I hated like hell to vote for a Republican today...but I did

[plaintiff]

for sheriff. The guy who is incumbent is a crook and a drunk and shouldn't be a Democrat but he is and he needs to go. :grr:
But he was the only one I picked! At noon the vote count was higher than I have ever seen it for an entire election day before! I don't think
there were ever before more than 1 or 2 other voters present when I went in...I actually had to wait today---that is a definite first! I'm not
holding out any hope that Obama will win here in this crimson red area but there IS a chance for our Democratic candidate for Senate to
upset the old GOP asshole who's been there for >20 years. We shall see.

[thunder rising]

1. I had to vote Mahoney out of Congress.

[UnrepentantUnitarian]

2. The bums need to go...period.

Usually that will translate to Republican, but not always, right?

[BOSSHOG]

3. Two years ago I would have voted for a republican for Sheriff

but he didn't win his party's primary, losing to a guy who bought the nomination.

[jeepnstein]

4. My Sheriff is a Republican.

He's a straight up honest guy who will stick to the law to the end. He became and R when a previous Sheriff offered him a job.

[MadrasT]

5. I withheld a vote for one local office because

a Republican was running unopposed. I just couldn't fill in the little oval next the an "R".

No more Republicans, ever.

[DeadManInc]

6. only had a repuke sherriff to vote for, so I didn't vote for

a sherriff lol

[Gman]

7. I wouldn't care if he raped babies

I would still have voted for the Democrat.

But sometimes you can just skip the race. That way you don't vote for the Republic, but you don't really help who you don't like.

[mentalsolstice]

8. I did too, district judge (small claims court)

I know both men running, in this case the R was a better choice...but it's local politics, and there are some Repubs here that are more socially liberal than some of the Dems.

[Taverner]

9. At that low of a level, party affiliations are meaningless

Once we start getting into State Senates and Assemblies, then party makes more of a difference.

[Aristus]

10. I'm probably going to vote for the Republican in the Washington Lieutenant Governor's race.

She is pro-choice, pro-gay rights and in favor on progressive taxation, while the Dem in the race is against all of those things and pretty conservative. It's weird to consider voting for a republican after all this time...

[sam sarrha]

14. even when they are all the above they still have to vote in GooseStep or lose funding, i can see no

reason to ever vote for a member of that political cult. if i had no choice i'd not place a vote for anyone.

NEVER FORGET 2000..and all it brought us.. from 911 on down

[leftofthedial]

11. I guess that kind of a decision is one you'll have to face

when you meet your maker...

oh well. Good luck.

[AndyTiedye]

12. I Voted for a Republican 20 Years Ago

It was the Massachusetts gubernatorial race. The "Democrat" was Edward J. King.

[Warpy]

13. That "D" is no guarantee a local office holder is any good

and if you're stuck with a drunk and a crook, get rid of him. You can always vote the pubbie out in the next election--and should.

Still, for national office, I'll take the drunken crooks in the Democratic Party over the drunken crooks in the GOP every time. It's just too important to keep that party out of power for the foreseeable future.

Even I might have voted for a pubbie this time for state office, but I was delighted to see he'd changed parties. He's a good man and certainly never belonged in the GOP. I guess he got sick of being associated with thieves and incompetents.

[melonkali]

15. A crook and a drunk? That was the norm in my younger Deep South days.

I remember a long-ago campaign for Gov. "Big Jim" Folsom -- who appeared perpetually drunk -- when he was confronted about embezzling. "Sure I dipped in the kitty, but at least I didn't take the whole pot."