Confess, It'll Be Good For You. Have You Ever Voted Repuglican?

[Dinger]

You don't have to reply, just vote.

[proud patriot]

1. nope

[tyedyeto]

2. Never!

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

3. Nope. This Past Election Was My First Time Ever.

I had never cared about politics until what I saw unfold before me in 2000. I sought out to learn more about it and am now a full fledged political addict with a wife ready to leave him for it lol

Come time for 04, Kerry all the way. Campaining, donating, and finally voting.

[CornField]

4. Yes, and I wasn't either drunk or high -- so I'm not taking that option

I'm a former republican.

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Yes, for Bloomberg

[Glorfindel]

6. Never, never, never....

can't imagine such a nasty thing!

[XOKCowboy]

7. Never, ever, ever, never, not once, never, ever,

are you kidding, never, ever, never.

Is that clear enough?

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. For the Wayne State Board of Regents...to keep it even.

Hell, I don't even know what they do.

[yourout]

9. I think I once voted for Scott Klug for congressman back in the 80s.

He was a 2 or 3 term moderate from Wisconsin. But I will
NEVER EVER vote for another puke or lightning may strike me down.

[benny05]

10. I have and for a good reason

I voted for Bill Weld for Massachusetts Governor. His opponent in 1990 was John Silber, and a big scrub. Most of us voted for Weld because he was a moderate and not a conservative.

[TiredTexan]

11. I voted for Republicans for most offices from 1974

until 1992. Being a Texan, it took me that long to figure out I was being lied to. Oddly, it took me exactly the same amount of time to get out of a very bad marriage.

Haven't voted for a Repub since. I'm like a reformed smoker.

[Ready4Change]

12. Other:

Hi everyone. I'm Ready4Change. It's been over a decade since I last voted for a Republican Presidential nominee...

[MercutioATC]

13. Yes, just this past November...

...in my city's Mayoral election. He was the better candidate.

[Beam Me Up]

14. Not. Ever. Once. Not that it matters any more, though.

It's not the votes that count, but who counts the votes.

[deadmessengers]

15. Yep

In 1993, I voted for Rudolph Giuliani for Mayor of New York City. Although I had voted for David Dinkins in 1989, he was a disaster as Mayor, and he needed to go.

[NAO]

16. I used to vote Libertarian, but NEVER Republican

[justabob]

27. same here nt

[Hello_Kitty]

17. If it were 40 years ago and we were talking about REAL Repubs

I might think about voting for a GOP candidate whom I respected. But today you cannot be a Republican without swearing allegience to the fascist neo-con agenda. So forget it. If you really are a so-called 'moderate' then change your affiliation to Dem or at least Independent!

[tnlefty]

18. Yes, in a local county commission race and the republican that I voted for

was running against Bill Hullender who placed the Ten Commandments in the county courthouse knowing that there would be a lawsuit to follow. The repub that I voted for assured me that he firmly believed in the seperation of church and state and that he found himself agreeing more often with the "left" editorial side of our local repuke rag excuse for a paper and that he didn't really recognize the repub party anymore. The man I voted for lost, and I was neither drunk nor high.

edited to add: there was no democrat running in this race

[upi402]

19. no way, I work

and think

[Bryan]

20. Yes, more than once.

I should qualify that by saying that the races in which I voted Republican were all local city or county contests that were R vs. R, so I went with the least worst of the available candidates. I'd have to be drunk and/or high to vote R on the national or even state level, though.

[alcibiades_mystery]

21. No, but I did vote for H.Ross Perot in 1992

Hey, it was my first time voting, I was only 18, and I was incoherently "anti-establishment." Gimme a break!

[LincolnMcGrath]

22. Hell No

Frickin Reagan Democrats set us back half a century.

[Atman]

23. Yes, and I don't regret it.

My one and only Republican vote was for Bill Weld, Gov of Massachusetts. He was running against certified head-case, John Silber. Weld was a good governor, too. No regrets.

But here's the scary part...at the time I was on the marketing committee of the Springfield School Board (second-largest city in Mass), and Weld and Mr. Virtue, Bill Bennett came for a meet and greet. And still can't get the stink of Bennett off my hands!

[Ksec]

24. Honestly no.

My first time voting was for Jimmy Carter and its been straight Dem from there on in. Ive always had a hatred for what Rethugs represented.

Even when I was a kid.

[Catherine Vincent]

25. Yes. I even voted for GWBush for governor.

I just don't know what was wrong with me. Temporary insanity? I will never forgive myself for that! :(

[Dinger]

29. It's O.K. Buddy. I Forgive You. Here's MY Confession (shhhhh):

I voted for ------ 2 times, and ---- #. Hurry up, I'm gonna delete this quick!

On edit: just did:evilgrin:

[Catherine Vincent]

36. LOL. Oh I forgot, I had voted for Bush 1 instead of Clinton.

So glad Clinton won though. I figure we shouldn't have two good looking guys running our country. :eyes: I don't know why I did stuff like that, maybe rebelling? I bought the lie that both parties are the same.

[Dinger]

41. Just Edited Out My Secret Shame (nt)

[w8liftinglady]

26. does Libertarian count?

I was a Libertarian for about 20 years

[Dinger]

39. Yup, Joe's A Pug

(Pugs are cuter though (dogs, that is)

[Tracyjo]

28. Not drunk or high

just 18 and stupid. I liked Reagan's speeches and knew nothing. He said something nice about Bruce Springsteen. I knew nothing. Please forgive me.

[Dinger]

32. You Are Forgiven.

Just don't do it again, unless it's a Dem is disguise! :)

[Tracyjo]

40. Don't worry

It will never happen again. I know I've been a Dem since birth. I just got stupid for a second. I can remember thinking Jimmy Carter was cool when I was 10.

[Blue_In_AK]

30. Yes, I have...

...but I would take each one of them back, if I could, except my votes for former Governor Jay Hammond of Alaska, who was a wonderful man and a great governor.

[TlalocW]

31. Yes

It was against the father of former Oklahoma rep J.C. Watts, who ran for some state government job as a democrat. He's on record as saying a black man voting for a republican is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders, but he didn't seem that bright, was not going to move where the position would require him to be most of the time, and if he raised a complete jackass like J.C., there's something wrong with him in the first place.

TlalocW

[La Coliniere]

33. I hate to admit it but

I voted for Ford over Carter in 1976. I was young and downhill skiing was my life. The Fords all loved skiing, and so did I. Although I was raised in a family of staunch Democrats, and I was as liberal then as I am now, Jimmy Carter's Jesus talk scared the hell out of me. Little did I now that what I feared would happen to the separation of church and state if Carter were elected would come to pass 25 years later with the selection of our little dictator and his dominionist henchmen. Why did I vote for Ford? Political naivete. I actually thought his family was pretty cool: a wife who publically admitted alcohol abuse, a daughter who thought premarital sex was okay, and a son who stated in an interview that he loved to "party" from time to time. Yeah, I knew that Ford pardoned Nixon (whom I detested), but my fear of the Christianization of the nation was trumped by a disfunctional Repug family who loved to spend time together on the slopes. Ford was the first and last repug I ever voted for. The folly of youth.

[Blue_In_AK]

34. Don't feel bad -- I voted for Ford, too.

But I voted for Carter against Reagan.

[agincourt]

35. Yes indeed

Richard M Nixon in my grade school election. I think I liked him because I thought he was for lower taxes and more anti-communist. This was the 1972 election, I was 11 years old.

[flaminbats]

37. only when Democrats don't have a candidate..

it's so much easier to criticize a member of Congress or local officials when I can say "I voted for you in the last election..doesn't that count?"

that only happens when the local Democrats don't run someone, unfortunately that often leaves me voting Democratic for President and splitting my ticket in state and local elections. Does that make me a Kerry Republican? Democrats rarely need to work for my vote, but neither do unopposed Republicans!!! :grr:

[mike_c]

38. not once in thirty voting years....

Never.

[Dinger]

43. Bless you : )

:thumbsup: :yourock:

[Nicole]

42. Never

My first vote was for Carter & I kept voting Dem after that.

[Eugene]

44. Yes, once. Not high or drunk, just desperate.

The Democratic candidate for Governor was a fire breathing right winger.
I'll vote for a yellow dog, but I draw the line at snarling pit bulls.

I was tempted to vote for a Republican for sheriff in 2004.
He's a good guy and he was the better candidate,
but I voted for the Democrat.

[Independent_Liberal]

45. Not once.

[Skittles]

46. no - they have always made me sick

in my mind there are no "good ones"

[Davis_X_Machina]

47. For Frank Hatch, against Ed King.

Massachusetts governor.

King was the ultimate party hack, elected on a cut taxes, cut services, screw the (colored) poor platform. The last gasp of old Dem machine politics delivered the nomination to "Ronald Reagan's favorite Democratic governor" because they were angry at Dukakis taking them off the kickback teat.

Hatch was a goo-goo Ed Brooke Republican. Former Fish & Wildlife commissioner from the Cape, IIRC. Clean as a whistle, not a hater.

[FreedomAngel82]

48. No I haven't

I haven't. I almost did in my town's last mayor election back in April but I didn't since he didn't have quite as much experience as the person I voted for (who is the now mayor).

[Tinksrival]

49. Yes but,

back in the '80s fresh from four years in the Army, my husband and I voted Bush 1 the first time he ran. And actually we very well could have been drunk!

[Greybnk48]

50. I voted for Ford instead of Carter

My dad was appalled (but actually did not have a problem with Ford).

[yurbud]

51. Papa Bush and Reagan, but even in my more Republican days wouldn't have

voted for Baby Bush.

I remember hearing what a nitwit Quayle was, watched him debate, and decided it was true.

When the republicans told him not to run before 2000, I thought "thank you for sparing us the embarassment" then saw that they got him out of the way for someone more mentally retarded AND morally retarded.

[Fox Mulder]

52. Ever since I was old enough to vote,

I've voted straight "D" or Green.

I'm 23 right now.

[yknot]

53. Dem from day one. I've never looked back. n/t

[TruthStream_dot_org]

54. Im ashamed to admit...

my nickname by my family growing up was 'Alex P Keaton' as I adored him (actually, even at that early age (i was about 10) I thought he was cute too), but up until about age 20 I was a strict Repugnant (not knowing what it really was - the only politics I knew is what Alex P Keaton on Family ties spewed out). Once I was on my own (Dylan ringing in my head: "How does it feel?") I quickly learned the differences and realized how much I dispised repgunants. However, when I was 18 I was able to vote for President, and I am so ashamed to admit that (and mind you i honestly did no drugs or alcohol at this time - that happened when I became a rolling stone democrat) but I vv...vvv.vvooted for bbbbbbb grrr..I cant type it....BB...Bush Sr. Ugh. There. I said it. Kill me now. I have disgraced my name. I was young and knew not what I did. I'm sorry Walter, I musta fell for the Willy Horton crap. I dunno.

To add insult to injury (and after this you all may want to hunt me down and kill me)...but at the ballot box in 2000 I kept moving the stylus between Gore and Nader Gore and Nader Gore and...ah fuck it...NADER...IN FLORIDA. Im so damn sorry guys. You have no idea the shame.

[Ladyhawk]

55. I was really bad. I grew up as a fundy Republican, so it took me

a long time to realize that I was voting against my values and my best interests. I, very reluctantly, even voted for the chimp in 2000. Please don't hurt me.

:hide:

I have realized my mistake and my eyes are wide open. I was busy questioning religion and wasn't paying much attention to politics. I had a lot of personal growing to do because of how I was raised. Do we ever really arrive? I doubt it. :)

[Vidar]

56. Was raised conservative, voted that way once--now socialist.

[XemaSab]

57. I voted for Dubya

In the primaries.

I thought Gore would kick Dubya's ass, but I was scared of McCain, so I voted for Dubya.

There! I admitted it!

I will be forever sorry for this.

Can any of you ever trust me again????

:cry:

(can't trust me to spell, that's for sure)

[blueblitzkrieg]

58. I voted for the first time in 2004

and I sure as hell didn't vote for any Republicans!! :dem:

[NuttyFluffers]

59. nope, and i'm registered as one!

:evilgrin:
i could read the writing on the wall years before. being registered GOP was essentially like being registered Nazi or Ba'ath, a requirement to function in this fascist state without undue harassment or closed off opportunities. i just don't have to tell other people who i vote for at the end and let their assumptions work against them. there's more than one way to oppose evil.
:evilgrin:

[britpopper]

60. Nope, not ever...never!!!

I was raised right straight out of the womb...

[renate]

61. I think so, though not for anything other than judges....

I have a thing about voting a straight ticket and would be embarrassed to do it. (I'm lazy in so many other ways but not where voting is concerned.) So, odds are, after many election cycles, I have at some time, somewhere, voted for a Republican. (However, I do know that I voted against a friend running for the state senate because he was a Republican.)

In fact, because I am a bleeding-heart liberal in every way except where crime is concerned, I can pretty much guarantee that at least in my early twenties I voted for Republican local judges, assuming that they would be harsh and nasty. Hmmm... wonder where I got the idea that Republicans were harsh and nasty?

I doubt that I would vote for a Republican anything now, since being one these days is essentially a character flaw, indicative of stupidity at best and outright cruelty at worst.