I AM NOT A REPUBLICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Never have been, and NEVER WILL BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you GET IT NOW??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Or will you continue to insult me by referring to me as something I AM NOT??????????????

I bet you’re a gutless, hate-filled, anti-military extremist too, RIGHT??????????????????

As for me, I will CONTINUE to be the Independent/Moderate I have been since the 80’s when I left RESTRICTIVE party politics by telling the DUMBocrats where to stick it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you don’t like it, TOO BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just keep in mind that I have NEVER insulted you because you belong to a political party!

Too bad you can’t do the same for me

Oh well, like I said; YOUR LOSS!!!!!

NO, I don’t get it at all.

I’M NOT A REPUBLICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Never have been, AND NEVER WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you ALWAYS get your rocks off insulting people by calling them something THAT THEY ARE NOT??????????????????????????????????????????????

Once again, for your benefit, I’M AN OPEN-MINDED INDEPENDENT/MODERATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I left the DUMBocrat party to be free from the restrictions of party politics, NOT to be insulted by close-minded non-moderates LIKE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOT IT NOW?????????????????????????????????????????????

Did you have a question????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

?????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????????????

Sorry, but we don’t share ALL the same values, and if you believe we share the same values, then WHY have you gutlessly ATTACKED me for being an OPEN-MINDED INDEPENDENT/MODERATE?????????????????????????????????

We probably share SOME of the same values, but since you now view me as a lower life form than pond scum because I’m an OPEN-MINDED INDEPENDENT/MODERATE who doesn’t think LIKE YOU, you’ll probably never know

Seems to me craig, that YOU arer the one who’s confused!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You say:

- “Values like wanting the best for our children”
So that would be Right values of Republicans against abortions.

- “… being free to live our lives without EXCESSIVE interference from the government”
Again this would be Right values of Republicans who believe in smaller government and smaller taxes.

- “… to ALL American military regardless of branch of service) up in high esteem and to VALUE the Service they give (or have given) to our Nation to keep us free!!!!
Those are Right values of Republicans who believes in just wars and Country first.

Since it is the only 3 values that you have given me, I conclude that you are a Republican and have Right values at heart.

But, no wonder you are disgusted at party, since you were a Democrat before… lol. I can understand you very well. Welcome in the Republican Party, Paul, we share the same values.
And BTW, I am Canadian and I vote for the Conservative party in Canada who is about the same as your Republican Party.

Shouldn’t ALL REAL AMERICANS be allowed to vote in ALL elections???????????????????????

I said previously that I left party politics back in the 80’s, and I’m now have the FREEDOM to vote for the Candidates who most share my American values!!!!

And I say the same thing to BOTH political parties; you put up candidates who most share my American values, and I’ll support those candidates!!!!

In fact, if I had my way, only registered party members would be allowed to vote in primaries. Otherwise, we get what we’ve seen in recent years: Democrats rile up thousands of new voters in states that allow independents to vote. They then go to the polls and vote for the candidate that their own party will have the best chance against. To me, that practice should be illegal.

Let me give you an example of the SEVERE RESTRICTIONS of party politics.

In some states, Independents CANNOT vote in Primary Elections. In some states, like my state of Massachusetts (as embarrassing as that is to admit!!), you can only vote for the candidates in whatever political party you’re registered as. BUT…if you’re an Independent, you can CHOOSE the ballot of the party you want to vote for!

You said “The point of a party is to advance those values that you hold dear. Not to constrain you in a little box and force you to support things that you do not believe in..”

What if there IS no political party who advances the American values I hold dear????

You continue – ” You don’t need to be a “moderate” or “independent” to pull the lever any way you want.”

That’s right, and THAT is why I’m an Open-Minded Independent/Moderate!

Being an Independent isn’t about 3rd parties either. Independents, by our very nature, are PARTYLESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The point of a party is to advance those values that you hold dear. Not to constrain you in a little box and force you to support things that you do not believe in. You don’t need to be a “moderate” or “independent” to pull the lever any way you want.

I’m personally not happy with the direction the Republican Party has taken, and at one point I left because I felt like I was saying “screw you”. But the political machine in this country is driven by two parties. Trying to promote third parties was not fruitful. Maybe some day, but not for a long, long time. And sitting around as an “independent” and waiting to see who the lesser of two evils would turn out to be was not acceptable either. By working within the party, I can at least have a tiny, tiny, tiny bit of influence in its direction, where before I had none.

I guess you’re NOT an American, because if you had to ask, they YOU MUST NOT KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So for your benefit let me mention just a few values we as REAL Americans hold dear.

Values like wanting the best for our children; like wanting our children to have better lives than we have; being free to live our lives without EXCESSIVE interference from the government, being able to point out the errors of the far right AND the far left; holding those who have worm or who currently wear the uniform of an American Soldier (and when I say “Soldier”, I’m referring to ALL American military regardless of branch of service) up in high esteem and to VALUE the Service they give (or have given) to our Nation to keep us free!!!!

Any other REAL Americans care to add to that list????????????????????????????????