god ******** damn it

[Das Rabble Rouser]

So yesterday I registered to vote. Yes I know better late than never. Anyway I was talking to my best friend about it. I asked her which political party she registered as. She said she didn't know. I asked her how she couldn't know. She said she just didn't know and that all she did know is that it was Obamas party.

My best god damned friend. The head desk this deserves would probably leave a large dent in my desk and/or crush my skull in. gonk


So for those of you who have registered what did you register as? I registered as not being a member of a party.


 

[Fresnel]

Card-carrying Libertarian. Signed up to vote when I got my driver's license. They have a convenient slot on the same form... I considered registering as an independent, but I couldn't see a reason to if I agree with the Lib party line.  

[Das Rabble Rouser]

Fresnel

Card-carrying Libertarian. Signed up to vote when I got my driver's license. They have a convenient slot on the same form... I considered registering as an independent, but I couldn't see a reason to if I agree with the Lib party line.

Actually I think "independent" is another political party. The registration card had independent party and not a party member listed.  

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Das Rabble Rouser

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Card-carrying Libertarian. Signed up to vote when I got my driver's license. They have a convenient slot on the same form... I considered registering as an independent, but I couldn't see a reason to if I agree with the Lib party line.

Actually I think "independent" is another political party. The registration card had independent party and not a party member listed.

Only in CA, it looks like. The "American Independent Party" is the Constitutional Party's branch in California, and only maintains its party status by hooking in true independents to be party members through misdirection.  

[Das Rabble Rouser]

Ah ok. Still I'm raging so bad because my best friend is so ******** stupid.  

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Das Rabble Rouser

Ah ok. Still I'm raging so bad because my best friend is so ******** stupid.

Ask him why. I put money on "that's what my parents are".

A Massachusetts teacher stands up in front of a third-grade class and gives a lesson on the difference between Democrats and Republicans. When she's done, she asks the class which party they belong to. Everyone says 'Democrat', except one child, who says he's a Republican. "And why are you a Republican, Jimmy?" says the teacher. "Well, my mom's a Republican, and my dad's a Republican, so I guess that makes ME a Republican too."
"Well, is that the only reason?"
"I guess so, yeah."
"So if your mom was an idiot and your dad was an idiot, what would you be then?"
"Oh, THEN I'd be a Democrat!"  

[Das Rabble Rouser]

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Das Rabble Rouser

Ah ok. Still I'm raging so bad because my best friend is so ******** stupid.

Ask him why. I put money on "that's what my parents are".

A Massachusetts teacher stands up in front of a third-grade class and gives a lesson on the difference between Democrats and Republicans. When she's done, she asks the class which party they belong to. Everyone says 'Democrat', except one child, who says he's a Republican. "And why are you a Republican, Jimmy?" says the teacher. "Well, my mom's a Republican, and my dad's a Republican, so I guess that makes ME a Republican too."
"Well, is that the only reason?"
"I guess so, yeah."
"So if your mom was an idiot and your dad was an idiot, what would you be then?"
"Oh, THEN I'd be a Democrat!"

rofl I heard that one before.

I get the feeling she just bought into the whole "Obama is so great" bullshit around the time of the election.  

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Das Rabble Rouser

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Das Rabble Rouser

Ah ok. Still I'm raging so bad because my best friend is so ******** stupid.

Ask him why. I put money on "that's what my parents are".

A Massachusetts teacher stands up in front of a third-grade class and gives a lesson on the difference between Democrats and Republicans. When she's done, she asks the class which party they belong to. Everyone says 'Democrat', except one child, who says he's a Republican. "And why are you a Republican, Jimmy?" says the teacher. "Well, my mom's a Republican, and my dad's a Republican, so I guess that makes ME a Republican too."
"Well, is that the only reason?"
"I guess so, yeah."
"So if your mom was an idiot and your dad was an idiot, what would you be then?"
"Oh, THEN I'd be a Democrat!"

rofl I heard that one before.

I get the feeling she just bought into the whole "Obama is so great" bullshit around the time of the election.

That's entirely possible too.

Oh hey, he hits one year this weekend. It's around this time that we begin to ask ourselves: what's Changed?  

[Das Rabble Rouser]

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That's entirely possible too.

Oh hey, he hits one year this weekend. It's around this time that we begin to ask ourselves: what's Changed?

Well public opinion changed a lot. He's no longer black Jesus. Now he is satan hitler.  

[ArmasTermin]

Yeah, that response from your friend is probably the result of the same thing that got our current travesty going...

I registered several months before the November election, I think as Republican. I'd probably sign onto the Libertarians now, but I don't think party affiliation is really important enough to go out of my way to change. Being a raging supporter of any one political party is a joke, its all about individual issues and individual guys.  

[Das Rabble Rouser]

ArmasTermin

Yeah, that response from your friend is probably the result of the same thing that got our current travesty going...

I registered several months before the November election, I think as Republican. I'd probably sign onto the Libertarians now, but I don't think party affiliation is really important enough to go out of my way to change. Being a raging supporter of any one political party is a joke, its all about individual issues and individual guys.

I have a very limited tolerance for stupidity. I can tolerate her pretty well because she's very nice and she isn't one of those idiots who thinks they know everything. Still this has me so pissed off, probably more than I should be.

Political affiliation probably isn't that big a deal, but still I know too little about any political party to join one. There's also the whole "lol u r a _____ you r stupid" bullshit. No matter what party you choose someone will make a deal of it. Democrats are abortion loving spendaholics, repulbicans are warmonging cheapskates, libertarians are paranoid rednecks, communists are lazy mindless drones, and well you get the picture.  

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ArmasTermin

Yeah, that response from your friend is probably the result of the same thing that got our current travesty going...

I registered several months before the November election, I think as Republican. I'd probably sign onto the Libertarians now, but I don't think party affiliation is really important enough to go out of my way to change. Being a raging supporter of any one political party is a joke, its all about individual issues and individual guys.

The only real difference in party affiliation is that you can only vote in your party's primary election. Like, only Democrats got the Clinton v. Obama vote.  

[OberFeldwebel]

You have to register for a party?

I just simply don't remember doing that part.

Republican I believe, had I known more I would have probably picked independent.


Anyway, yeah I know your pain.
My younger sister voted for obama to, you guessed it, make history IE because he's black.  

[Shrantic]

Well, next (Presidential) election, I plan to vote Republican. I really only see it as the lesser of two evils, though. (As in, the one that leaves me the ******** alone, the most.)  

[Ubasti]

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Oh hey, he hits one year this weekend. It's around this time that we begin to ask ourselves: what's Changed?

It's gonna take a few years for us to see what his policies have done. Stop being so impatient with the man. You aren't going to see major change in one year. Hell, it took a few years before everybody realized Bush was an asshat, right? It took a few years for Clinton's policies to have a measurable effect, right? It took a few years for Reaganomics to screw the economy over, right? The reason Obama's public opinion is so low is because everybody expects things to change NOW, and not in a few years.