I will be happy to post my particulars. I didn't know it was so sinister to fail to do so. I am somewhere between 40 and 50. I have lived my entire life in California. I lived for 27 years in the East Bay, then moved to Davis (I would think the name would have been a giveaway, being such an expert on California) from where I just recently moved to Sacramento.
I voted in the first election in which I was eligible and have not missed a single election since. I was a pretty solid Dem voter (although on a 0-10 liberal to conservative scale I was about a 3) until about 1998 when all the Clinton stuff was going on. I think I discovered this site around then and became a reader, but not a poster until much later. This site was very persuasive and beginning in 2000, I became a solid Republican voter, and have done what I can to persuade others to do so as well. However, I am not in any way affiliated with any organization. It's just me.
I'm a he. I love California and believe, despite all its flaws, that there's nowhere on earth I'd rather live.
May I continue to offer my thoughts?
Oh, its not sinister, call it vetting.
If ya swing much further left, we'll have to teach ya the secret handshake and nod.
Cool, the Golden Goose State too, wow.
if mosquitos weren't so darn bad, I'd finish up where I started from , Minnesota, but I have a california affliction as well, and have been bay area'd since '81 and LA before that. I have cousins who were born and still live here in the area.
Dang, my eyes may have missed your name (plus I hit 50 too and need glasses but am resisting getting them and paying for it with long hours at the keyboard)
I wish I had found FR a few years earlier as well. Lots of good discussions and info and such to be found here, for sure.
I have voted R since my first vote for
Nixon in '72 There, that wasn't so painful .
Thanks
Too bad. I know a good one.
BTW, you lived in the Bay Area then moved to Davis? And you want us to believe you are conservative? Not possible!