Went down to the courthouse yesterday, intending to change my affiliation to Green Party. The registrar, who I know slightly, told me that I would have to register as “Other” and specify Green, but that it would be self-defeating, since the Green Party has little to no representation in this state.
The options were Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Mountain, Unaffiliated and Other. I chose unaffiliated, for the time being. I’ll find out about the Mountain Party; I had already decided not to be a libertarian. If Mountain does not appeal to me, I’ll stay unaffiliated.
It’s a weird feeling, like the first time I flew. Or, for that matter, like the first time I voted. Thirty-one years ago, I cast my first vote, in the Illinois primary, for my senator, Paul Simon. A Democrat. But the party has changed since he was a pillar of it, and I no longer want to claim it.
Look at the results for Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. If the votes which went to the Green Party in those states had gone to the Dems, they would have picked up 46 additional electoral votes, for a total of 273 for the Dems and 258 for the GOP. Trump must be really thankful for Jill Stein.
QuickSilver, it’s just backing up on me, the way the Dems are so hell-bent on impeaching Trump, they’re not accomplishing anything. Whoever gets the nomination next year will be running solely to beat Trump, not because they want the job for its own sake.
Unreconstructed Man: Aha! It’s the West Virginia branch of the Green Party! I’ll still check it out further before I decide.
TriPolar: Not sure what you mean. Dallas Jones: hee-hee.
Wrong on both counts. Many Dems, and more daily and some Republicans too, do see the national need for impeachment, but not “the party”. As for what else they’re doing, check this out. If anything’s not getting through the Senate, you *know *why.
There is nothing more important than getting rid of Trump. Nothing. We can debate whether impeaching him is the best method, and we* are* debating that. But criticizing the Dems for making that a priority seems a bit bizarre to me.
Agreed. Defining yourself according to what you’re against has pitfalls but when what you’re against is a president who’s a combination of Howard Stern and that embarrassing uncle you have to hide the booze from, that’s good enough for now.
That’s certainly your right. I wish you well. But what would you consider more important than getting rid of Trump? Everything the Mountain Party seems to care about would be significantly advanced with Trump “retired” to a farm upstate.
Furthermore, there isn’t really anything beyond the very basics that can be done beyond this, with control of only 1/2 of the 3 branches of government. And we have been doing the very basics like passing bills that even [del]BM[/del] MM can’t deny. But anything substantive will be torpedoed. The House could pass the greatest bills ever and people would still complain that they aren’t doing anything because none of them become law. So may as well investigate and impeach.
This is the certainly the first time I’ve heard someone make the complaint that the Democrats are doing too much towards impeaching Trump, I’ll tell ya that.