This is really funny not HA!HA!

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This is really funny not HA!HA!

I heard on the news tonight that there are a lot of running candidates that are not declaring the party connection, passing themselves off as independent but not of the independent party per se, just not owning up to the party they belong to, this oddly enough is not exclusive to the democrats it is also some republicans.

Talk about distancing yourself from the party line, this is both insulting to your party and the voters, especially if they are thinking "I'm Voting for an independent, rather than a Democrat, or a Republican. What has happened to the die hard Politicians, that are for the party no marker what?

If the reason is to just express displeasure with their party, and the direction it has taken. That’s fine, but if the intent is to try to fool people, that isn't.
 
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this is both insulting to your party and the voters,especially if they are thinking "I'm Voting for an INDEPENDANT
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Insulting to folks who vote entirely based upon one little word, instead of actually doing a little homework and seeing where they stand on what, how they seem, if they're eyes are shifty, etc. May those folks be insulted further. Good trick though.
 
With the difference between the "R" or the "D" is the difference between 2 bits and a quarter, since thet aren't any different way try to claim any.
 
How is this insulting? If they chose to not seek their typical party's nomination and run independantly they can do so.

Are you a straight ticket voter? The ones that rely on the "R" or the "D" in parenthases to determine who is the right man(or woman) for the job.

Have faith in the American voter to at least know what side of the issues the canidate they are voting for is on.

As of right now a canidate that "insults" his party-either one-will only endear himself to me.
 
OK, seriously, it depends on why they are running as independents. Dems trying to run in a conservative area? Pubs trying to run in a liberal area? Or are we talking about people truly disgusted with the current two party "system"? If the former then yeah, it is insulting and underhanded(though rather transparent). If the latter then hey, more power to 'em.
 
Sorry about the caps.

The impression I got from the information offered, was that they were simply not stating a party connection, in the adds they were running there was no mention of the party at all, they claimed to be or have decided to be independents.
 
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Of course some political positions are non-partisan and a person's affiliation isn't an issue nor is it used during the campaign.
 
I thought that in some states (like CA ?) using the party label in the booth isn't allowed to make the election more non-partisan. Where would there be any room for the party labeling (in print) on the candidate list in the voting booth? Here we still have mechanical voting machines (booths) that do utilize party labels at the beginning of the party's row of candidates. But the "independent" row of candidates only lists names, not parties unless it's a "named" independent party (i.e.- xyz party).
So just where would a D or R Independent candidate otherwise be allowed to list his "other" party label in the booth (unless they are on duel lines)? The ballot is printed by the voting administrators (local Registrar of Voters or Secretary of State).
Here, Democrat U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman is running as a self-proclaimed "Independent Democrat" for re-election (after losing his party primary) and technically his name can be removed from the Democrat Party rolls by his local town officials, but they aren't moving or planning to actually remove him from what has been widely reported.
 
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