I just had the pleasure of attending a meeting of the Sumter County Democrats today, at the Canal St. Rec center. What a great bunch of people, and a really great format. There was a half hour social before the meeting, then a nice DVD was shown, then half hour open discussion about various topics pertinent including the upcoming election and ecology related stuff. If you haven't been, I'd recommend it.

Lil, if you can't tell, I'm not a Republican by any stretch of anyone's imagination, but why should this post be limited to Democrats? Does this mean that an independent couldn't or shouldn't attend? How about a Republican who is truly interested in getting information about the Democrats' viewpoints from the horse's mouth so to speak?

Sorry, I just hate to see anything limited to a select group unless for a very good reason.

How's that?

;D

I went to one meeting and really enjoyed it, but I haven't had the chance to get back. When's the next meeting Dancer??? ???

This is their website: http://users.thevillages.net/democrats/DEC/
It lists a lot of their activities and priorities, and shows meeting dates. I notice April's meeting is not on there yet, but I believe they meet the 4th Saturday of the month at Canal Street, 9:30 am. Hope to see you there. I was told there are about 300 members, but generally 60-80 attend each meeting. There were around a dozen newcomers at this particular meeting. I found the people to be a really friendly bunch, and of course we're all united in a common cause as far as the upcoming elections go. It struck me as the type of club, where if you wanted to volunteer to work on various activities you could, or if you just wanted to utilize the meetings to network with other people of similiar political sensibilities, that is fine also.

Thanks Lil Dancer, hope to meet you soon. :bigthumbsup:

Ditto Chels

I wish we could do away with political parties with everyone being independent...voting for the best candidate and not the party!

What ever happened to the wording of the founding fathers like, "...We the people..." or how about "...one nation indivisible..."?

What is happening to our beloved UNITED States of America is shameful!!!!

BTK ???

Brightspot, I wish we could all just be Americans, voting for the presidential candidate that would best serve America.

Originally Posted by brightspot01

I wish we could do away with political parties with everyone being independent...voting for the best candidate and not the party!

Hi, I agree with what Bright said and Sam.

HB

Originally Posted by brightspot01

I wish we could do away with political parties with everyone being independent...voting for the best candidate and not the party!

I can vote for that. Let's do away with parties, primaries, conventions, super delegates and the electoral college.

Back to my previous (I thought brilliant) idea. Print the ballot on the back of the economic stimulus rebate checks that we should be receiving soon. List all of the known candidates, including the ones who have dropped out, and include space for write-ins. Then when you cash your check you can vote. The one with the most votes, becomes President, and second highest becomes VP.

We will be spared the rest of the mud-slinging and the politicking for the next few months. We can tell the super delegates not to bother packing and we repeat process every 4 years.

A little over one year ago:
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) the unemployment rate was 4.5%.


Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we've
seen:
1) Consumer confidence plummet;
2) the cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value
evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by
$1.2 trillion dollars;
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.


America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!

Sorry renos, but this has been a building for the last 8 years with this adminstration, not just the vote in 2006.