CNN has emails on "How did you vote and why" up

[MiniMe]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/howdidyouvote/index.html

examples:

Tim Davis, Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania
I voted straight democratic because I want to stop the current republican behavior. They act like they not only know what's best for me, but also like they know what I'm thinking. Iraq is not the biggest issue to me, but is a good example of their behavior. President Bush believes that most Americans wanted him to go into Iraq even after learning they had no weapons of mass destruction. I did not... Other republican behaviors are denial, deceit, and defamation. They deny mistakes and personally attack anyone with a different opinion.

David Cook, Moore, Oklahoma
I am a registered republican but I voted in the following order during this cycle: Libertarian, Independent, and then and only then democrat -- any party except the Republican Party. Within the next week I will also re-register as either a Libertarian or Independent. I haven't made up my mind yet. One thing I have made up my mind about, though, is I will never vote for another republican candidate for any office. They have certainly shown their true colors with their refusal to practice fiscal discipline, secure the borders, and allow our military in Iraq to show the insurgents who is in charge.

Veeraraghavan Sunda, Dallastown, Pennsylvania
My first election voting as a U.S. citizen was a pretty smooth experience... Having disagreed with the benighted "thud and blunder" policies of this administration for the current as well as its previous terms, I had to do my best to vote against it and its apparatchiks. Yes, I consider myself part of the "Macaca Backlash."

Sydney Conrad, Polkton, North Carolina
In the state of North Carolina, we are traditionally a red state, and with this election there was the possibility for the legislature to lean blue. I thought it was important to cast my vote for several reasons. I disapprove of this administration; I disapprove of how this republican administration has manipulated Americans' feelings using religion and homosexuality. I am a manager at a retail the set minimum wage is $5.15, I am ashamed of this that I have to give my cashiers $5.15/hr. Republicans say the economy is going great, yes for corporations, while the middle class and below are suffering from debt up to their heads... This is first time that I have ever told people, those who are unsure for whom to vote, to make an uneducated vote for a democrat. I do not feel that we are all so different than what politicians make us believe.

Steve Spisak, Frankfort, Kentucky
I voted the straight democratic ticket, as I will continue to do for the rest of my life. As I get older, I get more and more sick of the mean-spirited world-view of the Republican Party, and of their belief that their occupancy of the "moral high ground" gives them the right to dictate all aspects of American society. The republican "majority" is many minorities tacked together by their appeal to the worst aspect of each of the groups.

[Wilms]

1. How: I voted on optical scan ballot

Why: Because they don't hand count them, here...yet.

[GetTheRightVote]

2. I too only vote Democrats with similiar experiences as those above

:kick:

[Qanisqineq]

3. I like the letter from Kentucky

It was concise and summed up the republicans perfectly. Mean-spirited, they feel they can dictate America, and they appeal to the worst in people.

Definitely mean-spirited. Whenever I see a republican on TV talking, they are just angry and mean. Ugh! The world needs more nice and polite people.