How partisan is the Mane?

[Bob]

Just curious, how many will admit to some voting tendencies here…if folks are generally straight party line, or live on the wild side and vote for the person regardless of label? My guess is we are WAY more party-line than what the rest of America is – which I don’t think can be good can it?

As for me, last election cycle – voted for one D governor, and one D Senator. The rest I voted R. If I were to do it again, I would have voted for Ron Paul (an R I think in Montana for Pres) and would not have voted for Max Baucus.

[footstepsfrom#27]

I never vote on the basis of party. Having said this, my personal interests are split on the basis of individual issues and what I know about the candidates. The far right has damaged my ability to vote for most GOP candidates but there are some I respect. Overall the partisan politics here seem roughly split down the middle.

[SoCalBronco]

I consider myself a moderate Republican.

[atomicbloke]

Where is the option for mostly idiotic Repubs ?

[kappys]

Voted for Obama, R for my representative(because of the yes vote for the original bailout from my congressman) and pretty varied on the judges/municpal posts with lots of I's. That said the most I knew about the judges/city reps were newspaper snippets so I can't really claim to have been all that informed

[spdirty]

Originally Posted by atomicbloke

Where is the option for mostly idiotic Repubs ?

otherwise known as liberal Repubs

[Spider]

Self confessed Ross Perrot voter here ........ I have voted R , Craig Thomas senator from wy . passed away now we got **** stick Barasso , who is just a puppet for the rep party ....I voted Kerry , Gore before that ,I would consider voting rep again but it will be awhile , these last reps we had really ****ed things up , I just cant trust them right now ........
I would vote 3 rd party , but some of those people are 1 step ahead of the man with the butter fly net .......

[Arkie]

socially liberal and fiscally conservative

[Odysseus]

Originally Posted by Arkie

socially liberal and fiscally conservative

This is where I like to be.

I don't like the way Republicans throw away business to make money. I don't like the way Democrats throw away money to make business.

[OrangeRising]

I want smaller government and lower taxes, so generally I vote Republican, but these days I do more research into who the candidates really are because there are lunatics in both parties.

The absolutely vicious attacks on Obama are shameful, and the health care distortions fog-horned by the likes of Fox News are downright frightening, although I do not support this legislation.

It's tragic, in part, because people depend on news organizations to explain events and legislation, so when disgraceful operations like Fox rant on the way they do, it can only increase the rancor.

As someone else already said; people don't look further than their favorite news source, so if this is what they hear, this is what they believe, and everybody else is part of some right-wing loon or left-wing radical conspiracy.

It's just sad, and a little scary.

[epicSocialism4tw]

I didnt vote in the last election.

[TailgateNut]

Originally Posted by McSkillet

I didnt vote in the last election.

I guess casting a vote for Palin was akin to not voting!

[Rohirrim]

Originally Posted by OrangeRising

I want smaller government and lower taxes, so generally I vote Republican, but these days I do more research into who the candidates really are because there are lunatics in both parties.

The absolutely vicious attacks on Obama are shameful, and the health care distortions fog-horned by the likes of Fox News are downright frightening, although I do not support this legislation.

It's tragic, in part, because people depend on news organizations to explain events and legislation, so when disgraceful operations like Fox rant on the way they do, it can only increase the rancor.

As someone else already said; people don't look further than their favorite news source, so if this is what they hear, this is what they believe, and everybody else is part of some right-wing loon or left-wing radical conspiracy.

It's just sad, and a little scary.

I was watching a report yesterday that said that the health insurance industry has pooled their resources and is spending $1.2 million per day to kill health care reform, placing ads and buyins politicians. No surprise that the Blue Dog Dems are the biggest recipients of the payoff. I noticed yesterday, it is big pharma putting those Harry & Louise ads out that we "need" health reform and that big pharma "cares." So, on the one hand, they put out a PR campaign to misdirect Americans into believing that they are just like us, and they want reform too. Meanwhile, they spend millions to kill it. I guess this is no different from tobacco company ads about how much they cared and were trying to help, or energy company ads from (for example) Exxon telling us they were at the forefront of alternative energies. At the same time, the Right wing fringe with the assistance of Murdoch are firing racial attacks at the president.

In this climate, I can't imaging the government accomplishing anything, which is just what the corporate oligarchy expects.

[TailgateNut]

Originally Posted by Rohirrim

I was watching a report yesterday that said that the health insurance industry has pooled their resources and is spending $1.2 million per day to kill health care reform, placing ads and buyins politicians. No surprise that the Blue Dog Dems are the biggest recipients of the payoff. I noticed yesterday, it is big pharma putting those Harry & Louise ads out that we "need" health reform and that big pharma "cares." So, on the one hand, they put out a PR campaign to misdirect Americans into believing that they are just like us, and they want reform too. Meanwhile, they spend millions to kill it. I guess this is no different from tobacco company ads about how much they cared and were trying to help, or energy company ads from (for example) Exxon telling us they were at the forefront of alternative energies. At the same time, the Right wing fringe with the assistance of Murdoch are firing racial attacks at the president.

In this climate, I can't imaging the government accomplishing anything, which is just what the corporate oligarchy expects.

I know for a fact that the Pharma industries are putting out their "propaganda" with full page ads in the Denver Post. "we're gonna loose 50000+ jobs" blah, blah, blah.....

The rest of the country is eeking by on meager profits, but damn if the medical and pharma fields should feel the pinch of a ****ed economy. They're SPECIAL.

[Falconer]

I think I am down to only voting for third party candidates (although I feel that the Dems and Reps are really one party these days). As a matter of fact I am strongly considering running for office in 2010.

[Crushaholic]

I really, really WANTED to support McCain, but I couldn't do it. He brought nothing to the table, except for vice presidential eye candy. I also couldn't support Obama. I voted for a 3rd party candidate for president this last time around.

Historically, my first presidential vote was in the primary for Paul Tsongas... I've voted Republican in every presidential election since then (until last year). I'm more likely to vote Democrat on the local and state level, where party labels don't mean a whole lot.

[Hotrod]

Its full of socialists and hippies.

BarryR and myself are the only level headed mofos around this joint.

[Requiem]

Back when I got my drivers license in South Dakota, I was a young boy who chose to register as a Democrat. I registered for the pure reason that you can't vote in primaries here if you're an independent. That was four years ago and I've changed quite a bit politically by then. I've never voted in South Dakota, because North Dakota's loose registration law (practically non-existent) allows me to vote here since I reside here a majority of the time and am a student.

In my young tenure as a voting representative (2006 mid-term and 2008 GE) I've happened to vote for the Democratic representatives from North Dakota to Congress; and I voted for Obama in the past Presidential Election. When it came to state and local offices, I voted by in large -- perhaps a 4-1 majority for Republicans. They've done a great job keeping North Dakota fiscally conservative and responsible (solid surplus) and through my time lobbying around with the NDSA in Bismark -- gettin' to know a few of the locals has been nice. They're real sweethearts, perhaps that's because their citizen legislature reps as opposed to the bleeding professionals out in the Northeast who couldn't manage to wipe their ass with a whole role of toilet paper.

If I had to describe myself, I consider myself as a libertarian if we had to get into ideological speak. At any case, with each year, I grow up and tend to feel different about many things. Such is life. I'm just an ambiguous voter, perhaps an angry one during these times as well.

Hope that answers your question, baby.

[alkemical]

I'm more of an anarchist, but for society - my compromise is libertarian.

[Hotrod]

Here I just wrote this somewhere else on the interwebs but want to share my rant with my hippie friends here on the OM

Personally at this point I want to throw the whole ******* lot of them out of Washington repubs/dems alike. If you are a life time jackass errr politician you are out. Over haul the whole stinking system and get back to a constitutional governement.

Then I want a full investigation and any former politician who has ever taken $ or made a backroom deal to vote for JoeBobs bill if he votes for your bill can head straight to hell not even pass Gitmo. Dirty politicians both rep and dem are more of a threat to our national security then Al Queda and N. Korea combined.

Of course none of that is going to happen today so until Americans get their nose bloody by their own lazy deeds there is nothing I can do about it.

Also I think we all need to let our children kick us repeatedly in the nuts for the mess we are leaving for them. Sadly our kids look up to us as heros and leaders........wait until the realize the **** sandwich we are leaving as their inheritance.

Ugh I need a beer and hooker after that rant.

[Hotrod]

36% really think the WR&P forums of the OM are mostly repubs.............Bwahahahahaha WTF

[TailgateNut]

Originally Posted by Falconer

(although I feel that the Dems and Reps are really one party these days). .

You need to get out a bit more.

[Bob]

Originally Posted by McSkillet

I didnt vote in the last election.

Why would you do that Was it an issue of feeling forced to choose between the lesser of two evils?

[Bob]

Originally Posted by Spider

Self confessed Ross Perrot voter here ........ I have voted R , Craig Thomas senator from wy . passed away now we got **** stick Barasso , who is just a puppet for the rep party ....I voted Kerry , Gore before that ,I would consider voting rep again but it will be awhile , these last reps we had really ****ed things up , I just cant trust them right now ........
I would vote 3 rd party , but some of those people are 1 step ahead of the man with the butter fly net .......

Do you regret the Ross Perrot choice now? My dad was a big fan as well -- I personally loved his stance on government fiscal responsbility, and his use of pie charts...

[Bob]

Originally Posted by Arkie

socially liberal and fiscally conservative

Not being sarcastic when I say this, but do you ever get ANY political satisfaction with the choices "available" to you?