MelaniB":1im7encr said:
Beakat what do you think about voting Independent? I want to make sure I'm doing the right thing and starting now is better than wondering in October. You have taught me so much and I appreciate any comment you can share here.
Given the setup we have at this time, voting independent is a sure way to elect democrats. There is not a real strong Libertarian or Green party to siphon off votes from the Republican or Demoncrap parties. up here, the Libertarian and Constitution parties are fairly strong for minor parties, getting 1-3% of the vote regularly, and in my suspicious mind, I think the Demoncraps under Mike Madigan are giving them money through infiltrators, because they do not take votes from the D's, only the R's, which means the C(r)ook County machine with their well established vote fraud system going, can take almost any election they wish.
Like minded folks have to organize and take over the republican party from the bottom up. Texas is already gone a long way towards this and we are getting started in Illinois. Down there, the tea party folks are already respected by the state party leadership, so at least they listen to you. Up here, we are still those redneck hillbillies who live south of I-80 with bad ideas like making abortion clinics meet minimal medical standards and the doctors who run them have admitting privileges to local hospitals, or making the state and local governments live within their means. You know, the kind of stuff that will set civilization back 100 years. My wife Judy, and several other like minded folks have been organizing on the precinct level within the Republican Party and now she controls Precinct 1 and has run for and won an elected position as Channahon Township Clerk (we're really rich, she gets a whopping $4500 a year for this position). Being the R party precinct chairman, she now gets to sit and vote on Will County meetings. A couple of like minded friends have done the same in two other Will County precincts, so now tea party folks have at least 3 of the 12 votes on the county committee, and are plotting to get more.
It's going to take time, and you HAVE to be persistent and NOT QUIT. I estimate this method will take at least 10 to 15 years to bear real fruit. Down there the process has already gotten started, so find a group of folks you can relate to and join their efforts. You've got to stick with it and ALWAYS show up.