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In reply to the discussion: OK, they suck. But... [View all]Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)35. Other...again.
"I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or in anything else, where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degradation of a free and moral agent. If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all." --Thomas Jefferson to Francis Hopkinson, 1789.
"Were parties here divided merely by a greediness for office,...to take a part with either would be unworthy of a reasonable or moral man." --Thomas Jefferson to William Branch Giles, 1795.
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." John Quincy Adams
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Yea, on the old DU ratfucking was strongly discouraged after Labor Day in an election year.
JTFrog
Sep 2014
#13
Critical. The parties aren't as different as I'd like, but they are different enough to vote Dem.
Scuba
Sep 2014
#14
As a Republican, I strongly agree. I think we need an Elizabeth Warren or a Bernie Sanders ....
marble falls
Sep 2014
#18
Things are not getting better with the Democratic Party. They may, for some, slow down the rate
whereisjustice
Sep 2014
#20
Voted Other. I did that because the Plutocrats control both parties. You don't get to be either
Dustlawyer
Sep 2014
#21
We are at the point where Democratic Party promises to kick the can farther down the road
whereisjustice
Sep 2014
#36