What Is your opinion on this?

Question

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070923/ap_on_el_ge/irked_independents

Answer 1

My opinion of this is that it is absolutely true.

I can relate to the article in that I am an ex-Republican turned independent turned Democrat also. I grew up in a Republican family and in the early 90s was an avid Rush Limbaugh listener.

My transformation began when I started watching CSPAN on a regular basis and noticed comments of the politicians did not match up with what Rush was saying on the radio... I started to question if I was being manipulated. As you know, CSPAN allows the viewer to actually see the words come out of our congressional member's mouths; therefore, I knew exactly what was being said and done from the source. Rush was twisting everything and while, at the time, I felt compelled to try to agree with him, eventually I stopped listening because there just tended to be only about 15% of truth in anything he said.

I then re-registered as an independent and voted for Perot in 1992 then again in 1996. In 2000, I did NOT vote because I knew not to vote for Bush Jr but also refused to vote for Gore. I had never gotten over his being rude to Perot in their infamous Larry King Live debate.

Anyways, I have now re-registered as a Democrat and have vowed to never vote for a Republican again in my lifetime. Why? I feel the Rove tactics that started in the 70s were manipulative, etc... I feel tricked and can not imagine any possible thing the party could do to ever win my trust back.

Answer 2

Makes sense. Remember toward the end of Clinton's second term a lot of voters leaned Republicans and GWB was ahead of Gore in all the polls. I think after 8 years a lot of people are looking for a change.

Answer 3

Intriguing that both parties are losing registered voters and independents are growing. The march in party step vote is lessening. Both parties that fail to deliver what the majority not the vocal minority want will suffer come the next election cycle.

Answer 4

The new story makes an incorrect assumption, or at best an incorrect implication that it does not clarify.

Being "independent" means you can vote in either (but only one) primary -- but it has NO effect on who the final general election vote is for.

Someone can vote in the primary for one party, but still end up voting for someone else in the general election. In other words, while a person can be limited to voting only in one primary -- their general election vote is always independent.

Answer 5

Everyone has their hand out, and the liberals promise to keep spending and spending on welfare programs such as "universal" health care.

What do you think about this statement?

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury." --Alexander Tyler

Answer 6

They could have wrote that same article about me.
I use to be a dem. but I diden't want to be associated with the non-showering liberals. Then I was rep... psyco bible thumpers.... now I'm independent.

Answer 7

Americans have no idea what they want. if there is a Republican in office, they all want a Democrat. if there is a Democrat in office, they want a Rebuplican. blah blah blah.

Answer 8

Finally, people are starting to understand what the GOP stands for.

Answer 9

about time maybe we can stop the republicans from making us a third world country.

Answer 10

Not to fear, Fred Thompson is here.