On a scale of 1-10, how political were you before the 2000 fiasco

[SoCalDem]

I must admit, I was out of the loop for many years.. raising kids, moving etc..and I guess I just figured that most politicians were pretty much the same.. There were times that I probably could not have picked out a single congress person an might have not known who both of my senators were..

Be honest now:)

Which suits you closest...BEFORE 2000.. I know we are all very focused.. but I bet a lot of us were NOT...... before Bush..

[Wickerman]

1. first voted in 1980, straight Dem and never voted otherwise n/t

[Bjornsdotter]

3. Hey, me too!

:toast:

Cheers!

[GrumpyGreg]

7. Wow! I've been voting since 1954 and voted Dem except

for Senators Brooke and Saltonstall (MA),both Republicans.

My father-in-law,born in Ireland and a loyal union man,considered "Salty" a great guy.He thought he even looked Irish.

There WERE some good Republicans,even here in Massachusetts.

[JJackFlash]

2. Now I'm even more careful

to never vote for any repugnican candidate, even on the local level.
2000 was the critical turning point, the crossroads. America went the wrong way, and the damage done is irreparable, at this point in many ways.
Thanks again, ralph.

[SoFlaJet]

4. me to Jack

never again to vote republican after 2000 nightmare of Palm Beach County(taken OFF the rolls unable to vote)

[Suzie57]

10. Me three

Always voted, almost always for Democrats because they would best represent my interests. Since 2000 I have been chronically pissed off, initially because of the election but the Republicans seem to find new ways to anger me daily. I will now work to defeat local Republican incumbents who I was only indifferent to in the past.

[kineneb]

5. been "political" since I was a kid

because I grew up in the 60's and then Nixon resigned on my birthday. I watched almost all of the Watergate hearings. Grandpa used to write nasty letters to the editor and I inherited his grouchy attitude. He was a loyal union member and did some labor organizing when he was young.

[tallahasseedem]

6. I was lucky enough to have turned 18

at the beginning of the Clinton administration. I loved that man from the beginning. I really became interested in politics when those slimebuckets started the whole Monica ordeal. I still remember watching Rehnquist walking in at the start of the impeachment proceedings with that stupid robe and vowing to never ever vote Republican.

[SoCalDem]

11. I had to wait until I was 21 for my first vote

My first presidential vote was in 1972..

[hang a left]

8. Sometimes I voted sometimes I didn't...

Always in presidential elections. Midterms not so much. But that was before 2000.

I am a partisan Dem now.

[waiting for hope]

9. Have always voted Democrat

due to the fact that I am a major supporter of pro-choice. However, the last year has really pissed me off - I joined the ACLU, NARAL, DU and almost obsessed with wanting to know every detail when it comes to how badly this administration has sold this county out. I fear for my children (4 yrs and 9 mos) and the country they will inherit when they are adults. Especially for my daughter - I had thought we had made progress as a nation in equality but am not so sure now.

[begin_within]

12. Well, I voted for:

1980: Carter
1984: Mondale
1988: Dukakis
1992: Clinton
1996: Monica Moorehead, Workers World Party
2000: Nader
2004: Kerry

[Hardrada]

13. #10 on scale.

And Grandparents voted all 4 times for FDR. I think US made a wrong turn in 1968 after RFK was killed and Nixon elected. Effective end of liberalism/progressivism apparently forever. (From my long perspective anyway). Change will have to imposed on the US by outside forces to curb corporate capitalism's excesses.

[Awsi Dooger]

14. November 7, 2000 was the most nervous day of my life

I've always voted straight ticket but nothing felt more pivotal than that election. I grabbed a Gore/Lieberman blue poster off a fence and brought it home. When they called Florida for Gore I think I shook the neighborhood with jumps and decibel level. It figured to be a virtual jump ball because we had been in office two straight terms and that's inevitably a razor tight election. The worst part was you could see GW was the most dangerous type of Republican, someone who could feign moderate in a campaign but yank the steering wheel straight to the right upon taking office.

I guess I can verify how political I was prior to that election by these 12 VHS tapes I made and saved, including the debates, the previews, the scandals like GW's old drunk driving charge, the election night chaos and the "post election" month. They would have been a joy to watch if Gore had rightfully prevailed but I never look at them.

2004 wasn't the same degree of intensity because ousting an incumbent is always doubtful.

[TahitiNut]

15. 8.5

:shrug:

[SoCalDem]

17. there's one in every crowd

:spank:

[TahitiNut]

19. Hey!? My 1-10 scale is analog.

:evilgrin:

[jsamuel]

16. before 2000, I wasn't old enough to vote

[PDJane]

18. I became politically active in the sixties........

After a report passed my desk about Bloody Run Creek and the Love Canal.

At that time, buttermilk Billy Davis--the man who went home to Brampton from Toronto every night so as not to be contaminated by the foreign ambience of the city of Toronto--was in power. I was working for his government, and the report was quietly buried.

He was Progressive Conservative (the GOP of Canada), and I've detested the right and their hypocrisy since! Of course, it might have helped that the Student Union was complaining about the Community college system.......and we were informed that "The community college system was designed as an alternative post-secondary education FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE WORKING CLASS" (emphasis mine).

[Jersey Devil]

20. I've been involved in politics since I was 18 years old

and registered voters in Teaneck, NJ for the LBJ campaign. I have always voted and ran for office 4 times (won twice), acted either as a campaign manager or volunteer several times and still do my part. I also donate to the Dems. Tonight I will be manning the tote board at local Dem headquarters and tally the votes as they come in from the polling districts as I have done for the past 15 years.

[SoCalDem]

22. Tonight in NJ should be interesting.. have fun

:hi:

[sakabatou]

21. I was 13... what could I do?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

23. Haha... Couldn't vote then,

can't vote now! But don't hate me for it! :evilgrin:

[BigBearJohn]

24. The 2000 election changed my life forever.