Alton Parker.
And I'm pretty sure there are Freepers old enough to have had the choice between him and Roosevelt.
The first Roosevelt...
Vote for a Democrat? Sure. Except Harry Truman died a long ways back.
I have, one time, trying to get the lying Cornyn out of office.
I will never again vote for another democrat.
The last dem I voted for was Zell Miller(twice) for Governor of Georgia.
But now, until the day I die, it will be straight Republican. That’s for damn sure.
The last ones I voted for were Joe Lieberman over Lowell Weicker, and Glenn Poshard (pro-life/pro-gun) for governor of Illinois over George Ryan (lying criminal). Now we are going back nearly 20 years. I vote third party regularly when the Republican is a Bruce Rauner or Christine Todd-Whitman type.
A Vote to Raise My Taxes "ABSOLUTLY" (Pelosi as Speaker Again??). You've Got to be Kidding Me!!
I supported JFK against Nixon, although I was too young to vote. By 1968 I supported Nixon, and have voted Republican ever since. However, if the GOP abandons Trump, I will go Libertarian.
Voted first time in 72, never for any democrat at any level. Have voted for a few lying RINO bastards based on their campaign promises but never a democrat.
“Conservative Democrats or Progressive Republicans”
The first term can exist, the second one cannot. The problem is with the “progressive” part. It allows no room for dissenting thought or action. It balloons until it takes over the entire entity. There is no give and take or sharing of ideas and consideration of an opponant’s opinion, like the first term suggests. A progressive republican is a RINO and they are entirely in the enemy camp with only the moniker as a disguise to fool the uninformed.
Why start now?
Nope, but I’ve definitely left certain races blank on the ballot.
Marco Stinking Rubio.
In a country of limited government, distributed power, with limited central-government spending, and maximum local control? Yes, I might consider all parties.
In our present system of massive Fed.gov debt and spending, with top-down collectivism and enforced “social justice,” and with the American global empire in place? No way. I won’t even vote for an average Republican.
In CA we have a Primary System that puts the top two Primary Winners on the General Election Ballot.
In November of 2016 we ended up with Kamala Harris and Loretta Sanchez on the Ballot for Senator.
For the first time in my Life I Voted for a Democrat, Loretta Sanchez. Sanchez is dumb as a Rock but Harris is as dangerous as being hit in the Head with that same Rock.
I’ve been saying for decades that I will never vote for a Democrat. I’ve been chided and berated about my position and told I should vote for the person, not the party. But that all seems to have stopped now that normal people understand what a vile evil disgusting organization the Democratic Party really is. Because, if you’re a Democrat, you’re either ignorant or you know full and well about the party you represent. Either way, I would never vote for a Democrat. I just understood what Democrats were about long before most people did. When I go to my grave it will be with a clear conscience, having never once voted for a Democrat.
The last time I voted for a Democrat was when Lyndon Johnson came to my campus and said he would not send our boys to fight in S. Vietnam if S. Vietnam wouldn’t use their own boys to defend their own country. Guess what he did after he was elected.
Not today, but when I lived in the South in the pre-Reagan 70s, it was still almost all Democrat. I was one of only two Republicans in the entire precinct, and often there would be no GOP candidate on the ballot for certain offices. In those cases, the primary served as the general election. I voted for one Democrat Congressman in particular, the late Earl Hutto, who represented the Florida panhandle district that douchebag Joe “Deliverance Banjo Boy” Scarborough later won. Hutto was a member of a now extinct political class, pro-military Southern Democrats who were patriotic and loved America.
My wife had Mrs MacAlister for principal for a few years and she did for that office what Mr. Mac did for the school board. She was very firm and very good with the students and with the teachers.
How much of that comes from proportional representation in parliament rather than the candidate with a plurality of the vote winning in each district. In those countries forming a new party which gets 10% of the vote could end up with the new party as part of a ruling coalition. Here, your new party getting 10% will result in your ideological enemies winning in a landslide. That promotes stagnation of the two parties.
Local elections only.
That being said, I have not heard of any Dem recently that was against the PC nonsense, against Identity politics, for the flag, for race-neutral laws, for lower taxes, for lower regulation, against preferences for non-Americans over Americans, for pride in our nation, for individualism over government dependence, for economic freedom, etc. If one comes along, and is opposed by one (of any Party) who isn't, then they'll get my vote.
It could happen... maybe even in my lifetime. Only morons say "never".
Alton Parker.
And I'm pretty sure there are Freepers old enough to have had the choice between him and Roosevelt.
The first Roosevelt...