I can’t claim such a good reason. My dad was a republican, so I registered as a republican.
Of course, back then, there wasn’t near as much difference between them. I think Ford/Carter was the first election I voted in. I know I voted for a democrat running for house rep in 1980, but I think that was the last time, and only then because I was young and dumb and I had met him on the steps of the local post office. He had been the assistant to the outgoing congress critter.
My story is even less glorious. in 1964 I was in high school, long before I could vote. (Back then voting age was 21.) Almost all the kids in San Antonio were rooting for L.B. Johnson. “If you vote for Barry Goldwater we’ll end up at war in Vietnam.” (Turns out they were right, but not because he won.)
But there was one girl (cute) who wore the Elephant and was Republican. Being dating-challenged, I thought maybe going Republican would get me closer to her. But the others kept asking questions, so I dug in and did the research to answer them. The dating thing never worked out, but the research paid off.
After I turned 21 in 1968, and could vote, I knew which lever to pull. For all his faults, Richard Nixon was a lot better president than Hubert Humphrey would have been, and orders of magnitude better than “American Independent” third-party candidate George Wallace.
September 24, 2025 at 6:21 am
eon
My one and only vote for a Democrat was for John Glenn (yes, the astronaut) for re-election to the U.S. Senate in 1978.
I hoped he would be better than the alternative that year, Jim Betts, that pretty much everybody in OH knew was an idiot.
After that, Glenn devolved into just another 2A-hating “progressive”, and I voted for whoever ran against him, regardless, just as I’ve done with every other D running for any office since.
Those people at every level have proven that to them is no line..and each level feeds of the other. Fascinating and sickening to watch. And our only defense against it and them is ironically defined by them. If death is no barrier, then…
Oh, and it kind of skews the motto, but it’s whitish and alrightish…
I do not understand the lemmings in the Democrat party. They KNOW they are in the wrong but still vote en bloc in suicidal lockstep.
The very concept has no future as a political party. A one-party system is not a good idea… but the Dems are “pedal to the metal” working at extinction.
They come up with Kamel and Walz. It makes no sense. What ever happened to the JFK Democrats? Were they all assassinated?
They KNOW they are in the wrong but still vote en bloc in suicidal lockstep.
No, they don’t. They are True Believers, and as Eric Hoffer said in his 1951 book, that makes them immune to both logic and evidence telling them they are heading for disaster.
Except for the truly nihilistic ones who are pining for that disaster, because as Michael Caine said as Alfred Pennyworth,
… some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Some people simply hate civilization and want to see it smashed. And then have human sacrifices amid the ruins.
Others believe that a big enough hecatomb will cause Utopia to create itself spontaneously. With them in charge.
The truly mystically-delusional ones believe that if they can erase what exists, a magickal unicorn will come prancing down a beam of light from Nirvana, bearing a New World hanging on its horn like a jelly doughnut with sprinkles.
Put it all together…and you get Charlie Kirk and Iryna Zarutska’s killers.
And you are the kind of person they believe does not “deserve” to live in Their Perfect World.
That does not explain the 100% Democrats hating so bad that they would not — did not — give a second’s “OK” to recognizing even a wish for some children to be saved.
100% solid voting bloc, run by Pelosi/Schumer/et al. Madness.
And the joke is, Pelosi, Schumer, and the other gerontocrats think they’re running it, and think that doing so will guarantee them, personally, Absolute Power Forever and immortality on top of it.
Actually, “it” is being run by the bomb-throwing sociopaths they’ve spent the last half-century creating, in academia and elsewhere. (Like the streets of major cities run by progressive Democrats.)
And those sociopaths want their Utopia of Anarcho-Tyranny right now.
Pelosi, Schumer & Co. are about to get run over by their own “disciples”.
Maximilien Robespierre could have told them a thing or two about that.
Born in ’53, Mon and Dad were Dems, cuz F.D.R. and Truman won the War (after ensuring it happened), so when I hit 18 here in Md, legal age, I registered Dem. Also. Worst I did was vote for Carter when he won. Quickly became disillusioned, but the D’s always win office here. Md. Runs Party primaries, you vote for the dem. You want to run in the General elections, where you vote for who you thought was best. Seeing Dems won nearly everything, I called myself “monkey-wrenching” the system by voting the least crazy or harmful dem in the primary, then inevitably voting Republican in the General…. around 2016 my oldest son says ” yeah, and how’s that worked out for ya?” When the choice was between the female head of a criminal enterprise and an aging Commie, I pulled the pin and went GOP. I would have voted Trump in any case, but I felt cleaner…
My hopes have been dashed about AI allowing us to see behind the personal political curtain.
In its current form it has no concept of anything like a pursuit of Truth, only a sampling of a sea of lies.
At least it looks like we have the potential to bypass the Left’s choke-hold on education and we can re-institute the Trivium on an individual basis.
I only hope it happens sooner rather than later.
I was GOP cause my parents were.
I didn`t like JFK (but if he were alive
today, he`d be a right wing Repub.)
I believe LBJ`s ‘Great Society’ AKA Welfare,
is part of the problems we have today.
In the 60`s I saw the Repubs as the
restrictive party, I hated Nixon, and
‘Watergate’ (paltry compared to what
the Demonrats have done now) and he, I
thought could have done more to help
to support the new Govt. of S. Vietnam;
maybe other vets would agree. Looking
back Nixon wasn`t so bad.
Foolishly, I campaigned for George
Mc Govern in 1972 when I lived in
California. Nixon won and then was
forced to resign.
Ford was a good guy, but the Dems
have always been effective at convincing
the public that someone is a fool.
Along comes Carter, with his gun control
mentality, and I was immediately turned
into a Republican again.
Have never looked back, and think Reagan
was one of the Best.
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Which is the reason I, born into a family of Democrats, registered as a Republican at age 18.
clear ether
eon
I can’t claim such a good reason. My dad was a republican, so I registered as a republican.
Of course, back then, there wasn’t near as much difference between them. I think Ford/Carter was the first election I voted in. I know I voted for a democrat running for house rep in 1980, but I think that was the last time, and only then because I was young and dumb and I had met him on the steps of the local post office. He had been the assistant to the outgoing congress critter.
My story is even less glorious. in 1964 I was in high school, long before I could vote. (Back then voting age was 21.) Almost all the kids in San Antonio were rooting for L.B. Johnson. “If you vote for Barry Goldwater we’ll end up at war in Vietnam.” (Turns out they were right, but not because he won.)
But there was one girl (cute) who wore the Elephant and was Republican. Being dating-challenged, I thought maybe going Republican would get me closer to her. But the others kept asking questions, so I dug in and did the research to answer them. The dating thing never worked out, but the research paid off.
After I turned 21 in 1968, and could vote, I knew which lever to pull. For all his faults, Richard Nixon was a lot better president than Hubert Humphrey would have been, and orders of magnitude better than “American Independent” third-party candidate George Wallace.
My one and only vote for a Democrat was for John Glenn (yes, the astronaut) for re-election to the U.S. Senate in 1978.
I hoped he would be better than the alternative that year, Jim Betts, that pretty much everybody in OH knew was an idiot.
After that, Glenn devolved into just another 2A-hating “progressive”, and I voted for whoever ran against him, regardless, just as I’ve done with every other D running for any office since.
clear ether
eon
Dittos!
Those people at every level have proven that to them is no line..and each level feeds of the other. Fascinating and sickening to watch. And our only defense against it and them is ironically defined by them. If death is no barrier, then…
Oh, and it kind of skews the motto, but it’s whitish and alrightish…
Or that’sh how Shonn Connerry pronounshesh it.
A bit scary here in September 2025, seeing how many – especially in the MSM – still don’t draw that line…
I do not understand the lemmings in the Democrat party. They KNOW they are in the wrong but still vote en bloc in suicidal lockstep.
The very concept has no future as a political party. A one-party system is not a good idea… but the Dems are “pedal to the metal” working at extinction.
They come up with Kamel and Walz. It makes no sense. What ever happened to the JFK Democrats? Were they all assassinated?
No, they don’t. They are True Believers, and as Eric Hoffer said in his 1951 book, that makes them immune to both logic and evidence telling them they are heading for disaster.
Except for the truly nihilistic ones who are pining for that disaster, because as Michael Caine said as Alfred Pennyworth,
Some people simply hate civilization and want to see it smashed. And then have human sacrifices amid the ruins.
Others believe that a big enough hecatomb will cause Utopia to create itself spontaneously. With them in charge.
The truly mystically-delusional ones believe that if they can erase what exists, a magickal unicorn will come prancing down a beam of light from Nirvana, bearing a New World hanging on its horn like a jelly doughnut with sprinkles.
Put it all together…and you get Charlie Kirk and Iryna Zarutska’s killers.
And you are the kind of person they believe does not “deserve” to live in Their Perfect World.
clear ether
eon
Nailed it!
eon —
That does not explain the 100% Democrats hating so bad that they would not — did not — give a second’s “OK” to recognizing even a wish for some children to be saved.
100% solid voting bloc, run by Pelosi/Schumer/et al. Madness.
It’s nihilism. The desire for nothingness.
And the joke is, Pelosi, Schumer, and the other gerontocrats think they’re running it, and think that doing so will guarantee them, personally, Absolute Power Forever and immortality on top of it.
Actually, “it” is being run by the bomb-throwing sociopaths they’ve spent the last half-century creating, in academia and elsewhere. (Like the streets of major cities run by progressive Democrats.)
And those sociopaths want their Utopia of Anarcho-Tyranny right now.
Pelosi, Schumer & Co. are about to get run over by their own “disciples”.
Maximilien Robespierre could have told them a thing or two about that.
cheers
eon
Born in ’53, Mon and Dad were Dems, cuz F.D.R. and Truman won the War (after ensuring it happened), so when I hit 18 here in Md, legal age, I registered Dem. Also. Worst I did was vote for Carter when he won. Quickly became disillusioned, but the D’s always win office here. Md. Runs Party primaries, you vote for the dem. You want to run in the General elections, where you vote for who you thought was best. Seeing Dems won nearly everything, I called myself “monkey-wrenching” the system by voting the least crazy or harmful dem in the primary, then inevitably voting Republican in the General…. around 2016 my oldest son says ” yeah, and how’s that worked out for ya?” When the choice was between the female head of a criminal enterprise and an aging Commie, I pulled the pin and went GOP. I would have voted Trump in any case, but I felt cleaner…
I can truthfully say I never voted for Trump.
I voted against Hillary Clinton, Joseph Biden, and Kamala Harris.
Three of the most unsuitable candidates for President since James Buchanan.
The difference is that Buchanan won, and set off the American Civil War through his sheer incompetence.
These three nearly set off a second one through their desire to be gods.
And their Clearasil Messiah, Obama, laughed as he watched the developing horror.
We’re lucky that just one of the three got to the Oval Office.
clear ether
eon
My hopes have been dashed about AI allowing us to see behind the personal political curtain.
In its current form it has no concept of anything like a pursuit of Truth, only a sampling of a sea of lies.
At least it looks like we have the potential to bypass the Left’s choke-hold on education and we can re-institute the Trivium on an individual basis.
I only hope it happens sooner rather than later.
I was GOP cause my parents were.
I didn`t like JFK (but if he were alive
today, he`d be a right wing Repub.)
I believe LBJ`s ‘Great Society’ AKA Welfare,
is part of the problems we have today.
In the 60`s I saw the Repubs as the
restrictive party, I hated Nixon, and
‘Watergate’ (paltry compared to what
the Demonrats have done now) and he, I
thought could have done more to help
to support the new Govt. of S. Vietnam;
maybe other vets would agree. Looking
back Nixon wasn`t so bad.
Foolishly, I campaigned for George
Mc Govern in 1972 when I lived in
California. Nixon won and then was
forced to resign.
Ford was a good guy, but the Dems
have always been effective at convincing
the public that someone is a fool.
Along comes Carter, with his gun control
mentality, and I was immediately turned
into a Republican again.
Have never looked back, and think Reagan
was one of the Best.