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I will be voting for Obama in the Primary. Tenn, is an open primary state and Fred will take it easily. I’m going to stick it to Hillary in my own small way.

LOL! I have done that same thing in Texas primaries in the past, vote for the worst dem. Don’t know about this time.

Tennessee does not require that a voter register by political party. In order to lawfully vote in a party primary election, however, a voter must be a bona fide member of and affiliated with that political party, or else must intend to affiliate with that party. The applicable statute is Tennessee Code Annotated § 2-7-115.

Regarding Fred Thompson, does anyone know whether the senator is in good standing with the fundamentalist church in which he claims membership? Thompson reportedly claims membership in the Church of Christ, whose doctrine disapproves of divorced members remarrying. Some members make an exception where the divorce was based upon a spouse’s adultery. (The Gospel of Matthew includes such an exception; the Gospel of Mark does not.)

Mr. Thompson’s marriage to a much younger woman occurred in the United Church of Christ, a much different (and doctrinally very liberal) group. Has his home congregation (each local church of Christ is autonomous) inquired into the circumstances of Senator Thompson’s 1985 divorce?