So how does Zimmerman being a Democrat change things?

[ErikJ]

They say he registered as Dem in Seminole County in 2002.

[drm604]

1. Why would it change anything?

[ErikJ]

3. Good question

Maybe he's a Dixiecrat anyway.

[CAPHAVOC]

19. The change

I see is that Prosecutors are Gun shy after the Casey Anthony media debacle. The Vultures at HLN are licking their Beaks.

[oldhippydude]

22. well it could make fokkks news

crap their jeans.. after defending him for a week

[Blue_Tires]

35. Fox news will also link this to Obama somehow...

[The Magistrate]

2. Not At All, Sir: Some Damned Strange Critters Call Themselves Democrats Down There....

[Cali_Democrat]

4. If he's a registered Democrat, it damn well proves that....

[TeamsterDem]

5. It doesn't change anything. nt

[pepperbear]

6. it'll change it for some conservatives because they're idiots.

[Cali_Democrat]

8. Maybe they'll take Trayvon's side.

Nah....what the hell am I thinking?

They'd never take the side of a black person in a case like this.

[RZM]

7. Means nothing at all to the case

Though it does mean something to a few people on this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002447103

[Cali_Democrat]

11. Registering as a Dem in 2002

doesn't exclude the possibility that you could be a Freeper in 2012...10 years later.

[RZM]

29. Neither does posting on DU

But it makes it a lot less likely, IMO.

Even if he's a conservative, the chances of him posting on FR are extremely low, as I pointed out in that link. But I see no evidence that he is. This is the first piece of hard evidence we've uncovered about his politics and it's 10 years old.

Some people really want him to be a freeper, but there's really no reason to believe that he is.

None of this is relevant at all to the case, though it is somewhat relevant to the media/blogosphere sideshow.

[JI7]

9. doesn't change anything for me, but maybe ignorant freepers might finally feel he shoudl

be arrested. more for the party than murder.

[JDPriestly]

10. It doesn't. The known facts, not the conjecture, remain the same.

[grasswire]

12. who is "they"?

Got a source for this?

[arthritisR_US]

13. Sounds like he was one in name only

because he doesn't know what it is to be one in spirit.

[ErikJ]

17. Maybe old skool Dixiecrat?

[arthritisR_US]

44. Ya, that would be my guess.

[michreject]

34. The guidelines are always changings

What are they this year?

I haven't seen the updated version.

[arthritisR_US]

45. Respectfully, I must disagree. Having a

respect for all, irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation or disability does not change. The concept that the greatness of a society is not based on the erection of monolithic structures but on how we treat the weakest members of that society does not change. So no, I can't agree with you.

[Quantess]

14. So? What if we also discover that

Zimmerman collects My Pretty Ponies in every shade of the rainbow?

[ErikJ]

16. That would be random

but funny.

[Quantess]

18. What I meant was,

it would be in spite of his actions. It would just be something that we wouldn't expect him to be, but it doesn't make him any less guilty or more guilty.

[Warpy]

15. It doesn't.

Why do you think it would?

[sendero]

20. It doesn't.

.... change anything.

[bowens43]

21. what does that have to do with anything?

[oldhippydude]

23. could be a different Zimmerman also..

saw a post a couple of hours ago about an elderly couple being hassled, because they had a son with the same name..

[FarPoint]

25. So what?

It happens....Zimmerman'a fault for being a snivelling punk. He should man up instead of hiding under a rock.

[nenagh]

28. He has to hide out....

Until his broken nose heals.......

[FarPoint]

24. He would of been 18 then?

Registered Democrat......So at least he had the right tools and facts when he started to be an adult. Sounds like he became corrupted by Republican neocons at some point after that....

[craigmatic]

26. Personal politics doesn't come into play in a murder case.

[Upton]

27. It changes nothing legally..

but as far as the political ramifications go, it has the potential to change everything.

[spanone]

30. he could be registered as a martian, makes no difference

[Bill McBlueState]

31. it shouldn't,

but I'm sure Fox and Friends has already spent an hour getting people fired up about this for some reason.

[sadbear]

32. Just like that guy who flew his plane into the IRS building in Austin?

Yeah, he was supposed to be a registered Democrat, too. (Turns out he was one of those sovereign citizen whackos.)

[X_Digger]

33. It's something else to titillate the masses. Keep eyes on the boob tube.

Nothing significant is likely to happen until either the special prosecutor files charges or the grand jury meets on 4/10.

So the media has to release 'breaking information' in dribs and drabs to keep the advertising dollars up.

[butterfly77]

36. Doesn't mean a damn thing to me..

he is still a stalker and a murderer.

[treestar]

37. No, why should it?

There are no racist Democrats?

The law and order mentality he has does not fit, either. Maybe he did so just to vote in a primary.

[sadbear]

40. Hahahahahaha!

I just remembered that I voted in the republican primary back in '08. If I get in trouble, that's all they have on me, too.

[GoCubsGo]

38. Reagan and Strom Thurmond once registered as Democrats, too.

George Wallace, too, IIRC. So, what was the point again? Oh, yeah...

[WI_DEM]

39. Why would it?

[myrna minx]

41. It doesn't change anythinng. Why would it change anything?

Zimmerman should be arrested and questioned - his political affiliation should be of no consequence.

[Marrah_G]

42. It doesn't

He should still be arrested, investigated and tried. The police department needs to be cleaned out and retrained. It was horrifying that this happened to this young man. What is even worse is the absolute negligence on the part of the police to conduct even the smallest investigation.

[Dokkie]

43. Democrats can still be guilty of murder

doesn't change anything.

[Erose999]

46. I'll just put it out there that people like Fred Phelps and Lyndon LaRouche claim to be "Democrats"

as well. Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms, Joe McCarthy, Herman Talmadge, Lester Maddox, George Wallace, Bull Connor, and many other fascist dickheads have identified themselves as "Democrats". Thats the problem with the whole "big tent" idea.

[truebrit71]

47. It doesn't, but it allows the presstitutes to craft a way out of their Trayvon bashing...

...if (when) Zimmerman finally gets charged and they need to use him as their latest distraction while more women's rights are taken away..

[karynnj]

48. It changes absolutely nothing

With any fairness, he will face a trial that will attempt to establish all the facts in the case. At this point, the facts are pretty damning. His own 911 call where he was told not to get out of his car and not to follow the boy likely tells much of the story. He may well have been a paranoid "accident" waiting to happen with a gun - or - this could be a racially motivated hate crime.

In a way, society may have a harder time dealing with the former as it is more complex. It could mean that there will be people who know him from other facets of his life who see him as not a bad guy. However, the circumstance that he put himself into - being a self appointed "neighborhood watchman" - with a gun - and a sense of paranoia created Zimmerman, the monster. However, those circumstances (other than the paranoia) are exactly why the NRA and ALEC fought for the SYG law - even though, in reality, Zimmerman was not simply protecting himself or "his" home. He could have done that following the directions of the 911 person - just staying in his car.

Only a trial could assess his guilt and his motivation here.

[Taverner]

49. John Wayne Gacy was a Democrat too