This letter is a classic example of a total misunderstanding of what "politically homeless" means. It also shows a misunderstanding of party (partisan) politics. There is no requirement for a person to be affiliated with a political party. Somewhere around 40% of voters in states that allow party registration are registered as independents. In fact, just under half of the states don't even allow registration by party - Texas, where I live now, is one. Tennessee, my home state is another. Party identification is solely determined by which party primary a voter votes in. (Up until around the 1970s, the Democratic primaries in Southern states determined the election - Republicans didn't stand a chance and weren't even considered. The primaries were held in August.) Ballots show all candidates that were determined to be legal, in that they meet a state's requirements to be on the ballot.
Second, "parties" are just that. They are PARTISAN. Each of the two major parties have their own agenda. They don't give a flying flip about the country; all they care about is power. At one time both parties were generally patriotic with different opinions but that started changing in the thirties when Marxism started to become prevalent in US schools and changed completely in the 1960s-70s when Marxists and socialists took the Democratic Party over. Many Americans, especially those in colleges and universities in the 1930s, LOVED Joseph Stalin and the USSR! At one time, the Democrats were THE conservatives, but conservatives left the Democratic Party in droves in the 1970s. Vote for a Democrat today and you're voting for socialism, a system in which government is responsible for EVERYTHING. I once voted against a candidate for the US House from Virginia that I knew well and respected. However, I didn't feel he would represent the people of his district but would be solely a Democratic Party partisan - he was.
I totally get where this person is coming from. I’ve never been one to take sides in political discussions. More often than not I will take the opposite position of whoever I’m talking to, trying to see if I can get them to see the other side of the argument.
This letter is a classic example of a total misunderstanding of what "politically homeless" means. It also shows a misunderstanding of party (partisan) politics. There is no requirement for a person to be affiliated with a political party. Somewhere around 40% of voters in states that allow party registration are registered as independents. In fact, just under half of the states don't even allow registration by party - Texas, where I live now, is one. Tennessee, my home state is another. Party identification is solely determined by which party primary a voter votes in. (Up until around the 1970s, the Democratic primaries in Southern states determined the election - Republicans didn't stand a chance and weren't even considered. The primaries were held in August.) Ballots show all candidates that were determined to be legal, in that they meet a state's requirements to be on the ballot.
Second, "parties" are just that. They are PARTISAN. Each of the two major parties have their own agenda. They don't give a flying flip about the country; all they care about is power. At one time both parties were generally patriotic with different opinions but that started changing in the thirties when Marxism started to become prevalent in US schools and changed completely in the 1960s-70s when Marxists and socialists took the Democratic Party over. Many Americans, especially those in colleges and universities in the 1930s, LOVED Joseph Stalin and the USSR! At one time, the Democrats were THE conservatives, but conservatives left the Democratic Party in droves in the 1970s. Vote for a Democrat today and you're voting for socialism, a system in which government is responsible for EVERYTHING. I once voted against a candidate for the US House from Virginia that I knew well and respected. However, I didn't feel he would represent the people of his district but would be solely a Democratic Party partisan - he was.
I totally get where this person is coming from. I’ve never been one to take sides in political discussions. More often than not I will take the opposite position of whoever I’m talking to, trying to see if I can get them to see the other side of the argument.