Pissed off Republicans registering as Democrats in my district.

[Cleita]

:bounce::woohoo::bounce:

That's the good news. Two other ladies and myself from our local Democratic Party Club set up a table at our village's farmer's market this afternoon. We were passing out flyers for our congressional district candidate and registering voters.

Several who registered, former Republicans and Bush voters are not only going to vote for a Democrat but they are changing their party affiliation to Democrat and will vote for Democrats across the board. That's what they said. It was strange because they actually formed a little group around the table all talking to each other about how they had been sold down the river

Every single one of them was more pissed off than most DU'ers. Now for the bad news. Many of the pissed off Democrats are saying they aren't going to vote anymore because they are tired of having the candidates being pre-selected for us by the DLC.

However, the Republicans jumping ship made my day.:-)

[babylonsister]

1. That made my day, too! Thanks!

Hopefully the Dems will have a change of heart; if they don't try to help fix the problem, they are part of it, seems to me.

[Cleita]

7. One of them said that the elections were rigged so

he wasn't going to waste his time. I tried to tell him that if everyone turns out for a landslide it will be too hard for the Republicans to win even with a rigged election, but he wasn't buying it. We used Arnold's initiative defeat as an example that when liberals turn out in droves they can turn an election. I hope he listened to us.

[babylonsister]

13. That's too defeatist for me; perhaps all the poop that will be hitting

the fan in the coming days will give him some optimism. We can hope.

[MadisonProgressive]

16. Do you know something specific? If so, spill it!

[babylonsister]

18. I wish I did. I'm referring to Fitz, Abramoff, the abysmal poll numbers,

dimson's stand for Rummie vs. the military speaking out, Iraq in general and the civil war he's not acknowledging, the next hurricane season... I just bet there's more, but that's for starters.
Seems like he has a lot on his plate.

[Mythsaje]

25. That's one of the reasons all this "not with Diebold" crap

irritates the shit out of me.

[Haole Girl]

2. As far as your bad news...

Just please remind them when they say that: If you don't vote, you'll have no right to complain! :-)

[babylonsister]

8. Welcome to DU, KC2!

:hi:

[Haole Girl]

21. Thanks

[Cleita]

9. Welcome to DU KC2

:toast:

[Haole Girl]

22. Thank you too

Everyone here seems really great so far!

[debbierlus]

3. The dem leadership have the political instincts of a

Tumbleweed.

It is all THERE for them to take...People are SO hungry for leadership and truth, but they remain timid and wishy-washy.

[LA lady]

4. closed primary

Doesn't California have a closed primary system? Could be the Repubs want to control who gets the nomination.

[Cleita]

11. I don't think these ones were.

They were genuinely pissed with BushCo and actually said things like getting our country back to where it was before him.

[BrotherBuzz]

17. California has a Modified Closed Primary System ...

that gives the "Decline to State" voters some power, or say, in the primaries. Reregistering to vote in opponent primaries is nothing new, and I suspect some Democrats in California's eleventh district are crossing over to the dark side to vote for Pete McCloskey and defeat the turd, Pombo, in the June primary (I know I would if I lived in the eleventh district).

Modified Closed Primary System

California currently has a "modified" closed primary system. SB 28 (Ch. 898, Stats. 2000), relating to primary elections, was chaptered on September 29, 2000 and took effect on January 1, 2001. SB 28 implemented a "modified" closed primary system that permits unaffiliated ("decline to state") voters to participate in a primary election if authorized by an individual party's rules and duly noticed by the Secretary of State.
(Ch. 898, Stats. 2000)

http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_decline.htm

[Egalitariat]

5. Yeah, but what will that mean in the primaries?

These folks are switching, not because they've become hard core lefties, but because Bush is so batshit crazy right that they're alienated.

These are the types of people that would vote for Joementum or Zig Zag Zell in the primaries. Hopefully, not enough will jump that they screw up the primaries.

[Cleita]

12. I'm not worried about the Presidency so much right now

as I am about taking back Congress. One woman even said I think that Congress needs a big overhaul and lots of new blood.

[xultar]

6. For every so called Democrat who doesn't vote because of the DLC

FIRST THEY CAN KISS MY ASS!!!

SECOND THEY ARE CLOSET DINOS FOR NOT VOTING and WANT THE RETHUGS TO WIN!!!!!

THIRD THEY CAN KISS MY ASS!!!

FOURTH FOLLOW STEPS 1 THRU THREE after KISSIN MY ASS!

[janx]

10. Tell us how you really feel, Xultar!

C'mon...don't hold back! :rofl: ;-)

[xultar]

15. I just wanted to be clear. Usually I leave room for people to maneuver

and come up with their own intrepretation. However, in this one I wanted it to be crystal clear; you know, it being a holiday weekend and all.

[Cleita]

14. Great. I'm going to print this out and hand it out to them.

:rofl:

[Pirate Smile]

23. Yeah, what xultar said!

[xultar]

26. Absofuckinlootely!

[stepnw1f]

29. Don't Let Him Go Near You

You are too attractive for him.

[Pirate Smile]

33. That's not me. I'm a white chick in Iowa. I was looking for a

visual for the "Kiss my Ass" comment and I ran across that image which seems to fit xultar perfectly IMO.

[stepnw1f]

35. lol

don't let him near you! If he kisses your ass it might turn to granite.

[Heywood J]

36. I sincerely doubt

that, with the ALL CAPS OF DOOM and telling people you're trying to convert to kiss your ass, you're going to win a lot of takers for that approach. Some of us have legitimate problems with the leadership - not necessarily to the point of not voting - but an approach like that doesn't help. It's basically saying "take our shit and stuff your problems."

[NI4NI]

19. How many times

have you heard it said that former Democrats had switched to republican because the Democratic party has moved too far to the "liberal left"? It should now be said that the Republican party has moved too far to the "radical right". I think the Repugs need some of their own medicine by Democrats publically demonizing the term "radical right" every chance they get the same way that the word "liberal" has been denegrated and defiled. How do you think the Repugs gained control in the first place?

[Cleita]

20. Funny another lady who was there said the same thing.

She said, "They are making liberal into a dirty word." Oh, she was a Democrat just listening to the activity around our table.

[NI4NI]

34. The harsh fact is,

that the word "liberal" has been defined as a "dirty word" for years already by political hypocrits and panderers.

[hailmary]

24. can we say: "Third party time!"

....maybe THAT should be the name of a new party: "The Third Party"

....if I had my druthers there would simply be The Clark Party. ....and what a party we'd have if he became the president.

[mnhtnbb]

27. Unfortunately, we have a former Republican running as Dem

for NC State office, trying to take the nomination away from a real Dem.

I hope this isn't a national phenomenon.


http://www.whoischrismintz.com/

[nicknameless]

37. That has been happening a lot, mostly in less significant offices.

Many fake Dems have been infiltrating elections offices, and trying to get vote-stealing machines in place.

[stepnw1f]

28. The Left Will Win in the End

We always do. The right are too vile in nature to govern. The Left listens more before acting, therefore giving representation more to the populous than the GOP. The Democratic Party is a HUGE tent.

[ginnyinWI]

30. and to add to that--

The country will continue to progress. We may take a step back now and then, but in the end we jog forward. They pull us back, then we break free and march forward.

But at present we have 20% of all voters who vote solidly Dem. They have 30% who are reliably Repub. That 50% in the middle are the ones now drifting our way. We need to give them positive reasons to, or else they may just stay home. That's better than voting GOP, but it will be better if they vote Dem.

[stepnw1f]

31. I Feel This Country Becoming More United

Slowly the truth is coming out and more and more middle America folks are learning that they have been lied to and manipulated by the bullshit media.

[Ksec]

32. Hope it lasts

I kinda doubt it will. These dudes arent too bright to begin with, if they were repukes.