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In reply to the discussion: Have you *ever* voted for a GOP candidate? If so, why? [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)95. If Jerry Ford hadn't pardoned Tricky Dick
he would have won. He wasn't a terrible sort - moderate and pragmatic - and who knew that some of his staff would wind up morphing into monsters (Rumsfeld, Darth). Betty Ford was a treasure and I always thought the world of her - smart, independent, compassionate and very much her own woman.
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In the Eighties and Nineties, I voted for Marge Roukema, our 7th (5th) district congressional rep.
no_hypocrisy
Sep 2012
#10
Weird connection here. I watched part of an unbelievably LONG interview w. Anna Quindlen...
Smarmie Doofus
Sep 2012
#30
I remember that. Rocky made a last minute mad dash try to grab the nomination...
Smarmie Doofus
Sep 2012
#38
Ummm... probably not, but that's my fault for not framing the question more clearly.
Smarmie Doofus
Sep 2012
#49
I'm ashamed to admit that I voted for Jerry Ford in 1976. I live in Grand Rapids, MI
catbyte
Sep 2012
#42
Yes, in some local races, although not since the Republicans took the express to Crazy Town. n/t
gkhouston
Sep 2012
#48
Oh, you poor guy. I feel your pain. You have to live with that. But you were young.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#152
once and never again: bill weld for gov of massachusetts, when he ran against atilla the hun
unblock
Sep 2012
#67
Nope. My first presidential election I could vote in was Bill Clinton's first term
justiceischeap
Sep 2012
#82
Yes, I have. Because the Democrat at the time was anti-gay. The Republican was pro-Marriage Equality
Ian David
Sep 2012
#84
I'm in Delaware and voted for Mike Castle and Bill Roth in all of their elections.
woodsprite
Sep 2012
#89
Yeah, all the Republican luminaries in recent history have been expelled from the party
MNBrewer
Sep 2012
#121
Where I live, a lot of the local elections are decided in the Republican primary
gollygee
Sep 2012
#96
Because she's one of the few moderates left and takes care of us out of her heart.
HopeHoops
Sep 2012
#101
this year I voted in the MO Repub presidential primary for (None of the Above)
lastlib
Sep 2012
#108
Nope. But, to my regret, I have voted for some neo-lib, 3rd Way, Democrats.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2012
#116
In the 90's I voted for a puke for state senate and wouldn't regret it on positions BUT
TheKentuckian
Sep 2012
#124
yes...when i moved i registered as a republican so i could vote for buchanan (to weaken bush)
DonRedwood
Sep 2012
#128
I don't remember who he was running against but it would have been hard...
Smarmie Doofus
Sep 2012
#158
One of my earliest political memories is Morse grilling Sec. Rusk at the FR Committee over VN.
Smarmie Doofus
Sep 2012
#179
That was a no-brainer. I preferred Weicker at the time. Watergate-hero, etc.
Smarmie Doofus
Sep 2012
#157
Yeah? Well, LOL back atcha. If a Republican were THAT decent, he'd be a DEMOCRAT.
WinkyDink
Sep 2012
#213
If I'd been old enough to vote in 1978(I was slightly too young), and if he'd won the GOP primary
Ken Burch
Sep 2012
#170
If I had still been living in Mass at that time I would have voted for Weld over Silber
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2012
#192
In 1975 I voted for the Republican candidate for District Magistrate in Corry, PA - The Democratic
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2012
#178
No, not once in my lifetime. However, I thought that Eisenhower was a decent guy. I also
ladjf
Sep 2012
#183
No. IMO, only a person with very serious negative personal issues could be a republican.
Zorra
Sep 2012
#189
No, I was raised at a time when we understood voting a straight ticket with a D behind it. Born in
jwirr
Sep 2012
#191
John Anderson for President in 1980- Because Jimmy Carter was a failure at that point
JPZenger
Sep 2012
#198
John Heinz. He really was a good Senator and did things to help the people of this state.
appleannie1
Sep 2012
#201