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To: MHT

When I was growing up my parents were registered Democrats, but they found over the years that they were voting more and more for Republicans. My father always said that they didn’t leave the Democrat party, the Democrats left them and they ended up registering as Republicans.

Politics and voting were serious things in my household. There was much discussion around the dinner table leading up to an election and the night before an election was always a family night where we sat around and discussed the issues and the candidates (even if you weren’t old enough to vote yet).

We didn’t always agree and my father told us that we didn’t have to agree, but we better be informed and always know why we were voting for a certain person or for/against an issue.

When I first registered to vote I registered as an independent because I didn’t want to be “labeled” LOL!
My 18th birthday was on election day Nov 4, 1976. I was so excited that I was getting to make my first vote for President. I voted for Ford and I was heartbroken when Carter won and I was sure that I had jinxed Ford.

When Reagan came along he won me over lock, stock and barrel and I registered as a Republican and have never had a second thought about being “labeled” as a Republican until this last year. Now, I might be registered as a Republican, but I am not as proud of it as I once was and I prefer to think of myself as just a Conservative. I hear my father’s words echoing in my ears and I think the Republicans are leaving me.


106 posted on 12/11/2007 6:25:19 AM PST by Elyse (I refuse to feed the crocodile.)
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To: Elyse
I hear my father’s words echoing in my ears and I think the Republicans are leaving me.

If we do, we are consigning ourselves to electoral oblivion. We are frittering away the great work built by Ronald Reagan.

110 posted on 12/11/2007 6:28:10 AM PST by gridlock (Recycling is the new Religion.)
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To: Elyse
Well, sometimes I have felt prouder and closer to some Republicans than others....but NEVER has there been a Democrat I would rather vote for, support financially, or even listen to than the Republican. Hillary and Bill are the absolute nadir--but there are other Democrats that are nearly as contemptible. Even Democrats that some Republicans consider "good" rarely vote "yes" with us. I never met a Democrat that voted against a tax hike. They talk and spin, and discuss "process" but the "results" matter. Democrats are not supportive of the values I learned at home. They vote "wrong", period. Lieberman is just about the best I have ever seen. Too bad there's a "D" behind his name.

As bad as any Republican Presidential nominee is, their nominee will be worse.

225 posted on 12/11/2007 9:53:05 AM PST by MHT
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