I get to vote for the woman who sued the DoD about having to wear an abaya off base in Saudi Arabia. (Saying her name in the A-10 community is a $5 fine.) From those that served with her, the complaints from the Saudi's was that she ran around the perimeter fence in a sports bra. She also claimed to be the first woman to fly in combat and command a combat squadron. She's since amended it to say the first AF woman to fly in combat and command an AF squadron. Pat Schroeder closely followed her training and career by calling her commanders. Also, as in Instructor Pilot at DM, in Tucson, she took off with a student in tow and had to declare an emergency when she discovered that she took off with only reserve fuel.

There 'ya go. Just another outstanding conservative Republican.

Pat

We should fire them all, but how do we replace them with honest people who have the best interest of their constituents in mind?

Until that question is answered, I will continue voting for the guy who makes sure the things I am passionate about are protected. If our district's conservatives allow themselves to get ethered up on the change the moderate Republican challenger promises us, we'll get screwed at the local level like we did nationally in 08.

You guys are crazy. You don't even seem to understand that every individual that has the title -- "Quiet Professional" on here is a political goldmine. This is what I dislike about a lot of folks, they don't see the best way to change the system, is be the system.

Don't like the education system? Run for school board.

Don't like allocation of resources in your town? Run for mayor/city council/alderman.

Come on guys, you've spent your entire career watching you & your buddies 6, and thinking on the fly. What you take for granted, MOST of the folks running pay a team for.

I'm so tired of having half the armed services committee having never served, and a congress that doesn't want to give pay raises to the troops.

I'm just saying...

:munchin

And the political office.....
 

And the political office you hold is .......

I normally keep people from achieving political office.

So
 

So you're not doing what you're chastising us for not doing?

Is your 20 year plan to become some Senator's Dog Robber or a political consultant?

Completed. It left me with a warm fuzzy feeling :D

Edit: If it helps, I voted early at county election office, it could not have been easier.

BINGO! Thank you.

What I've learned about political TV ads is:

Only 5% are effective enough to significantly change votes enough to make a difference.
Or they help boost name recognition (early in the campaign).

All the others just:

Give political fodder to the opposition.
Infuse money into the local economy.
Steal money from more effective political activity.

Edit: TV is also great for a last minute smear - but usually doesn't change any votes.
Radio is most effective in getting out last minute smears/corrections.

Nope ... no voter fraud here in Colorado ... nothing to see here .... move along ...

http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2014...g-voter-fraud/

:mad:

It was ironic that when I registered yesterday, I had to come up with several forms of ID, proof of a residence address and indicate where I was last registered to vote...but to vote all you need is a ballot that is mailed out to everyone registered. So if you get, find, steal a ballot you get one vote per ballot no matter who you are :eek: I got raised eye brows when I asked about the ballots going to assisted living and nursing facilities...imagine. So they do a good job on the front end but only a signature authentication for the vote/ballot. Try verifying signatures on an envelope to each vote on an anonymous ballot...another case of disappearing evidence?

Other than the contest for governor and a state assembly race the rather 'quiet' race going on is an effort to unseat an 18-yr tick from the Washington DC dog. Rep. Ron Kind is being challenged by retired Cobra & AH-64 driver Tony Kurtz. Kind has been in long enough that his large funding from pharmaceutical companies and insurance & health-care conglomerates is well documented. General take from alot of folks is that "he's a nice guy" but is a poster boy for term limits, saying one thing during home visit town-halls and voting his party line when he gets back to the District Cesspool out east. Shocking. :eek:

Locally we're still using Sharpies for an optical scanner (manual labor required) and not those pesky "mis-calibrated" touch-screens.

Fascinating take.. Multiple studies claim: "Negativity is remembered, positive messages are forgotten." In modern politics, the segmentation of the population now means almost every message is A/B tested for your specific area. They'll run one ad on broadcast, another on cable. The prevailing theory these days is -- "if you're defending yourself, you're not moving forward." This political hypothesis means: if you're down in the polls, run a bonzai attack of negativity.

Currently, the thievery isn't as much on broadcast, as it is digital. They've turned online generated content into a goldmine for consultants. Recently, you may have seen a few articles about Harris Media out of Texas, and Ruffini at Engage, in DC. These guys charge a arm and a leg to produce mailers, graphics, websites, digital ad buys (Facebook, and rarely twitter). They currently have a battle going on with field, and Tv ad buyers. Radio, is almost long forgotten on the political trail. The original of the segmentation, and the forerunner of everything in politics today has made a dramatic reemergence into the political realm. Thank you MR2 for pointing out radio, it's so much cheaper than Tv, people often don't push it.

You guys really feel libertarian votes are wasted votes?