Where on the political spectrum do you lie? (Mods: Please don't move!)

[QuietC]

I'm on the Republican State Central Committee in Connecticut so GUESS

democrat? haha, yeah i know it was lame, don't matter what you are too me, if your an alright dude, then your alright in my book

[CoventryCat86]

democrat? haha, yeah i know it was lame, don't matter what you are too me, if your an alright dude, then your alright in my book

LOL!! I spend a heck of a lot of my spare time with politics. I've volunteered on many campaigns since 1992 and managed a campaign for a guy who won a State Rep. seat (State Representative Mike Alberts ) in Connecticut in 2004 by 48 votes out of over 10,000 cast!!! It was the closest race in Connecticut last year and my biggest success so far. It's one thing to work on a campaign where the guy ya work for is either unopposed or has a weak opponent but it's great to win these highly contested races where we were outspent 2 1/2 to 1 The bottom line was he out hustled his opponent and ran a great race especially since Connecticut is a heavily Democratic state. Out of 151 State Reps, we only have 52 seats, two away from a veto proof majority. The State Senate is 24 - 12 Democratic so if the Democrats had veto proof majoroties in BOTH chambers, the Republican Governor would be rendered useless. So this win that I played a major part in was key considering there is one Republican State Rep. who votes with the Democrats almost all the time.

Sorry, I tend to avoid talking "politics" on cigar boards (other than CigarWeekly where they have a specific forum for it where you need persmission to access it) since most people don't want to hear about it.

[CoventryCat86]

OOOPS

This thread should be in the "politics" forum.....

[MMAB]

Libertarian! (I mean couldn't you just tell?)

But I still love all of you even if you do belong to the wrong party.

http://www.lp.org/

[cigarsarge]

I'm a Ronald Regan Republican...damn proud of it.

[grand cru no 2]

I am a Republican, though that doesn't mean I agree with all of the Rep. stances on certain issues. I have conservative views. For instance: I favor the death penalty and I prefer adoption to abortion (though I don't think it should be illegal), etc.

Most of all, I think common sense should prevail. So when my votes are cast, that's what decides how I vote and who I support, common sense. That's all I will say so I don't offend anyone.

[reaganyouth84]

I guess the avitar and my handle gives it away. I guess the best way to describe myself though is classically liberal like the founding fathers, but classical liberalism bears little or no similarities as to todays modern liberalism.

“…man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.”
-Ronald Reagan

I'll just say I think our government is a long way away from the idea of that quote.

-Mike

[Rbraczyk]

I think common sense applies to mostly liberal politics, like gay marriage, abortion, life over death penalty. See, the hypocrisy in Republican politics is there. We save babies that arent' even born yet by blowing up an abortion clinic that kills hundreds of people. Same with the death penalty.

But on the other side, there's just old money over where the democrats are, I mean, I love Ted Kennedy and what he does for the elderly and poor. Yes, he did manage to kill someone, but I think he has repented sofar. They seem to squander things that would make them more effective and they're policies are looney tunes sometimes.

Thus why I stay independant.

[reaganyouth84]

I'm not trying to start anything, but I have noticed with most people I have met that say they are independent, aren't really independent at all. They usually lean heavily one way or the other, but are too embarassed to admit it, lol. I'm not picking on anyone on here, just talking about people I have actually met. Anyways, this is an interesting thread.
-Mike