Reply #62: If it is any consolation to you, I once voted (I) and regretted it ever since. [View All]

[CTyankee]

It wouldn't have mattered anyway, Reagan won by a large margin. But my vote for John Anderson (I was disappointed in Carter) was one of the stupidest things I ever did, in my own opinion. I am sorry I didn't vote Democratic because I felt I wasted my vote on a guy who came in late to the campaign and didn't do the heavy lifting required to run the race.

I feel bad to this day for doing that. And I am an actively political Dem. I get involved, I argue in support for my candidate, I donate. I just can't see myself turning on my party.

If others don't like the system we have for nominating candidates, they should work for changes in that system. Starting at the grass roots. And knowing it will be long term.

It's interesting that both of us worked for Lamont and both of us feel this way. We were for changing the system and worked to change it. I wonder if some folks who were opposing you on this thread understood that you were coming from a position that valued the long haul. I wonder how many of them did the same thing...