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Yosemite under Orion's gaze

Friday, August 2, 2024

I didn't leave them, they left me...

My drivers license is expiring in November so I went online yesterday to try to renew it. All fairly painless until I got to the part about registered political party. You see I have voted as a democrat for the past 47 years.

No more.

I am now officially "no party."

It means that I will no longer be able to vote in primaries and probably not much else. I will certainly not be voting for Donald Trump in the next election. 

I honestly have a position in the middle somewhere, can't sign on to the left or right. But I will never align with people like Tlaib and Omar, that's for damn sure.

1 comment:

Jeff Nichols said...

I get it, but I think leaving the primaries behind is a mistake. You can be a Democrat without signing on to the more extreme end of the party membership. I agree, the anti-Israel faction in the party is anathema, but the much larger part of the party is inclusive and tolerant. D vs R has become good vs evil.

Having said all that, I respect your choice.