Yay! I voted Republican today!

[carrowsboy]

First time too!

Today was the Primary Race in Virginia and I voted for George Fitch for the Repug candidate for Governor!

Ever heard of him? No you probably haven't. Neither had I til a few days ago. He was challenging the extremely smarmy Jerry Kilgore for the nod to go against Tim Kaine in November. Of course in November I'll be casting my vote for Kaine but it felt great today to vote for a spoiler candidate.

The only primary today for the Dems was for Lt Gov. and all 4 running are great people. But you had to declare Rep or Dem.

The VA GOP has of course smeared Fitch at every turn and even if he does win the primary they will still abandon him. All in all, a win/win situation for Kaine! The more voters who voted against Kilgore today also sends a message that he may not be as well liked as he believes!

I forget who the other 2 Repugs I voted for were. One guy was called "liberal" by his fellow party and the other was was described by his opponent as "untrustworthy" which he said of the other guy as well. Seeing as how they are both in the GOP, I believe them both!

I know Kilgore will get the win today, but just voting against him (along with several of my family members and friends) was just fun.

I find it even more hilarious that Kilgore resigned his Atty general position so he could start fund raising before Kaine (who honored his committment to the voters) yet just last month Kaine is leading in contributions, lol.

[kansasblue]

1. Be sure to report the results here.

We'll be looking for Kilgore weakness.

[ElectroPrincess]

2. Me too

Yes, I also voted in a Virginia primary. Must admit that I blushed a bit when asking for a Republican Ballot. But hey, it's come down to the point where the best we can do in some areas is vote in the primaries for the least "whacked out" right wing conservative. That way, when the inevitable happens, at least you don't have to tolerate a true nut-case. :-)

[carrowsboy]

4. you blushed, I laughed

It did feel weird asking for it though.

At my polling area there was one old woman sitting out side in 95 degree heat (110 if you count the heat index!) and she was trying to give out Kilgore literature. Ugh, how insane!

I feel bad about my mom though. She's a Repug and the first thing out of her mouth was "these guys aren't against Bush are they?" and I said, "why no mother...they are Republicans." Then I brought up the eavesdropping scandal and Kilgore sounding kind of light in his loafers and she aid she'd be there at 2:30pm to vote.

I know I'm awful, but it is still kind of funny.

[FrenchieCat]

3. Congrat!

Excellent strategy!

[TriMetFan]

5. Good Job to all that are trying to change things VA.

:toast: :thumbsup: :woohoo: :applause: :applause:

[dr.zoidberg]

6. This is a good idea.

I like this idea. The more competent and, most importantly, sane persons we put in Congress, the better. Whether they are Democrats or Republicans.

[abluelady]

8. I Thought About Doing the Same Thing

But when I got to the table asking me Republican or Democrat, before the word Dem was even out, I said, "of course not." So I blew my chance. Will have to control myself next time there is a primary.

[carrowsboy]

7. RESULTS as they come in:

As per usual, Virginians have chosen the vilest, most extreme Repukes to go on the ballots.

Primary Returns - so far

Gov:
Kilgore (R) - 82%
Fitch (R) - 18%

Lt. Gov:
Bolling (R) - 63%
Connaughton (R) - 37%

Atty Gen:
McDonnell (R) - 59%
Baril (R) - 41%

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Lt Gov:
Byrne (D) - 33%
Baskerville (D) - 23%
Pederson (D) - 22%
Puckett (D) - 22%

[Ian David]

9. Here's how to REALLY spoil an election

The general idea is to register someone as a third-party candidate on an outrageously conservative platform for the purpose of acting as a spoiler to split the reich-wing vote.

*Remember: Alan Keyes carried 30% of Illinois. As Jon Stewart put it, "30% of people in Illinois wear tinfoil hats and diapers."* If an Alan-Keyes imposter ran against Santorum and got even 5% of the vote...


1) Register someone to run in Santorum's district as an independent candidate.

2) Campaign on the most fundamentalist, anti-gay platform you can imagine. Wake-up in the morning and say to yourself, "Today, I am going to pretend to be Alan Keyes."

3) Reach-out to fundamentalists, evangelicals, and other un-enlightenment types.

4) Your platforms are going to be "protecting" marriage, denying civil unions, keeping gays out of the military, making sure that private companies are not allowed to extend domestic partnership rights, gay people can't file domestic abuse cases against their partners, banning gay-straight alliance groups and tolerance training from public schools, forbidding gay pride events, etc.

5) Here are some other things you will promise:

a) You're going to say you want to make sure the government can fund charter schools, even if they are religious schools.
b) You want the 10 commandments posted in every courthouse, classroom, police station, and in the passenger seat of every police cruiser where handcuffed suspects can read them.
c) You want rooms set aside in public schools for "voluntary prayer."
d) Students will have the option of adding the words, "We ask these things in
Christ's name o Lord, Amen" to the end of the pledge.
e) The pledge will always be followed by the song "God Bless America."
f) Gay people will not be allowed to name one another as beneficiaries.
g) Gay people will have their "medical proxy" rights weakened, so that "blood relatives" can over-ride the instructions of their partner.
h) All abortions will be considered murder, with both the abortionist and the mother put on trial.

6) You are going to run as the most godwhacked fundamentalist theocratic fundie that Pennsylvania has ever seen. This will split Santorum's vote, giving the Democrat a better chance.

7) You are going to liberally quote Fred Phelps and Alan Keyes, and perhaps even invite them on your campaign trail.

8) On the off chance that you're elected... well, politicians never keep their promises anyway, do they?

Remember: The goal is to split the bigot-fundie vote between Santorum and yourself.

See my prior post:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=221&topic_id=5006#5097