If I lived in the Midwest, they'd think I was a Democrat

[madbaker]

As it is, there are more Democrats here so sometimes I appear to tilt Republican. For the record, I'm not aligned with either party.

I completely agree with the Democratic talking heads and (some of my friends) who have said that McCain's choice of Palin is condescending to women - if the GOP expects women to blindly vote for them based on gender.

By the same token, it's equally condescending to expect minorities to vote Democratic because there's a non-white male on the ticket.

Do the research and vote for a ticket that most closely aligns with your priorities and beliefs, not because of gender/race/attractiveness/height/etc.
Think for yourself, schmuck!

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[kahnegabs.livejournal.com]

That's what I finally did, when I realized that I was partially disenfranchising myself by being an independent.

Now I vote for the person who comes closest to what I want and hope it helps. I believe in evolution of candidates -- keep trying to turn them in your direction and maybe one day there will be a good one. If you don't vote at all, all you are doing is letting the worse candidate win.

It horrifies me to hear people say that they refuse to vote at all because there isn't a totally satisfactory candidate.

[kahnegabs.livejournal.com]

Sad, but true, but there are certainly worse ways of running a country, so I'll happily take what we've got and do my best to make it better!