Nevada

Cougy_Monster wrote:

I was a republican until I move to Idaho. I could not, however, accept that the Post Office should be eliminated as a socialistic endeavor, that flouridation is a communist plot, that no land should be set aside as wilderness land, that the government ought not to regulate air or water quality, that the Legisature, not the people, ought to elect US Senators, that people should have the right to pack a gun in the temple, that abortion, even in the case of rape or incest, is murder, that gay people are evil and ought not have the same rights as heterosexuals, that a court of law is not valid if it has a flag with a yellow fringe around the edge, that the federal income tax is unconstitutional and people should just ignore it, that the government ought not regulate banks, drug companies, car dealers, or airlines, and that 35 kids in a first grade class room is just fine. So I became a democrat.



But I could not accept that the government should uphold abortions in all situations, that the government could never go too far in regulating business, industry or the environment, that with enough money anything can be fixed, and that the environment or genetics or culture excuses most if not all actions by an individual. So now I am an independent and here is what I want:



IPeople of integrity who will protect life, family, children and the environment in a meaningful way. The key word is meaningful and all I can say is that it takes time, education, wisdom and judgement to draw the right line on any given issue but it is someting we are obligated to do.

So way too long, but there I am.

Nothing wrong with being an independent, but your description of the republican party is not very accurate. You've identified the extremes of each party, but not the foundation of either.



In the end it really doesn't matter which party is in office because the people in this country are the problem. Greed, laziness, selfishness, entitlement, dishonesty. It's human nature. I've accepted that every person with whom I come in contact wants my money, whether directly through sales powered by deceptive advertising or indirectly through taxation and redistribution to entitlement programs.

BoiseBYU wrote:
In the end D&C 98 does not advise us to vote for Rs or Ds but wise men of honor....

tmoney35 wrote:
I grew up in Ely, Nevada, and I was shocked when Reid got re-elected. I know that there's no way that that rural Nevada voted for him. EVERYBODY hates him in rural Nevada.



The only thing I can think of is that the vast majority of the population lives in Las Vegas. I just looked up some numbers and 72% of all Nevadans live in Vegas. If you add in the Reno, the other population area, the total of those two cites makes up almost 90% of Nevada, so maybe those urban Nevadans love him and rurals don't, but we only make up 10% of the vote, so we don't count. I just don't know.