Are you planning on sitting out the 2010 and 2012 elections

[ProSense]

to wait for change?

[msongs]

1. campaigning for liberals n progressives! remember them from the old democratic party? nt

[Cant trust em]

2. Of course not. What the hell else am I supposed to do with my vote? nt

[gateley]

3. I believe if I don't vote, I can't bitch, and I love to bitch, so... nt

[laylah]

73. My thoughts exactly! LOL!!! nt

[ProgressOnTheMove]

78. Exactly democracy is a participation sport.

[HockeyMom]

4. Presidental elections? Hell No.

I have voted in every Presidential election since 1968 and do not plan on sitting out this one. State and local elections are a different story since I no longer live in NY. Florida, and where I live there, is HOPELESS. If I cannot get out of here before, I WILL sit out the Florida elections.

[goclark]

5. This Senior has never been on the sidelines on Voting Day

I will be there and working for Democrats.

Thanks for the poll and delighted to see the Hell No's.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

6. Not just no, hell no

[Arkana]

7. Hell no.

Whatever gripes I have with the Democrats, I know that I can at least count on them to try and do the right thing sometimes. Republicans should just rename themselves "The Sociopath Party".

[Arctic Dave]

8. My wife is running for State Senate, so that would be a big no.

If you want to donate to her campaign you can PM me. :)

You hear that DU!

[Spazito]

19. Wow! WTG to your wife!

I can't donate (Canadian) but I can at least call attention to you post! She's walking the talk and that is very admirable!

[Mz Pip]

9. The thought of Meg Whitman

as govenor and Carly Fiorino as a Senator will make me get my ass to the polls even if I have a raging migraine.

Ugh.

[Retrograde]

22. Just say Hell No to Whitman and Fiorina

Not to mention the various propositions we always get thrown at us. It's too important not to vote in the local elections, which do get decided by very few votes.

[Mz Pip]

26. The only propositions

I will vote yes on are the marijuana initiative and the one that changes the 2/3 majority rule to get stuff passed in CA, even if it is a watered down version of what really should be happening.

[tularetom]

10. Why would anybody with a brain even consider that?

We have a pretty crappy collection of Dems right now, but I'm not ready to put the country back on the road to the turd world again.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. I'll crawl to the polls over broken glass if I have to.

And I'll be voting for Democrats when I get there.

[ZombieHorde]

31. I don't have your commitment, but I do plan on voting. nt

[krawhitham]

38. +1

[quiller4]

46. We are vote by mail only and of course I'll vote. I've never missed

a regular election since I first registered in 1971.

[Phx_Dem]

12. And watch wingnuts and teabaggers win? Hell to the NO!!

[alsame]

13. People died so that I could vote - I never skip any elections. nt

[Skink]

14. I'm pretty happy with the financial regulations that just passed.

I'm happy with the supreme court picks. I have no intention of going back. Sure things could be better but I think that may not happen until year six or seven.

[TheDebbieDee]

15. The "I'll sit this one out." attitude is what got things close enough

for the bushies to steal the election in 2000.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

51. You are right on target. If it's close enough, then they'll steal it.

I tried to explain this to my folks when I went home to Georgia for a visit. I grew up in Atlanta, am black, and there's a large population of black voters who don't vote because the Republicans and the righties have people feeling so dejected about government, which is the plan.

Democrat Roy Barnes was a fantastic governor who lost to Sonny Purdue ONLY because he vowed to change the GA flag, removing the confederate emblem. Now that people are furious because Purdue laid off a large number of teachers, police officers, and whatnot, Roy has a chance to pull this one out and beat the Republican, who happens to be crazier than the tea baggers themselves.

If blacks and Hispanics would just show up in large numbers, they can't steal it, even with those voting machines. If the turnout is so huge, sure they'll be able to "cage" some voters, but they won't be able to suppress the vote on a large scale.

[seattleblue]

16. No way.

We have some good races in WA and we have to keep Rossi out.

[MaineDem]

17. Why would anyone sit it out?

Silly.

[Bluenorthwest]

18. I don't miss elections. Especially when I get to vote for

Democrats I like, such as Peter DeFazio here in Oregon's 4th District. But anyone who looks at a local and State election as something having to do with any candidate, or DC or any of that is making a huge mistake.

[HughMoran]

20. Hell no.

[LWolf]

21. Other:

Sitting out? No.

Donating? No. I'm already barely scraping by. I don't have any funds to donate.

Volunteering time for candidate/s? Maybe. If I can find a left-of-center non neoliberal to support.

Voting? You bet. If the Dems don't provide a candidate worthy of my vote, I'll write one in.

[Jennicut]

23. Not sitting out this year. Besides, CT might have it's first Dem Governor in 24 years and I get to

vote for Ned Lamont (again) if he wins the Dem primary. And I get to vote for Blumenthal for the Senate.

[bigwillq]

33. Me too!!

:bounce: :hi:

[Moochy]

24. hell to the no

I want to experience the same disappointment after hearing the new 2012 campaign promises and believing in them anew!

[Catshrink]

25. I like the view under the bus.

Nice chassis.

[impik]

28. Or, you can check your hearing before the campaign

so you could actually hear what the candidate said.

[old mark]

27. Hell, no! I have voted in every election since the late 1960's, and I will be voting

for Democrats right down the line.

There are NO good republicans, and I want to do my littel part to give the GOP as little as possible this November...they don't deserve my help, and they won't get it.

rec.
mark

[impik]

29. Hell no. Even if i didn't think

that Obama was a great president, i would never dare to sit out. One George Bush was more than enough.

[SoFlaJet]

30. HELL no PS

I'm going to vote for what's best for my district and my state in November-it might have to mean we're voting for Charlie Crist to ensure that Tea Bagger Marco Rubio doesn't get elected senator but if that IS the case at least we know that Crist always seems to do what is right for the people of Florida first, regardless of where some party wants him to be on an issue.

[bigwillq]

32. Nope

I've voted in every election since I reached voting age.

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[Kahuna]

35. I wish I could rec your post...

:yourock:

[Jakes Progress]

59. It says a lot

when people want to rec a deleted post.

[Tarheel_Dem]

36. Thank You!

:applause:

[Name removed]

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[HughMoran]

42. right on

I share your frustration...

[MrSlayer]

37. No. I never miss an election, for all the good it does.

It seems like it doesn't really matter but I keep voting anyway.

[saltpoint]

40. I'm in the you better believe I'm voting early and often

camp.

[saltpoint]

41. I hope people will not only vote in the coming elections

but that they will get their butts in gear to volunteer for Democrats up and down the ballot.

You'll likely meet some like-minded souls down at the blue headquarters and the work becomes very purposeful very quickly.

Pizzas can be ordered. Fun can be had. Alliances forged. Jokes swapped. Republicans disparaged and crushed.

I recommend the life.

[Political Tiger]

43. I will be happily supporting and voting for Democrats in November!

Screw the selfish, crybaby Debbie Downers! There's too much at stake to sit at home and hold your breath out of spite and bitterness!

[MadMaddie]

44. Umm....can someone tell me why my post got deleted?

Was it that offensive? Really?

[havocmom]

45. No. Am planning lots of polls that I think will expose people who don't agree with me

as people who should be expelled from my presence though.

[Forkboy]

47. LOL

:)

[spoony]

64. Winner! nt

[jgraz]

69. I do believe you've sussed out her incredibly hard-to-fathom agenda

However did you manage to figure it out?

[havocmom]

70. We all figured it out. I am just blunt enough to point it out

My brother complains that I never did find a bush to beat around. "She always says what everyone else is just thinking"

[bvar22]

76. LOL!

Nailed It!

[davidpdx]

48. Count me as the 186th vote for hell no

I'm overseas and never miss an election. 2012 will be my third presidential election overseas.

[Dinger]

49. Oh I'm Voting Alright

no, hell no #221

[VMI Dem]

50. I will not vote in the Presidential.

[CTyankee]

52. Are you kidding? I've got Linda McMahon up against my great AG Dick Blumenthal

to take Chris Dodd's Senate seat and Ned Lamont up against one of 3 repub goons for gov., replacing retiring repub Jody "mother" Rell. We've got a helluva race here in CT.

I'm fired up and ready to go!

[JNelson6563]

53. No because I'm not a fuckwad.

[WI_DEM]

54. those who vote yes or undecided are absolute idiots.

[CakeGrrl]

55. Don't vote? Don't complain. n/t

[Forkboy]

57. I'm thinking about not voting and still complaining.

Just to mess that saying up. ;)

[CakeGrrl]

58. Don't be a buzzkill!

:P

[Dulcinea]

56. Absolutely not!

Even though I live in one of the reddest states (GA), I won't miss the chance to vote for Roy Barnes to succeed the execrable Sonny Perdue.

Besides, if you don't vote, don't complain!

[StevieM]

60. Well, I accidentally cast the wrong vote, but the answer is definitely not.

I voted "no," rather than the more emphatic "hell no." But there's no way I'm sitting out this upcoming election, let alone the presidential election. Obama and congress have begun a long process of turning this country around. And that includes giving us two outstanding justices for the Supreme Court. We'd be crazy to let the Republicans back in. I'm impressed by what the president has accomplished under extremely difficult circumstances.

Steve

[IndianaGreen]

61. The world ends in 2012 according to the Mayan calendar

The Earth will be destroyed long before we get to November 2012.

[BootinUp]

63. Mind if I remind you of that prediction in

a few years?

[IndianaGreen]

67. Remember, you have been warned!

Have a blast before the Earth gets blasted!

[spoony]

65. Isn't it supposed to be December '12?

I hear that fighting on DU is what sparks the war that ends it all.

[IndianaGreen]

66. Mayans didn't follow the Julian calendar

but calculations are that the Mayan calendar ends in 2012.

The movie itself was scary enough!

[BootinUp]

62. Sitting out the election?

Anyone, who thinks they are a liberal, and who does not support the Democratic party during these very important times, is a loser. < (period)

[femmocrat]

68. No way. I never miss an election.

Primary or general.

[FrenchieCat]

71. 15 people won't have shit to say after November!

Wish I knew who they were so I could tell them to STFU! :rofl:

[Umbral]

72. Because not voting for Corporate Whore A or Corporate Whore B means...

you're really some second class citizen whose opinion doesn't matter, not in the fucking least. I've heard better excuses on the winger sites.

[HughMoran]

74. Not voting makes a person an ass hole

who shouldn't be posting on a Democratic forum where ever vote is considered important.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

79. Not voting at all is the laziest "protest" in the world.

It shows that you don't value your rights as a citizen.

[kjackson227]

75. I must say that I'm surprised (in a pleasant way), at the results of this poll. eom

[bvar22]

77. OH...I'm gonna be voting.

You can count on THAT!

"If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for,
at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them."
--- Paul Wellstone