[ale] OT: Voting question

[James P. Kinney III]

On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 09:52, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> On Tuesday 21 September 2004 07:52 pm, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 11:22, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 21 September 2004 07:57 am, Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On
> > > > > Behalf Of exo
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 12:16 AM
> > > > > To: ale at ale.org
> > > > > Subject: [ale] OT: Voting question
> > > > >
> > > > > Hey,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am finally registering to vote...and on the forms I am
> > > > > stuck on this question...What is my "Choice of Party" - Do I
> > > > > put Democratic/Republic/Green/Other etc on here...?
> > > > >
> > > > > Please let me know...
> > > >
> > > > Now, seriously. That's not a question that you can get answered on an
> > > > Internet mailing list. You should put down, other and fill in the blank
> > > > with 'Independent'.
> > >
> > > No, don't do that or you will become registered in the "Independant
> > > Party". Rather a clever name for the party, don't you think.  If youy
> > > don't want to affiliate with any particular party, I would ask your
> > > registrar how to decline such affiliation.  Otherwise, put the political
> > > party of your choice there.
> > >
> > > It really doesn't make any difference, currently.   GA has open
> > > primaries, so you can vote in whichever one you want.
> >
> > The only difference it makes is in which set of pollsters will be
> > calling you later for your "opinion" on "matters of interest".
> >
> > I have considered running for office after I change my name to "none of
> > the above".
> 
> Like the long distance companies that register names like "I don't know" or 
> "anyone".  When you sign up for a phone and the operator asks you which long 
> distance company you want, be very careful what you reply with....
> 
> Kinda sneaky, but I sorta admire the cleverness while abhorring the slimyness.
> 
That's why I haven't done it (yet). I do have a tad of self-respect and
to actually follow through on this would require that I give it all up.

Plus my views on how to solve the large-scale political problems are
repugnant enough to both the radical left and radical right that I would
likely be assassinated within weeks of winning an election. Thus, my
wise and caring wife has requested that I stay out of the political
arena and stick to converting business over to Linux. 

> Michael
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