should register as a repub?

[wesw]

as usual democrats tell people who they are and what they believe

a Hillary supporter lecturing me on honesty....., wow.

lets play word association, shall we?

Hillary....., liar

Hillary....., dishonest

those are the top 2 words americans use to describe hillary

[Guinevere]

You asked a question and I gave you an answer. It's not my fault if you don't like my response and it certainly doesn't require a ridiculous personal attack.

Go back and review some of your posts here wesw - which I did before I gave you my answer. I'm not the only one who believes you sound like a conservative. LJ said the same thing months ago, but I didn't see you attacking him for it.

[Guinevere]

(interesting choice of words by LJ in the other thread, isn't it . . .)

Oh puleeze...

I obviously used that term as a take-off on the "religious-congregation" meaning of the word....

Yeah, my intent was clearly sexist; I definitely meant to exclude women....

I've used the phrases "my Republican Brethren" and "my conservative Brethren " a number of times before...(generally right before letting them have it in the chops; as I did on this occasion)...

(BTW, I stole that phrase from the late great conservative writer Wiliam Safire...

(I also stole the "Your humble correspondent" bit from Bill.... )

Where is the fishing line smiley? I reeled in a big one

[wesw]

I didn t see any personal attack on you in my post.

you questioned my honesty

I have no problem being called a conservative, tho some of my views are quite liberal.

I am not a republican, I m not a democrat

I m an american

[Lord Jim]

(interesting choice of words by LJ in the other thread, isn't it . . .)

Oh puleeze...

I obviously used that term as a take-off on the "religious-congregation" meaning of the word....

Yeah, my intent was clearly sexist; I definitely meant to exclude women....

I've used the phrases "my Republican Brethren" and "my conservative Brethren " a number of times before...(generally right before letting them have it in the chops; as I did on this occasion)...

(BTW, I stole that phrase from the late great conservative writer Wiliam Safire...

(I also stole the "Your humble correspondent" bit from Bill.... )

Where is the fishing line smiley? I reeled in a big one

[Gob]

Ermmm... Jim. The idea of having to register to vote as a party supporter is the lunacy.

To vote in that party's primary, to select the candidate that party will nominate to stand in a general election? Why is that "lunacy"?

It's not, my bad!

[Big RR]

Re closed primaries, we have them in NJ and I've voted in both democratic and republican ones over the years; generally once you vote in a single primary you are registered to vote in that party's primaries going forward; however, you can cross party lines and vote in the other party's primary by declaring a change of affiliation (when I did it, it was 30 days before the election), after which you were registered to vote in that party's primary until you declare differently. So far I have never been a member of any political party.

[Scooter]

Ermmm... Jim. The idea of having to register to vote as a party supporter is the lunacy.

To vote in that party's primary, to select the candidate that party will nominate to stand in a general election? Why is that "lunacy"?

It's not, my bad!

I don't think Gob is totally off, though. The extent to which the machinery of political parties to nominate candidates is intertwined with the states' electoral machinery is fucked up beyond belief, and is a major reason for the entrenchment of the two party system, IMNSHO.

[Guinevere]

Follow the money.......

[rubato]

I really want to vote in the primary this year.....

I ve never voted in a primary. Maryland and Delaware did not allow it

Yes, register as a Republican. You are a perfect representation of center-of-the-road Republicanism. Neither less intelligent nor worse informed than any.


yrs,
rubato

[oldr_n_wsr]

Closed primaries. You have to be registered in a particular party, and you get that party's ballot.

NY is this way also

Unlike MA where you can register undeclared and take either ballot you like in the primary election.

I can only wish NY was the same.
I have never been registered in either party. I am an independent (lower case i).

[dales]

Follow the money.......

'Money is the mother's milk of politics"

Jesse Unruh

The late speaker of the house in California.

[rubato]

Follow the money.......

'Money is the mother's milk of politics"

Jesse Unruh

The late speaker of the house in California.

He was last speaker in 1969 and died in1987. So not "late" by either measure. He was state treasurer for a lot longer.

One of the few honest men in politics:

On lobbyists – "If you can't eat their food, drink their booze, screw their women, take their money and then vote against them you've got no business being up here."[5][6]

And responsible for both the Calif. legislative analysts office which is a paragon of fair and honest non-partisan analysis of the financial effects of new laws and initiatives and ultimately the Congressional Budget Office which was modeled after it.


He changed the world for the better.

yrs,
rubato

[Long Run]

I am an independent (lower case i).

In a self-nullifying development, the Oregon Independent Party recently became the third major party by getting over 5% of the voters to sign up.