Posted on 05/25/2012 1:16:11 PM PDT by mylife
Edited on 05/25/2012 1:26:04 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
I just got back from voting in the Texas Primary. What I saw was the place was packed. There were 50% lines for the Republican primary and 50% lines for the Dem Primary.
Guess what happened? Not a soul on the Dem Primary line. Not a soul!
And this is a traditionally Blue Dog Dem county.
This one's smart enough.
I almost felt bad for them. Almost .. LOL
I don’t believe ODrama’s opposed in Texas. And frankly, it’s not a big deal.
LOL!
[i]The Dem poll workers looked woebegone and sad, like they just needed a friend[/i]
This depends on where you were. I spent today poll-watching in southern Dallas County (Oak Cliff sub-courthouse, not too far south of I-30), and easily 98% of the voters were D. There was never a wait in the R-line.
Highlight of the day was one D-voter exclaiming, “I don’t even know half of these names! Who am I supposed to vote for?” All I could do was shake my head and think, “and therein lies the problem. . . .”
I know you're joking, but there's a lot of truth to that.
The radicalism of Obama and Pelosi and Reid is destroying what is left of the moderate wing of the Democratic Party on the national level. Short term that may be good for Republicans. Long-term, I'm not sure having a far-left Democratic Party cut loose from its rural Southern and northern Catholic blue-collar wings is good for America.
The political debate I want to see is between conservative Republicans and populist Democrats. That's a legitimate discussion in a right-of-center country. What we're developing instead is a fight between conservatives and true socialists straight out of San Francisco.
That's a recipe for disaster.
Just because you don’t see them in line doesn’t mean their magic ballots won’t suddenly appear in a box that was “forgotten” in a back room.
Yes, and then they stamp your voter’s registration card with either Republican or Democrat to show what primary you voted in so you can’t vote again.
So you are, in effect, declaring party.
And it’s really upsetting that the Texas primary may be the one that gives Mitt the last of the votes he needs to win the nom.
Well, he got no vote from me.
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