Michael Johnson, PE

Joe wrote:
> "Michael Johnson, PE" <cds@erols.com> wrote in
> news:oaednS75X6AuIG3enZ2dnUVZ_tudnZ2d@giganews.com:
>
>> Joe wrote:
>>> "Michael Johnson, PE" <cds@erols.com> wrote in
>>> news:oo-dnWTgBss24nLeRVn-qA@giganews.com:
>>>
>>>> Joe wrote:
>>>>> <snip>
>>>> There really isn't much difference between Republicans and Democrats
>>>> once they are in power. The Republicans should be running a huge
>>>> budget surplus right now (January actually had a $21 billion
>>>> surplus) but they can't stop spending to save their ass, and ours
>>>> for that matter. One thing the Democrats do want that I think would
>>>> be an absolute disaster is nationalized health care. I certainly
>>>> don't trust the government to make health related decisions on my
>>>> behalf.
>>>>
>>>> Basically, they are all money whores. They sell their souls for
>>>> campaign cash and free vacations. They get elected and think they
>>>> are now royalty that should have special perks and privileges. It
>>>> has always been this way and was likely worse before the advent of
>>>> instant communication to the general public. Anymore I am
>>>> pessimistic about cleaning up government. Power corrupts so the
>>>> majority of whoever is in Washington will likely do the same over
>>>> time. The only thing that makes me vote Republican is they don't
>>>> seem to want to dig into my wallet with new/higher taxes and the are
>>>> more proactive with national defense (for better or worse).
>>>> Democrats lean toward socialism, to which I am definitely opposed.
>>>> Plus Democrats had 40 years of welfare that was supposed to help the
>>>> less fortunate and all it did was make them more dependent and less
>>>> self sufficient. Also, they have no new ideas (their olds ones
>>>> don't work) and they won't listen to the more centrist members of
>>>> their party. Actually, at this time, the Republican Party is much
>>>> more centrist than the Democratic Party. Look at who is running
>>>> their party, Howard Dean, Nancy Polosi, Harry Reid, Ted Kennedy.
>>>> People like Evan Bayh, Bill Richardson and Joe Lieberman are
>>>> ostracized because they aren't liberal enough. I wonder if Bill
>>>> Clinton could get the Democratic nomination if he were running in
>>>> 2008. I think he would be considered too centrist. What has
>>>> happened to the Democratic Party is the same thing that could have
>>>> happened to the Republicans if Pat Buchanan had been successful.
>>> Actually, I don't think anyone is running the Democratic party. I
>>> think they're on autopilot and it's malfunctioning. OTOH, the
>>> Republicans think they are simply too good for us commonfolk. They
>>> exude arrogance and selfishness.
>> I think they ALL exude arrogance. Especially the Senators. Did you
>> watch any of the Alito hearings? That is a committee full of pompous
>> a-holes. The purpose of the hearings was to ask Alito questions to
>> determine his fitness for the Supreme Court but most all of them used
>> over two-thirds of their alloted time to give grandstand speeches.
>> They love listening to themselves talk.
>>
>>> These are but a few reasons why I'm a registered Independent.
>> The trouble with being a registered Independent is there are hardly
>> any Independent candidates to vote for, and if there were, I would
>> give them one term in office to become just like the Republicans and
>> Democrats are now.
>
> That's not the point - I refuse to associate myself with either of the
> major parties. The only downside (which really isn't a downside at all)
> is that I can't vote in primaries. I can vote for whomever I want in
> major elections.

Even if you're registered as a Repub or Dem you could still vote for
whoever you choose in November. ;) I'm not a registered Republican
either but will now have to be if I want to vote in the primaries in
Virginia. I probably won't register any time soon. I guess technically
I'm an Independent too, at least for the forseeable future.