote in the Republican Primary for a candidate you have no intention of supporting in the general election. How utterly pathetic, yet typical of the average partisan lefty. Please do us all a favor and *never* bring up any supposed "lie" of any political figure since you are no better yourself.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: Corn

Originally posted by: loki8481
just, you know, FYI for anyone who wants to troll me

I had to re-register to vote in my new county (I moved back in August from Hudson County down to South Jersey) and had to redeclare a political party (since I guess Independent no longer exists and I would have had to change to either a major party or unaffiliated).

I decided to go R since the D nomination looks like it'll probably be locked up before super tuesday and NJ has a closed primary system.

Let me get this straight. Because you think the Democratic primary will be sewn up prior to you voting in it, you are going to vote in the Republican Primary for a candidate you have no intention of supporting in the general election. How utterly pathetic, yet typical of the average partisan lefty. Please do us all a favor and *never* bring up any supposed "lie" of any political figure since you are no better yourself.

well, thanks for reading the whole thread... or not

I'd vote for McCain in a heartbeat if he were the R nominee, hence the reason I'm voting for him in the primaries.

 

[Corn]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: Corn

Originally posted by: loki8481
just, you know, FYI for anyone who wants to troll me

I had to re-register to vote in my new county (I moved back in August from Hudson County down to South Jersey) and had to redeclare a political party (since I guess Independent no longer exists and I would have had to change to either a major party or unaffiliated).

I decided to go R since the D nomination looks like it'll probably be locked up before super tuesday and NJ has a closed primary system.

Let me get this straight. Because you think the Democratic primary will be sewn up prior to you voting in it, you are going to vote in the Republican Primary for a candidate you have no intention of supporting in the general election. How utterly pathetic, yet typical of the average partisan lefty. Please do us all a favor and *never* bring up any supposed "lie" of any political figure since you are no better yourself.

well, thanks for reading the whole thread... or not

I'd vote for McCain in a heartbeat if he were the R nominee, hence the reason I'm voting for him in the primaries.

My mistake then. :beer:

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: palehorse74
I've never understood why anyone would affiliate themselves wholely with any one party versus another. Are people that desperate to belong to something bigger than themselves? Are most people wandering through life trying to "belong"?

Joining a party seems to indicate that you're willing to support them in all that they do, and regardless of their representatives' stances on individual issues. (Am I wrong?) To me, it screams of ignorant comformity and weakness. Blindly following any one party seems nuts!

To me, being "unaffiliated" is the only sane and proper way to live... You "Party People" scare me.

Closed primaries my friend.

I've been a registered Dem and Repub.

Depends on where you live.

It's not just the Pres primaries, but very important for local elections. In many local elections the only "real" vote is in the primary. In such cases/places the primary winner is always the general election winner.

In the county where I live now, the Repub party dominates local elections. The Dems just all switch party affiliation and run as Repubs here. It ain't no secret either.

Fern