sonofabeach wrote:Wow, I did not even know of this. Either way, I don't care.
I quit watching the news other than local for the most part and feel better for it. Too much drama and negativity. Of course BuffettNews is okay
If you watch ch. 4, THE local news...it's been all over it since it happened...along with the ever present breaking news of who got shot in J'ville...every evening it seems...
Seems like lately the only time I watch is for the weather report before work.
You're right about the Jacksonville though, when I do catch it, there is too much bad news, but that's in every major city.
I was mainly refering to political news, simply because of the bickering and negativity.
"It's crazy and it's different, but it's really bein' free"
Moonie wrote:Kerry's done, finished...they don't even need to stick a fork in him he's so done..
now if we could only figure out a way to dump Hillary in '08...
An editorial cartoon in our paper today shows that happening: a huffing Hillary jogger is being overtaken by a long-legged Obama sprinter.
Let's hope to God that he runs..I wasn't sure which party he was affiliated with...I like him....and Cory Booker, the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey...I don't know his part affiliation either..
What ever party, they are both a breath of fresh air, and it's about time.
Does party affiliation really matter? IMHO, you should vote for the better for someone because he/she is a better candidate, not because he/she is a democrat/republican.
IMHO, a big reason as to why politics in this country has become so polarized, is because many people have become too lazy to actually research each candidate. Rather, they vote along party lines. Remember, just because you're registered to a party, doesn't mean you have to vote for that party's candidate in every single election.
Although to answer your question, both are Democrats.
In some states you are required to register witha specific political party...and during a primary, which can be a very important election during presidential election time, you must vote the party you are registered with...
Sooo..if you are a registered Republican and you want to vote for a Democrat in the primary you must change your party affiliation...
party affiliation doesn't really matter, but yet, it can.
Sorry, I didn't mean primary. Of course you can only vote in a primary if you are registered that party. I was talking general elections with more that one party that occur on the first Tuesday following the first Monday of November.
On this coming Tuesday, you don't HAVE to vote for a Democrat if you are a registered Democrat or Republican if you are registered Republican.
Sometimes more than others,
we see who and what and where we are,
I'm just a one man band,
With my feet in the sand,
Tonight I just need my guitar
In OK you register with a particular party when you register to vote....and the books close 10 days befoe the primary election...or any election. If you decide you don't want to vote for the party you registered with after the books close, then you either don't vote, or you vote for the party you registered with.
In Ga. you state which party you want to vote at the time you vote.., primary or general.
Primaries are where the entire election process starts. Unless you want to go farther back, and start with the meeting held by both parties in each precint, where you elect who to send to the presidential conventions...but it is where you begin to make your voice heard.
and again, you have to decide which party to go with. It's our politican process.
Fortunately, you do have the priviledge of changing your mind when you get to the point of voting, in a general election.
Primaries seem to have become more and more important in presidental elections...
Primaries are a very important part of the election process and a very political party process
When it goes from full to crescent...I move in and out of tune...Everlasting Moon....
Moonie wrote:In OK you register with a particular party when you register to vote....and the books close 10 days befoe the primary election...or any election. If you decide you don't want to vote for the party you registered with after the books close, then you either don't vote, or you vote for the party you registered with.
In Ga. you state which party you want to vote at the time you vote.., primary or general.
Primaries are where the entire election process starts. Unless you want to go farther back, and start with the meeting held by both parties in each precint, where you elect who to send to the presidential conventions...but it is where you begin to make your voice heard.
and again, you have to decide which party to go with. It's our politican process.
Fortunately, you do have the priviledge of changing your mind when you get to the point of voting, in a general election.
Primaries seem to have become more and more important in presidental elections...
Primaries are a very important part of the election process and a very political party process
I know what primaries are and that you can only vote in it if you're registered to be in that party. You can only vote in the democratic primary if you are a democrat.
But what about if you go to the polls next Tuesday and you want to vote for a Republican Governor and a Democratic Congressman?
Sometimes more than others,
we see who and what and where we are,
I'm just a one man band,
With my feet in the sand,
Tonight I just need my guitar
Moonie wrote:In OK you register with a particular party when you register to vote....and the books close 10 days befoe the primary election...or any election. If you decide you don't want to vote for the party you registered with after the books close, then you either don't vote, or you vote for the party you registered with.
In Ga. you state which party you want to vote at the time you vote.., primary or general.
Primaries are where the entire election process starts. Unless you want to go farther back, and start with the meeting held by both parties in each precint, where you elect who to send to the presidential conventions...but it is where you begin to make your voice heard.
and again, you have to decide which party to go with. It's our politican process.
Fortunately, you do have the priviledge of changing your mind when you get to the point of voting, in a general election.
Primaries seem to have become more and more important in presidental elections...
Primaries are a very important part of the election process and a very political party process
I know what primaries are and that you can only vote in it if you're registered to be in that party. You can only vote in the democratic primary if you are a democrat.
But what about if you go to the polls next Tuesday and you want to vote for a Republican Governor and a Democratic Congressman?
The general (November) elections never make you stick to any party affiliation you might have so you can easily crossover with your vote.
In Illinois, in the primaries, when you come to vote, you request which ballot you want that day. Though the political parties use that for follow-up with voters, many people do take the opposite party's ballot in the primary to voice their opinion on a particularly likeable or distasteful candidate (I serve as an election judge, and sometimes my voters will tell me "I'm really a _______ but today I want the other ballot so I can vote against _______"
We also used to allow a one-punch straighy party vote in the general election but that was eliminated so now, even if you want to vote a straight ticket, you must vote each race.
And, if you think the primary system is interesting or odd, just once you should spend time in Iowa and participate in the Iowa caucuses (I did in college). Fascinating!
"I finally know what Michael Jordan was talking about when he said he was 'in the zone'"
Jimmy Buffett, 9/4/05, Wrigley Field
[and you, flyboy, don't have the slightest clue as to what you speak, when you refer to my saying BrianM probably doesn't know who Jimmy Buffett is....
inside joke, of which you are not privy ..
you know about those questionable jokes, doncha.[/quote]
Hey Moonie, if the inside joke is with me, then I have forgotten what it is, too much cheap whiskey I guess. LOL
I conducted an informal poll yesterday of my wife and one of my close friends who are both die hard republicans and they are staying the course with this administration, so I am making the prediction that the GOP holds onto both houses after tuesday. Plus I don't trust the voting machines. They have been staying the course in the Middle East for over two thousand years, so we have to decide how much longer we want to stay the course with them.
Cheers. Keeping it friendly.
"..he'll cook you a fish that he caught that day then belt out a song for the crowd, he'll drink half your beer, but don't worry buddy, the next ones on the house. I'm talkin' 'bout my kind of people..."
and each state has their own procedure, that's what amazes me...
Unless OK has changed it...if you are going to vote in a primary you must be registered with the political party with whom you want to vote...and it has to be changed 10 days before the election...
Having lived all of my adult life in OK..when I moved here I could not imagine that you could change your party affiliation at the time of voting...
and when I got my license, they asked me if I wanted to register to vote, I said yes..and Bingo, I was registered...not the way it's done in OK...
Perhaps OK has changed the straight party voting, I don't know...
The pricinct meeting I went to was held in a private home, but followed specific rules and order...it was attended by my neighbors..I think maybe there were 10 of us..it's where the political process begins...
if you are really unhappy with the results of elections, this is where you start to make things change...
When it goes from full to crescent...I move in and out of tune...Everlasting Moon....
Moonie wrote:In OK you register with a particular party when you register to vote....and the books close 10 days befoe the primary election...or any election. If you decide you don't want to vote for the party you registered with after the books close, then you either don't vote, or you vote for the party you registered with.
In Ga. you state which party you want to vote at the time you vote.., primary or general.
Primaries are where the entire election process starts. Unless you want to go farther back, and start with the meeting held by both parties in each precint, where you elect who to send to the presidential conventions...but it is where you begin to make your voice heard.
and again, you have to decide which party to go with. It's our politican process.
Fortunately, you do have the priviledge of changing your mind when you get to the point of voting, in a general election.
Primaries seem to have become more and more important in presidental elections...
Primaries are a very important part of the election process and a very political party process
I know what primaries are and that you can only vote in it if you're registered to be in that party. You can only vote in the democratic primary if you are a democrat.
But what about if you go to the polls next Tuesday and you want to vote for a Republican Governor and a Democratic Congressman?
The general (November) elections never make you stick to any party affiliation you might have so you can easily crossover with your vote.
Thank you ejr and E. that was what i was trying to get across.
Sometimes more than others,
we see who and what and where we are,
I'm just a one man band,
With my feet in the sand,
Tonight I just need my guitar
BrianM wrote:
Hey Moonie, if the inside joke is with me, then I have forgotten what it is, too much cheap whiskey I guess. LOL
I conducted an informal poll yesterday of my wife and one of my close friends who are both die hard republicans and they are staying the course with this administration, so I am making the prediction that the GOP holds onto both houses after tuesday. Plus I don't trust the voting machines. They have been staying the course in the Middle East for over two thousand years, so we have to decide how much longer we want to stay the course with them.
Cheers. Keeping it friendly.
I haven't the slightest idea how it will go Tuesday, I pay no attention to polls...
I do know that sometimes people will change their mind about who to vote for, seconds before they cast their ballot...
I was a precinct worker for several years, hand counted votes, very interesting what you see on some ballots....
CoB,O joke..I won't go into detail....been history for a long time...cheap whiskey, huh?..
When it goes from full to crescent...I move in and out of tune...Everlasting Moon....
Moonie=Samjustafan??? That's the only inside joke I can think of. But yeah you are right, tuesday shall prove to be very interesting however it goes. I know a lot of these new rights that congress has given to Bush, they would not approve of if it was Hillary or Bill that could use these rights, or make these signing statements that Bush has. I heard Cheney today talking about how things will be if the Dems take control, he at least pretends it could happen, GWB goes on TV with his smug grin and says everyone is in for a surprise, knowing that the fix is in. I hope I'm wrong. Checks and balances, baby, are what makes this country work.
"..he'll cook you a fish that he caught that day then belt out a song for the crowd, he'll drink half your beer, but don't worry buddy, the next ones on the house. I'm talkin' 'bout my kind of people..."
the last two presidential candidates my party offered up were Al Gore, and John Kerry...
How better to hand the office to another party?
run Hillary in 08 and will likely have another Republican in the office dealing with a Democratic Congress/Senate..we'll see what happens Tuesday....
The topic of this thread was about John Kerry, who has fortunately disappeared. I'm sure, at the urging of the Democratic Party. Smart move on their part.
God Forbid he crawls back out, or they do decide to run Hillary...
I'm moonie/Moonie, same one that was at CoB,O, here and next door... insinuate what you want..NO ONE tells me what to think..didn't at CoB,O, don't here....regardless what you've been told......
When it goes from full to crescent...I move in and out of tune...Everlasting Moon....
