I'm an Independent and I sway very right on fiscal issues and I lean left on social Issues. It is as simple as that. Kinda like Christian Denominations..... I'm an Independent as I'm not buying anyone's platform, hook line and sinker, just like Denominations......I respect much from many different denominations....Rawhide said:Funny, I find that independents aren't really very independent politically.Mitch Henessey said:Never been a Republican. Or a Democrat, for that matter. I've been registered Independent/Unaffiliated (depending on the state where I have lived) since I was of age to vote.Rawhide said:So we're saying that every non-audited vote that went my way is legit? Sure, okay.Mitch Henessey said:So, we've taken to calling "votes that didn't go the direction I wanted them to" illegal, now? Interesting turn of phrase.Johnny Bear said:
So they simply recounted all of the illegal votes in the Atlanta Area a second time and the result was the same. Gee, what a shock.
So how long have you been a life long Republican?
I find it humorous that people still throw around "Lib/Dem" as an insult (if someone is actually liberal, they won't be in the least bit offended) and "Republican" as a compliment, despite there being nothing to take pride in being called that for the past four years.
While roughly 38% of the population try to identify as an independent, almost all certainly lean way or another.
A true independent typically represents a segment of the population that doesn't pay much attention to politics and have a low level of participation.
The fact that you are on this board discussing politics shows that you do not have a lower level of political participation.
Are you just trying to claim the independent label as a means to somehow show us that you're not as partisan as you really are and therefore "smarter" or better than everyone else on this board?
I tend to find that almost all independents are people just too afraid to say what they believe.
So tell us, which way do you lean? Certainly you know where you stand on such partisan issues like:
Abortion
2nd Amendment Rights
Taxes
Police
Global Warming/Climate Change/Climate Crisis
Death Penalty
Health Care
Crime
Illegal Immigration