Did any other "Liberals" vote today?

[MannyGoldstein]

After much reflection I changed my mind and voted for Democrats for the first time in... jeez... three months or so.

Any other "Liberals" have a change of heart and vote?

[whatchamacallit]

1. Yes, I pulled out of the rat just long enough to vote n/t

[cyberswede]

3. LOL

...but I need mind bleach.

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. .

[Phentex]

11. LOL!!!

[Jamastiene]

42. This needs a DUzy!

[Aerows]

60. It's Epic

[LawDeeDah]

47. !!!

[TheKentuckian]

56. LOLZ

[woo me with science]

62. ...

[ms liberty]

67. Oh. My....

[JEB]

68. Oh my!

[pablo_marmol]

78. F'n *brilliant*. NT

[Luminous Animal]

86. Hahaha!!!!

[neverforget]

89. Well played!

[DirkGently]

91. Oh, man.

(Voted by mail!)

[dgauss]

100. So it was true after all!

Good God I'm still laughing. Perfect.

[ctsnowman]

109. lol Love it.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

130. ...

[NightWatcher]

2. What the holy hell are you talking about?

I believe that +90% of the people here voted and did so for the Dems on the ballot.

Are you on something?

[JoePhilly]

9. An ...

Ego trip is my guess.

[Aerows]

64. No

You know why he posted that.

Don't pretend that you don't then come claiming tomorrow about "liberals didn't vote".

No.

Just NO.

[RedstDem]

4. why would liberals vote?

Can't they just use a magic wand?

[wyldwolf]

12. Spread a little progressive pixie dust?

That only works when:

Very liberal candidates are running in blood-red districts
Very liberal electeds convince conservative majorities to pass their legislation.

Of course, none of that ever happens.

[gopiscrap]

5. I vote in every election

and I am to the left of liberal!

[LoisB]

30. I, too, am a self-described "left of liberal" who votes in every election. I like to

complain about politics and politicians so if I don't vote, I have no right to complain.

[bravenak]

6. No. You're the only liberal in America.

[Blue_In_AK]

29. Did I see you this morning at the Rec Center, perchance?

I couldn't tell.

[bravenak]

31. No. I'm leaving now, I had to round up a few neighbors and make them go with me.

So all four of us are going at the same time, since they didn't have a ride and were moving extra slow today. I am being quite patient with them. We need those votes. After this I'm going to drive around to everyone I know and make sure they went and see if they need a ride. Heading out now, see you for results tine!!! I'm. So excited my stomach hurts!

[Aerows]

66. None of you voted

though. None. NONE. /s

You just went to the polling place and decided, no, I'll just go home.

And yes, that is sarcasm because every time a Dem loses, the blame is placed on lack of voter turn out.

I've hauled 3 (counting myself) to the polls, and encouraged everyone I met today to do so..

[bravenak]

73. We just finished not voting.

Slightly longer wait than usual, minimum wage on the ballot, cannabis, if we lose everything I'll be surprised. I'm getting me some wine for my nerves.
Turn out seems decent.
On my way to take my Uncle if he hasn't gone.

[Aerows]

77. Amen, Brave

Take the cousins, take your aunts and uncles, cousins, and their neighbors if they need a ride, my dear!

[bravenak]

83. I have my phone charged up and a full tank of gas.

Our polls close last, so if anyone needs me, I'm here. I just reminded a stoner friend that today is the day. Polls close late here, so we will be voting for another five hours here. I'm trying to remind people without landlines or cable.

[Aerows]

120. I took half the people in my neighborhood

to the polls.

[bravenak]

124. Good!

This was a crazy day. It's time to have a drink and watch this drama.

[Aerows]

125. I'd love to be in AK

and have a drink with you.

[bravenak]

126. You drink, I'll smoke!

[Aerows]

128. Now see, that just makes me love you more

[bravenak]

131. Liberals are lovable!!

[Aerows]

134. I drink

tea heavily. Iced tea, no sugar. Camellia Sensinses is my favorite beverage. I have a couple of plants to put iinto the ground.

Probably couldn't plant them in Alaska, but I probably couldn't enjoy Alaska, either.

[bravenak]

135. I do sweet tea.

It's making me fat, but I don't care. I was a cola addict for a long time. Now I just smoke a bit a relax with my tea. Can't really abide alcohol. Makes me sick.

[Aerows]

136. Never drink sweet tea,

drink it plain. Provides antioxidants, fluorides to make your teeth and bones hardy, and it hydrates you.

I drink it plain. It is a perfect beverage if you brew it strong, every day, and drink it with nothing. Hard teeth, hard bones, and antioxidant benefits.

Steps off soap box.

[bravenak]

137. I know.

My vices will be the death of me.

[Aerows]

138. Do you brew tea every day?

Like the gallon and I'm so jealous you live in AK..

[bravenak]

139. Yep!

I keep some all the time. You can move up here, it's nice and we have plenty of land. Hunters and hippies mingle pretty well up here. But the politics drive me crazy. And lots of rapos and pedos. Gotta watch out.
But if you take a nature walk, you'll never want to leave here. Makes me feel like Ayla from Clan of the Cave Bear.

[Aerows]

140. I don't think I would ever want to leave

I am so damn jealous

I already live in the sticks (hi, deer walking in the back yard) but you have such a gorgeous land.

Forgive me, I envy your backyard .

[Blue_In_AK]

93. This morning between 7 and 11 we had 110 voters at your precinct,

but the poll workers said it's always pretty crazy down there after work.

[bravenak]

97. I usually go after Five or at opening.

This time there were a few more people there than usual. People were taking their time reading the ballots, so I waited in line for a few minutes.

[Blue_In_AK]

95. I'm pretty nervous.

I'm so hoping Mark hangs on. The whole control of the senate is kind of dependent on us. Sullivan is such a clone.

[bravenak]

98. I am feeling a bit upset in the stomach.

I like Mark and I never want to see another Sullivan commercial in my life.

[Blue_In_AK]

116. I just put him on mute every time.

Doesn't he remind you of Oliver North? Not just the way he looks but his mannerisms, as well. He seems mildly evil to me.

[bravenak]

118. Oliver North + Scott Brown.

He has that narcissistic edge that Brown has with a twist of MIC lies and bullshit. I have been rewatching all of my show i love on dvd lately. But my phone.... It rings and rings, crossroads gps won't stop! It's bordering on harassment.

[Aerows]

123. Two Sorry-Ass people

and I'm not going to apologize for calling both of them sorry ass examples of ... they are so yucky, I can't explain what species of dog crap they are.

I know, I went off, but those are sorry excuses for dog crap.

[Autumn]

7. I didn't. I had no reason to vote today.

Simply because I dropped off my ballot over a week ago.

[rhett o rick]

48. Same here.

[Autumn]

51. Hey you!

[rhett o rick]

54. Hey Autumn.

Back at yeah.

Are you ready for the pre-2016 election wars?

[Autumn]

55. Oh yeah, things will sure be interesting around here for sure

I'm Bernie/ Liz ready.

[LondonReign2]

10. No, I didn't

I voted early instead, despite the best efforts of you and Will to depress my vote!

[BKH70041]

13. Define "any."

[villager]

14. Hippie here, dutifully reporting for punching!

After having mailed in my ballot a few days ago...

[DisgustipatedinCA]

15. I was going to vote, but I saw 2 threads blaming stoners for not voting.

And that reminded me, 'hey, I'm a stoner'. So I ordered some Cheetos from Amazon Prime and packed a bowl. But I might vote. There's this one friend of mine, he has a car, and he could give me a ride to...well, I get confused. I think you're supposed to just go to different churches and school gyms until you see people lined up. So I'll either vote or take communion or something.

Christine O'Donnell is still running in California, right?

Spark up the vote.

[Tsiyu]

121. Yeah, somehow in a stoner haze last week, I convinced a young person ( a stranger) - who

decided he was never going to vote again, "because they're all alike" - to vote Democratic.

"If you're not into the business of politics, it will be into your business soon..." and so forth. You can reach young people if you'd take two fucking seconds to listen to their point of view and stop judging them.

If you take the time to understand their lives so you can explain to them how the philosophies of the opposing politicians will affect their lives, you can get them to the polls.

"Damn fucking liberals. They come to this here Democratic Mainstream site ( not "underground" by any means any more, I can feel it in me bones that there are shudders from many DUers for my typing "fucking" right out there in the open like that) "spoutin' all that durn radical librull nonsense!"

"Them durn stoner librulls in this party ruin elections!"

Well I went to the polls to ruin it for you Centrists.

Don't you just hate that?

So tomorrow you can blame ME because YOU have no clue how to reach the voters for mid-terms.

[Zorra]

16. I vote early so liberal woodchuckfuckers can't magically change my mind

and convince me not to vote right before the election!

[Jackpine Radical]

17. Yup--The only reasonable thing to do.

Now back to chucking wood.

[democrank]

18. Oh, Manny, it was a tough decision.....

work on my unicorn sculpture....or vote. I voted. All Democrats but one independent....where I knew the Democrat vote was safe. To my surprise, I wasn`t the only one there with Birkenstocks, love beads and colorful Alpaca mittens. Not a single Volvo in the parking lot but I did catch sight of a half-crashed pickup truck with duct tape and a Bernie bumpersticker. It was a thing of beauty.

[Jamastiene]

75. Unicorn sculpture

You owe me a new keyboard. That was perfect.

[PAProgressive28]

19. No Hillary's inevitable

Oh wrong election. Of course I voted. í

[Algernon Moncrieff]

20. I steadfastly refuse to vote today

I voted yesterday.

By the expedient of offering to take my wife to lunch if she'd come with me, I bought another vote.

[longship]

21. I always vote. For Democrats! nt

[liberal N proud]

22. No - I did not vote today

I voted last Tuesday!

[Le Taz Hot]

23. I always vote.

My choice for state senator, however, was an interesting one. Completely batshit crazy (R) or Almost Completely batshit crazy (D). Sorry, I could not vote for either one of them. State Assembly - no Democrat listed so I left that one blank, too.

[sadoldgirl]

24. Well, I wanted to,but

they only send me one ballot, which I sent off a week ago.

Too bad, I would have liked a second one like some others got in my state.

[nashville_brook]

25. i just couldn't bring myself to vote today

was too busy driving election protection materials around.


i mailed my ballot a couple of weeks ago

[Skittles]

26. LOL MANNY

HAW

[Blue_In_AK]

27. No, I didn't.

I voted on October 23rd. For Alaska's best. They may not necessarily be liberal, but they're not Republicans, and that's good enough for me ... for now.

[vi5]

28. No, you didn't vote. Neither did I or any other liberals.

Stop trying to change the blame narrative before the very serious, very always right and never wrong, adult centrists even get the chance to trot it out and hold us accountable for our incessant pony wanting.

[Fawke Em]

32. I voted last Saturday during early voting.

I'm in Tennessee, so my state and national elections won't change a thing, but I have two local elections - state senate and congress that are HUGE - retaining a liberal and electing a liberal (to replace Stacy Campfield, who lost to an empty suit Republican in the primary).

Does that count?

[Tsiyu]

129. I hope you voted No on Amendment I

And II and III.

Not my business, just observatin'

[Phlem]

33. yes, mail in ballots in my state

sat on the table for 2 days before I sent them back.

It was really nice to get them in early so I wouldn't have to feel invested in any of the ads pouring out. Just needed to pay attention to voting fuckery.

I voted a straight D ticket.

When do we do this again?

[rhett o rick]

34. Don't fight it Manny, we are going to get blamed anyway. Where's Nader when we need him?

Maybe he is waiting until 2016 so the H. Clinton supporters will have someone to blame but themselves.

[MannyGoldstein]

39. Truly, it's our fault.

It's our fault for being too puny to have any effect.
It's our fault for staying home in numbers so vast that we lose the elections for Democrats.

We are the alpha and the omega of suck.

[Jamastiene]

44. It's always our fault, when it is not the GLBT community's fault.

I remember that one a few years back. We got blamed for several losses because we dared to insist on rights and such.

[QC]

88. If you people would quit whining for your goddam pony

we might win some elections!!1!11!!!



(Had to do it for old times sake.)

[Jamastiene]

92. A sparkly rainbow pony at that.

I remember that. Wow, they loved blaming us. Guess they need a new scapegoat now.

[woo me with science]

35. Yep.

Just to piss off the Third Way and the corporate DCCC.

"Accept Defeat" <--- newest DCCC fundraising email
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025736826

[stage left]

36. I figured I might as well.

Since I've been voting for them since 1972. I'm stuck in my ways I guess.

[deurbano]

49. We started voting for Democrats the same year!

The year 18-year-olds got the vote...and I turned 18 in time for the general, but not the primary.

[stage left]

90. yeah!

we rock!

[H2O Man]

37. I voted.

I'm not a liberal; I am a progressive, well to the left of liberal. I believe our nation (and the world) needs revolutionary change. Not violent change, which rarely changes anything. But the revolution of values -- which creates revolutionary behaviors -- that King spoke of in his April, 1967 address at the Riverside church.

[L0oniX]

38. I didn't and won't vote today. Fuck it!

I voted by mail in ballot weeks ago.

[Hissyspit]

40. I didn't vote...

I forgot to pay my poll tax!

Kidding. Of course I voted. (Sort of kidding about the poll tax.)

[Jamastiene]

43. I'm surprised McCrory and his thugs didn't add that in there.

And makes voters tell poll workers how many bubbles are in a bar of soap too.

[Jamastiene]

41. I'm a liberal and never stopped voting.

I vote every chance they give me, even if it is for dog catcher only (that hasn't ever actually happened) at the time. I always know who I do NOT want to win. I vote for the one running against who I know I do NOT want to win. That's enough incentive, by itself.

[Initech]

45. I'm heading to the polling place in about half an hour.

Considering the fact that schools in California could be sold to the highest bidder, we can't let that shit stand!

[navarth]

46. First time I voted Democratic

except for every other time.

[stupidicus]

50. no, I've been held hostage by my new love

http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/natural-sciences/8-worlds-scariest-looking-animals/

which seems appropriate given the Paulbot-mole status I've been given as a critic...

[arcane1]

52. Not yet!

But soon!!!

[G_j]

53. my old car insisted..

[jeepers]

57. made up my mind

Was having such a hard time deciding what with all the D's and R's and I's and l's so I walked to the polls today thinking I would have an epiphany but no such luck. Voted straight Dem just because I've always done it that way. Something about the definition of insanity though...

[Aerows]

58. I carried more "liberal" women to the polls today

than you can shake a stick at.

Okay, only two, mom and my neighbor.

Better than not doing anything. I had to work and 3 other things to do like taking the cat for her shots, but convinced the ladies in the office to vote, too.

[MannyGoldstein]

127. My dear Aerows

Can you imagine what would happen on this site if I shook a stick at even a single woman?

No thanks. I'd be pilling out arrows for months while pondering my banishment.

[Aerows]

133. LOL

I shake sticks when it comes to voting. It sounds violent but live with elderly parents that wave canes.

[TDale313]

59. Oh, hell yeah!

liberal, often disappointed by the Dems, but was so happy to vote and to vote Democratic today.

[steve2470]

61. nope, voted 10 days ago by mail, proud liberal yellow dog Democrat here nt

[Dragonfli]

63. Yes I did, unfortunately it meant I had to vote for a conservative - Cuomo

I feel rather ill knowing that I just voted against my best interests simply because my other choice was also a conservative but slightly more extreme.

I am thinking about installing a vomitorium in my home for fellow liberals and myself to take advantage of in two years. voting against my best interests will likely be the only option yet again and as I fall further into poverty with the rest of my class I imagine the nausea will return in force.

We will still get blamed for losses because the coveted moderate Republicans still voted for Republican full flavor and the party can't continue to cater to them and their kindred Republicans if the blame for the loss isn't placed on us rather than the failed strategy they will wish to use again.

[ms liberty]

65. This one and her just as liberal mister voted early!

In one of the so-called battleground states, NC.

[workinclasszero]

69. My wife and I voted at 6am

Left Liberal is more like it for us lol

[Puglover]

70. Yup this liberal voted.

For progressive liberals.

Franken
Dayton
Ellison.



All that happily should win easily.

It's cold here but aside from that it doesn't suck.

[ileus]

71. yes I did...as always

[blondie58]

72. I voted last week

With my ballot I received in the mail. 😼

[BuelahWitch]

74. Mailed mine in early, so it wasn't "today"

But this liberal voted!

[pablo_marmol]

76. This flaming liberal did.

But there was no change of heart involved.

I never abstain from casting a ballot.

[scarletwoman]

79. I'm not a liberal, I'm a leftist.

So haha on you liberals, I voted, too!

Straight Dem, as I have every damn election since the midterms of 1970.

[Liberalynn]

80. ME ME ME I voted for

all Democratic candidates! I vote in memory of all those past women who didn't get the chance.

May not like Governor Cuomo as much as I liked his Dad but as long as his opponent is a Puke, Andrew has my vote. Now if his opponent is a more liberal democrat, sorry dude.

[barbtries]

81. why the quotes?

for what it's worth yes i voted for only democrats.
i feel as if there is some sub-text here of which i am unaware. but yes i voted. i'm in NC, i really must.

[MannyGoldstein]

84. Because *real* DUers know that self-proclaimed "Liberals"

aren't *really* Liberals. We're... um... sorry, I can't say the word, I'm too old school.

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025751523

[Phlem]

94. ahem...

purists.

[RiverLover]

82. Yep

Always do. Often its only symbolic, but there it is.

[Luminous Animal]

85. I am ashamed to admit that yes, I did.

[Scuba]

87. Not this liberal.

I voted last week.

[ozone_man]

96. Well, if you can interpret a progressive to mean liberal.

Lots of progressives on my ballot in Vermont, so I voted across party lines, half D's, half P's, one or two Liberty Union. I think that was once Bernie's party..

[QC]

99. I was going to vote but you and Will discouraged me

so I just stayed home and organized my Birkenstock collection.

[Rex]

101. DUzy!

[DirkGently]

105. Bam! Keep 'em coming. n/t

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

102. Nah, voted yesterday

for legalization and GMO labeling.

[whereisjustice]

103. Rahm called us "fucking retarded", it didn't work. It took being called "rat fuckers" to energize

the base.

[DirkGently]

107. They're only trying to MOTIVATE us! n/t

[whereisjustice]

110. yep - I got called a rat fucker, zombie and martyr on the same day. Democrats are supposed to

be the smart ones, right?

[LWolf]

104. Nope.

I voted 2 weeks ago.

[Tatiana]

106. Still waiting on my unicorn and pony, but I still voted. Like I do in every election. n/t

[ctsnowman]

108. Straight Ds

But much of the rest of the country will drag us into the murky depths of the lunatic republican fringe. So a lot of good it'll do. This liberal isn't to blame that's FFS.

[progressoid]

111. Nope.

I voted a couple weeks ago.

[Warren Stupidity]

112. we never vote because of purity issues

[philly_bob]

113. Yup, voted. Here's what I wrote on my blog.

Election Day: Voted straight Democratic in Philadelphia -- except not for Chaka Fattah, the Representative from Comcast. Full of dread for election outcome nationally, with possibility of Republicans taking both houses of Congress. But too much of the Democratic Party machine has ignored and disrespected its progressive principles and constituents in favor of corporate contributors. I did not volunteer or donate more than $50 to the Democratic effort. But I did vote. It was, as the old joke goes, the least I could do.

[SammyWinstonJack]

114. I voted, first time voting in Tn. Voted in Sumner Co. around 1 and I was among three others there.

[BlindTiresias]

115. Of course I voted

I don't feel represented or encouraged in the slightest but I still voted.

[MannyGoldstein]

117. To promote our Attorney General to a new position, I presume?

It's interesting how Deval seemed to turn into a Liberal during his time in office.

Maybe Coakley could do the same, although I tend to doubt it.

[BlindTiresias]

141. Indeed

We'll see if Coakley wins, what I have been hearing hasn't been so great though.

[tk2kewl]

119. I miss the days when I could vot for Democrats on the Liberal line

Voted straight D in NY today with one exception... Suck it Andy, I voted for Howie.

[Ampersand Unicode]

122. I went straight ticket in MA.

Even voted for the Dems who ran unopposed.

If Baker wins I'm jumping a bridge, though.

[mvd]

132. I did. Voted straight Dem

So happy about Wolf. But the Senate disgusts me so far.

[Doctor_J]

142. me

I was going to skip voting to teach the president a lesson, but old habits die hard.

[KittyKat13]

143. I did but sometimes I wonder why

Maybe we should all just abstain from voting in protest to show that elections are not fair.

[GeorgeGist]

144. Twice!

I'm double liberal.

[CrispyQ]

145. I voted.

I'm so fucking depressed this morning I don't have one fucking good thing to say.