Why Are You a Republican/Democrat?

[sixdogsmom]

Oh, I thought there was a lot of purring goin' on there. 'Course I know cats who purr when they are unhappy and/ or don't care. Never can tell 'bout purrin'! That is a purty dog though!

[greatguns]

Why am I a Republican/Democrat?  So I can vote in each and every election.

[frawin]

GreatGuns, a good and sensible answer. I register for the same reason. I take my voting rights very serious and I have never missed voting in my life. Being registered a Democrat or a Republican has nothing to do with your voting in the General Election , not being registered just keeps you from voting in the primary election.
Frank

[Diane Amberg]

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought N.J., Nebraska and several other states held open primaries where any one can vote in the primaries, including Independents.

[frawin]

Diane, I am only familiar with the states I have lived and voted in, Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma. The principle, as I understand it,  in having to register for the Primary is to keep people from voting for the weakest candidate that would be opposing the candidate that you want to win in the general election. I am not sure I worded that the best, but I am pretty sure you get my point.

[sixdogsmom]

Not being registered keeps you from voting iin any election in the state of Kansas. You only have to declare party in a primary, and yes Diane I think there are some states that have open primaries.

[greatguns]

I believe that only in the last election the state of Kansas held the democrats let the independents vote in the primary and the republicans did not.  That was a first in this great state that I know of.

[Jo McDonald]

  I am posting this in the name of "Political Humor"
Now after you read this -- if you want me, I will be standing over by the hay stack - waiting for the "firing Squad"   lol       Welcome to the Great Barnyard

Once upon a time, on a  farm in Virginia  (just outside D.C.), there was a little red
  hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered quite a
  few grains of wheat.

  She called all of her Democrat neighbors together and said, 'If
  we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me
  plant it?'

  'Not I,' said the cow.

  'Not I,' said the duck.

  'Not I,' said the pig.

  'Not I,' said the goose.

  'Then I will do it by myself,' said the little red hen, and so
  she did. The wheat grew very tall and ripened into golden grain.

  'Who will help me reap my wheat?' asked the little red hen.

  'Not I,' said the duck..

  'Out of my classification,' said the pig.

  'I'd lose my seniority,' said the cow.

  'I'd lose my unemployment compensation,' said the goose.

  'Then I will do it by myself,' said the little red hen, and so
  she did.

  At last it came time to bake the bread.

  'Who will help me bake the bread?' asked the little red hen.

  'That would be overtime for me,' said the cow.

  'I'd lose my welfare benefits,' said the duck.

  'I'm a dropout and never learned how,' said the pig.

  'If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination,' said the
  goose.

  'Then I will do it by myself,' said the little red hen.

  She baked five loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors
  to see./ / They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But
  the little red hen said, 'No, I shall eat all five loaves.'

  'Excess profits!' cried the cow. (Nancy Pelosi)

  'Capitalist leech!' screamed the duck. (Barbara Boxer)

  'I demand equal rights!' yelled the goose. (Jesse Jackson)

  The pig just grunted in disdain. (Ted Kennedy)

  And they all painted 'Unfair!' picket signs and marched around
  and around the little red hen, shouting obscenities.

  Then the farmer (Obama) came. He said to the little red hen,
  'You must/ /not be so greedy.'

  'But I earned the bread,' said the little red hen.

  * 'Exactly,' said Barack the farmer. 'That is what makes our
  free enterprise system so wonderful. Anyone in the barnyard can earn
  as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations, the
  productive workers must divide the fruits of their labor with those
  who are lazy and idle.'*

  And they all lived happily ever after, including the little red hen,
  who smiled and clucked, 'I am grateful, for now I truly understand.'

  But her neighbors became quite disappointed in her. She never
  again baked bread because she joined the 'party' and got her bread
  free. And all the Democrats smiled. 'Fairness' had been established.

  Individual initiative had died, but nobody noticed; perhaps no
  one cared...so long as there was free bread that 'the rich' w ere
  paying for.

  EPILOGUE

  Bill Clinton is getting $12 million for his memoirs.

  Hillary got $8 million for hers.

  That's $20 million for the memories from two people, who for
  eight years, repeatedly testified, under oath, that they couldn't
  remember anything.

  IS THIS A GREAT BARNYARD OR WHAT?
  ____________________________________________________________
 

[Diane Amberg]

HA!

[Catwoman]

Jo, that is priceless!