Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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Posted on 12/30/2007 11:06:50 PM PST by ellery
Fewer active voters than in the 2006 general election will be casting ballots during the January presidential primary season in Orangeburg, Bamberg and Calhoun counties, according to statistics from the State Election Commission.
Commission spokesman Chris Whitmire said the decline likely is because of inactive voters not responding to cards mailed out to maintain state registration records. The cards were sent out to voters who did not cast ballots in the last two general elections to confirm those individuals are still living at their respective addresses.
People who did not return the confirmation cards will be able to vote but may have to show additional ide.jpgication at their voting precinct to cast a ballot.
Whitmire said the confirmation cards were designed to identify people who have either died, moved or been convicted of a felony.
As of Dec. 23, 51,926 people in Orangeburg County were actively eligible to vote in either the Democratic or Republican presidential primary. That is a 13 percent drop from the number actively registered in the 2006 general election.
According to the State Election Commission numbers, Bamberg and Calhoun counties will experience a 22 and 12 percent decline in the number of active voters, respectively. It is possible for those figures to increase when last-minute registrations are counted in the total next week. The deadline to register to vote in the primaries was Dec. 26.
While the numbers of active voters in the primaries may be down this year, the excitement is not, according to local Democratic and Republican party officials.
"We are very excited that we are a part of the early voting," said Orangeburg County Democratic Party Chairwoman Betty Henderson. South Carolina is the first Southern state to hold a presidential primary, with Iowa, New Hampshire, Wyoming, Michigan and Nevada holding primaries or caucuses prior to that.
The S.C. Republican primary will be held on Jan. 19 with the Democratic vote a week later on Jan. 26.
Orangeburg County Republican Party Chairman Jim Ulmer says uncertainty over a GOP nominee is exciting.
"Its interesting to see people's opinion in that bunch evolve," Ulmer said.
Recent history has seen South Carolina play a big role in determining the Republican nominee. In 2000, George W. Bush won the South Carolina primary after Sen. John McCain won the New Hampshire primary. Bush took that momentum to the nomination and eventually the presidency.
Various polls in early voting states have shown a fluctuation among Republican voters' preferences in the last few months. Currently, the surging former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is leading in the latest South Carolina poll, according to Survey USA. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has consistently led in national polls throughout.
Ulmer said his opinion of the best candidate has evolved as well. Originally, he supported Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback until he dropped out of the race. "I had to go shopping all over again," Ulmer said. He settled on former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, calling him a principled person with a common-sense approach to government.
Ulmer said his organization has not heavily pushed voter drives recently because of the holiday season.
He said he hopes to see some candidates stop in Orangeburg before Jan. 19. Contact has been made by some some campaigns about possible Orangeburg appearances.
Ulmer noted that while Orangeburg is a traditionally Democratic county in a Republican state, the county is important for the GOP in terms of margin of victory.
Henderson said Orangeburg should attract Democratic candidates because 72 percent of the county voted Democratic in the last presidential election in 2004.
"Everybody will be looking to see what Orangeburg does," Henderson said.
Henderson said her organization has been working closely with the various campaigns and has been diligent in trying to sign up new voters with registration drives. Henderson noted that she has not seen this much activity in an election cycle for some time.
Henderson said she has not selected her pick to be the next commander-in-chief.
She believes the South Carolina primary will have a dramatic impact in determining the person to be the next president. "The road to the presidency now goes through South Carolina."
A little departure with a South Carolina ping.
From the article:
Ulmer (Orangeburg County GOP Chairman) said his opinion of the best candidate has evolved as well. Originally, he supported Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback until he dropped out of the race. “I had to go shopping all over again,” Ulmer said. He settled on former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, calling him a principled person with a common-sense approach to government.
Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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LOL! Don’t you ever sleep?
Maybe the cemeteries forgot to return their Democrat absentee voting cards.
Amen...
Not much. :p
Democratic Governor Endorses Mike Huckabee
Instead we have conservatives lining up behind Mike Huckabee because he agrees with them on two issues - gay marriage and abortion - neither of which the president can do much about. And all the while they ignore his liberal history as governor of Arkansas. If Huckabee is a real conservative, explain this: Since he's running in the Republican primaries for president, don't expect Mike Huckabee to be advertising the strong endorsement he just got from Ted Strickland, Ohio's Democratic governor.
It seems Mr. Strickland, who typically racked up a 95% rating from the liberal Americans for Democratic Action during his 16 years in Congress, has discovered a kindred spirit in Mr. Huckabee. He told the Cincinnati Enquirer last Sunday that Mr. Huckabee is a "combination of conservative views in some ways, but very, almost liberal views in other ways." Mr. Strickland concluded: "Of all the Republican candidates, Mr. Huckabee would be my personal choice."
NOW,,, THERE SHOULD BE NOT DOUBT IN YOUR MIND....HUCKABEE IS LOVED BY DEMOCRATS.
God save us if he is actually nominated by the Republican party, or should I say "former" Republican party ..if that actually occurs.
YOUR CHOICE This OR This.
NEITHER IS A PRETTY PICTURE
Yeah,....Right...You convinced me.
"Saddle Me Up"
NRA of America
Stand Up Now
I always thought your group stood for the 2nd. Ammendment. I also thought the NRA wanted to elect politicians supporting gun ownership. What's your problem?
"My idea of gun control is a good, steady aim."
Did you know on Dec. 21st. in a speech in Iowa Fred Thompson said:
When someone asked about what the government could do about AK-47s and the Westroads Mall shooting, Thompson said that assault weapons are not the problem, it is the people using them inappropriately; and it is not the government's place to remove guns from rightful citizens.
"Look at those church shootings," he said, in reference to the Colorado Springs, Colo., shootings that killed five and wounded five on Dec. 9. "That armed volunteer saved countless lives."
Thompson added, "My idea of gun control is a good, steady aim."
Is this not what we want?
Where are our leaders?
Why doesn't the NRA have TV spots right now endorsing and supporting Fred Thompson?
If we fail to do so we may have a Democrat or a liberal Republican elected, who will then push to limit or eliminate private gun ownership.
Freepers Call your NRA Headquarters today and give them your opinion.
Giuliani = Liberal
Has our Party gone the way of the dinosaurs?
Have we lost our values?
If we elect a man who supports gay rights and is pro-choice, we can no longer call ourselves conservative. Have we sunk so low that we would elect a person who dresses in drag? Marches in gay pride parades? Giuliani is a liberal running as a conservative. He's pro-amnesty, pro-gun control, and pro-gay. He is intelligent and has governed New York City successfully, BUT he is not a true conservative by any measure. Conservatives wake up?
God help us if we elect a liberal.
SEN. JOHN McCAIN'S
AMNESTY BILL FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS
Recently, John McCain did what may be unfairly called a flip-flop and admitted the American public was opposed to amnesty and withdrew his support of it reluctantly perhaps to save his campaign for President
Senator John McCain who possesses many fine qualities not the least of which is service to country in uniform and incredible suffering in defense of this nation, supported amnesty in the form of legislation defeated in Congress last summer largely in part because of the massive outrage expressed by citizens that is credited for rendering the Congressional phone system inoperative during the session. .
The illegal alien problem is the fault of the US government. It created the problem by refusing to fund adequate border security. It has ignored the Constitution and has not followed existing law.
McCain held hands with the liberal Senator Edward Kennedy, (D-Ma)
in support of illegal immigration less than a year ago . Now he's flip flopped.
What are we to believe?
If he's elected will he change his mind again?
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