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Post by ToriJ on May 1, 2011 17:11:45 GMT -6
What's yours?
I personally don't consider Social Issues to have any bearings on your Political Affiliation so I'm not basing mine on those.
Military service should always be voluntary, the Government in my mind has no right to censor the press, and yes I do care about the Constitution that means I'm always a defender of Free Speech and the Right to Bare Arms. I don't believe Illegal Immigrants should just be allowed to come and go as they please across our borders, and generally I'm for keeping taxes low if we can help it.
I feel like I may be forgetting a few things, but sadly I don't know enough about Economics to really know where I stand on those issues. I think at the end of the day I'm a Libertarian. Officially though I'm Unaffiliated.
Yeah that was an option when I first registered.
Discuss.
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Post by eravulgaris on May 2, 2011 11:34:42 GMT -6
I refuse to associate with either party. I don't agree with either platform enough to consider myself in line with them, and regardless, I detest the idea of rigid political platforms. I can usually sum up my political beliefs as "socially liberal, fiscally conservative." I think that's what my Facebook says verbatim. With a few exceptions, such as my thoughts on crime and criminals, that schema sits well with my opinions on various topics. I'm technically registered Republican because that's how I felt three years ago when I registered to vote. (And yes, I voted for McCain. ) However, while I obviously don't consider myself a Republican anymore, I'm open to voting for either candidate depending on what they have to say about the issues I consider most important around the time of election.
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Post by Alexis Malaware on May 2, 2011 18:38:33 GMT -6
Democrat.
9 times out of 10 they represent my stances on most of the issues, not all but enough to keep me on as a registered Democrat. Whatever the Republican party used to stand for has long since been corrupted by greed. The puppets of wallstreet is a good way to refer to them I think.
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Post by ToriJ on May 2, 2011 18:42:49 GMT -6
I voted for John McCain as well back in 2008. Though back then I was a little more willing to defend the Republican Party than I am now. But at the time I didn't think Obama was neither qualified nor capable of being President. In the past three years he has proved me wrong and it was never his pretty words that earned my support, but his actions.
I never made any decisions by Party either. I'm more interested on learning everything I can about a Candidate and their stances on the issues at hands, as I did back in 2008 and every time I went out to the polls. Parties are the last thing I really consider.
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Post by Michael on May 4, 2011 13:26:30 GMT -6
I'm Fascist.
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Post by Alexis Malaware on May 4, 2011 14:57:20 GMT -6
That doesn't contribute much to the discussion, Michael.
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