My husband (a registered Republican) has received a survey from the RNC with some excellent questions about the current state of affairs, etc. (I was looking at it earlier since I'm nosy. ) He hasn't filled out his responses yet, and I'm sure some of his thoughts/opinions will not be in alignment with mine. (I am not a Republican so they aren't interested in my opinions, haha. Too bad because I have plenty of 'em.) Did any of you get the survey?
@Beth Gallagher I did not. But then, considering that I am a registered agnostic, any survey would be rather irrelevant to most everything..... Frank
I haven't gotten one yet but I'm sure I will eventually. They usually include a request for a donation. If it's somebody I support, I may send a donation. If it's AOC, I will definitely send one. I want her to run.
They call it Unenrolled in Maine, which simply means that I am registered to vote but not enrolled in any political party. I hate Republicans, but Democrats are worse, Libertarians are undercover Democrats, the Green Party is someone's idea of a joke, and the Constitution Party rarely has anyone on the ballot, and can't win anyhow.
I hate all of the political parties. I don't necessarily hate the candidates, although the only time I vote for a Democrat is when we have a Republican that we really need to get rid of, such as Susan Collins. I haven't done so yet, but if she's on the general election ballot again, I'll vote for whatever Democrat is running against her - not because I think the Democrat will be better, but because it will be easier to defeat a one-term Democrat in the following election, when maybe the Republicans would run someone who was actually a Republican. It is my experience that if anyone worthy of the office is going to be elected, that person will be a Republican but, as a party, Republicans are either too afraid to do the right thing when they are in the majority or, more likely, most of them never intended to do the right thing anyhow.
@Shirley Martin Ha, ha! Greatly enjoyed this, Shirl! Never entered my mind that agnostic could be entertained as a political party. IMO, @Ken Anderson ought to be admired for hating all the usual parties, though I know his admiration granted will be subdued and not very widespread. My MIL, a lifelong, DEVOUT Democrat, surprised hell out of me early on: she stated she will always vote for the Democratic candidate, no matter what. I asked her if the party ran a MONKEY, would she vote for it? Without hesitation or thought: "ABSOLUTELY!" I wondered about that, then realized monkey was a poor choice of words on my part; SNAKE would have been far better...... Frank
I had a friend who once said he was a yellow dog Democrat. I asked what that meant. He said he would vote for a yellow dog before he would vote for a Republican. Needless to say, if we discussed politics, we did it very cautiously. He also was a Methodist but I didn't hold that against him, either.
@Shirley Martin There was a Dem, my Dad spoke of him, known as the "Silver-tongued Orator" (I think that was the moniker), named William Jennings Bryan. My Dad's interest stemmed from the "Scopes Monkey Trial", in which Bryan, a Catholic, led the charge against a school teacher who taught his science class following Evolution theory. Defense was skillfully handled by Clarence Darrow. During testimony, Darrow asked Bryan (my dad telling this now) if he believed in the Bible. "Absolutely! Everything the Bible says is true!". Darrow: Then you believe that a whale swallowed Jonah? Bryan: Absolutely! The Bible is never wrong. Darrow: If the Bible stated that Jonah swallowed the whale, would you believe that? Bryan: Absolutely! The Bible is never wrong. Darrow: Then, Sir, you are a damned fool! Bryan suffered a heart attack, I think it was, either during or after the trial. He ran for President 4 times, never even coming close. A Hollywood movie was made in which Darrow was played by Spencer Tracy. My Dad loved him as an actor. I figgered this is not "off-thread" because of Bryan's political antics. Frank