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Carter ran in the first election for which I was eligible to vote. My friends and I argued the pros and cons of Ford and Carter ENDLESSLY. Many could not vote for Ford, because he pardoned Nixon. Many would not vote for Carter because he was unknown. At the booth, I changed my mind and picked a name at random from the other political parties. (Anyone remember Maddox?) Basically, wasted my vote. I did not trust myself to vote for several elections after that. Since I've started voting again, I also try to be well informed of the various candidates' positions and beliefs.

In short, I wasn't smoking anything, but I was young and stupid.

Here's my take on choosing who to vote for: Vote Republican. If no Republican is running for office, don't vote DemocRAT.

This is the first pass through. Naturally, a lot depends on the character of the candidate, the positions of the issues, etc. But in the end, I generally have the same candidates as on the first pass.

There have been some Republicans I just couldn't vote for. So I vote Constitution Party, Libertarians, Green, or Communist, because there are NO DemocRATs that I can vote for. Not even Zell Miller, as long as he runs as a DemocRAT