(07-13-2018, 06:35 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(07-11-2018, 01:20 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: I didn't vote for President Trump in the primary and wasn't happy that he won the nomination.  I'll admit that I did vote for him in the general election as a vote against Hillary.  However, I can't say that I disagree with much of what he has done and said so far.

The democrat rhetoric has not yet changed from "but Russia" and "collusion".  Clearly there is no evidence that it took place, but they continue with that talking point and their low-information voters along with their MSM mouthpiece just continue to lap it up.

The amount of time the left has pissed away over the last two years going back and forth over this nonsense is exactly why they need to be shaken up. There's blatant evidence in place that clearly shows that Clinton and her campaign CLEARLY screwed Sanders over with the DNC nomination. There's very little outcry over that. Right now they look weak and pathetic as a party overall. 

If you're a Democrat. How can you vote for them after that fiasco? Why not stay Independent and vote with your consciousness instead of with blind loyalty? Blind loyalty and this idea of "Well, I've always done it this way" is exactly why we see cyclical and systemic issues in our country instead of long term fixes.

I try not to lean too left nor right. I really do. But at this point the left is just making it easier and easier for me to never put much stock or faith in anything they have to say over there.

In the state of Florida, party affiliation is, legally speaking, a matter of voting rights, not identity.
You don't get to help change the direction of the Democratic party unless you help nominate its candidates.  And you don't get to help nominate its candidates, in Florida at least, unless you register as a Democrat in advance of the candidates' filing deadline. 
Some people in Florida are from open primary state where you can vote in primaries as an independent voter. 
But more people really should know better and this is just a part of a trend were people everywhere are using things to construct their identity that were never meant for that purpose. It was one thing back when we just had gender, race, a city we were from, a religion, and a favorite sports team. 
Now we build their identities around our favorite restaurants, our favorite TV shows, and unfortunately, our favorite politicians.

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