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Posted by jeafl on September 04, 19103 at 10:32:59:
When I turned 18 I registered to vote as the first Republican in my family. Through 1998 I always voted the GOP ticket. However, following Clinton’s acquittal with 10 Republican votes I changed my voter status to “no party”. I voted for George W. Bush in 2000, but don’t plan to vote for him again.
In 2002 I offered my support to a Republican woman who was planning to challenge inbent Corrine Brown in Florida’s 3rd CD. However, the GOP establishment in Florida did not want anyone to challenge Brown- fearing that a high black turnout for Brown would hurt Republicans in other races, namely Jeb Bush. The Republican Party hared my candidate to the point that she withdrew from the race. I immediately began looking for an alternative candidate, but could not find one. Then within a week of J. C. Watts announcing his retirement from Congress, Jennifer Carroll, the GOP’s failed 2000 candidate, announced she would resign from her state - effective on the last day of the qualifying period.
To insure that Brown did have a challenger I became a write-in candidate. My purpose was to har the GOP since I knew I would not be able to campaign and had no chance of winning.
I have always known that the Democrats are the party of the welfare state. I now know the Republicans are the party of millionaires and monopolistic corporations. We need a party for everyone else.
National Union Party
http://www.unionparty.rantweb.com