I don't support voting in the republican primary.

[Liberal Veteran]

I have no real moral qualms about it, but does anyone remember "Operation Chaos"?

I don't think that is the level that we should aspire to.

I think this clown car, candidate of the week/nanosecond, with a long drawn out primary is karmic backlash in a big way for their games last time around.

I certainly don't condemn it, but I am not sure that's the kind of politicking I can ethically support for myself.

That is all.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. “Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, you may cherish the sweetest reflection that

“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." John Quincy Adams

"Were parties here divided merely by a greediness for office,...to take a part with either would be unworthy of a reasonable or moral man." Thomas Jefferson to William Branch Giles, 1795.

[xxqqqzme]

2. I've done it twice, in primaries for

state/local office. It was before California was an open primary state. I had to change my registration to do it but it was worth it. I'll do it again too. The rethugs pushed this 'open' primary, so I'm going to take advantage of it.

[Island Blue]

3. I don't either unless it was a vote for the Rebublican candidate

who I honsestly felt was the most capable person to hold the office of POTUS (i.e. the best of the worst). I take my privalege to vote seriously. The person you vote for in jest could actually end up in the White House. Stranger things have happened. Voting is just not a joke to me.

[RZM]

4. It's not something I would do either

Anybody who criticized 'Operation Chaos' shouldn't be supporting Democrats voting in the Republican primaries this time around. If election law says you can, then the option is there, but it doesn't mean you should do it. I'd rather stay out of it and let them decide on their own.

I'd hate to think there's going to be a precedent here, where people start doing this more and more in each cycle.

[joeglow3]

6. Imagine the shit bags we would get if this caught on.

I thought about what would happen if this caught on. I would assume each party with vote for the biggiest POS in the other party and we would end up with a giant douche and a turd sandwich.

[MineralMan]

5. I've never done it.

I would never be able to mark a ballot for a Republican. Let them pick their own clown.