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April 24, 2013 12:41 am at 12:41 am #609134Torah613TorahParticipant
In this thread, simply share the political party you are officially registered with. NO COMMENTS.
Democrat.
April 24, 2013 1:18 am at 1:18 am #948426squeakParticipantNo Candidate Deserves My Vote. Co-Founder.
April 24, 2013 1:41 am at 1:41 am #948427kfbParticipantPROUD REPUBLICAN!!!
April 24, 2013 1:59 am at 1:59 am #948428popa_bar_abbaParticipantAmerican Communist.
April 24, 2013 3:35 am at 3:35 am #948430MorahRachMemberRepublican.
April 24, 2013 3:41 am at 3:41 am #948431VogueMemberShas
April 24, 2013 3:43 am at 3:43 am #948432afiluechusParticipantMy Rent Is Too Damn High Party
April 24, 2013 3:46 am at 3:46 am #948433WIYMemberHeimish.
April 24, 2013 4:17 am at 4:17 am #948434OneOfManyParticipantactually can’t remember
April 24, 2013 4:21 am at 4:21 am #948435☕ DaasYochid ☕ParticipantShas and Poskim
April 24, 2013 4:49 am at 4:49 am #948436This name is already takenParticipantBirthday Party
April 24, 2013 5:06 am at 5:06 am #948437VogueMemberLol
April 24, 2013 12:22 pm at 12:22 pm #948438TheGoqParticipantI am registered to vote but am not registered with any party though i usually vote republican.
April 24, 2013 1:32 pm at 1:32 pm #948439nfgo3MemberThis thread is a terrific idea – no discussion, no reasoning, just labels. Sometimes there are more threads like this than we realize.
April 25, 2013 1:45 am at 1:45 am #948440playtimeMemberUnited States Marijuana Party
April 25, 2013 3:03 am at 3:03 am #948441rationalfrummieMemberDemocrat, except about Israel. Then I’m very right-wing.
April 25, 2013 3:07 am at 3:07 am #948442Josh31Participantelephant
April 25, 2013 3:08 am at 3:08 am #948443WolfmanParticipantLibertarian
April 25, 2013 3:16 am at 3:16 am #948444mishpachashuMemberDon’t follow politics, they are all the same.
April 25, 2013 3:39 am at 3:39 am #948445Torah613TorahParticipantAnyone agree to break the rules now? I really want to comment.
April 25, 2013 4:00 am at 4:00 am #948446kfbParticipantOur country would be a lot better place without liberals
April 25, 2013 4:35 am at 4:35 am #948447mishpachashuMemberThere is no significant difference between Republicans and Democrats.
There are some good people on both sides and a lot of bad ones. Each side has their own values: some values on one side conflict with Torah values more than the values on the other side depending on the issue at hand. The government is what it is. Power corrupts- lib. or con. alike. We m”H have our gedolim, trust them- not the government.
April 25, 2013 2:02 pm at 2:02 pm #948448yytzParticipantIn some states you can’t register with a party — you just register to vote and that’s it.
It’s unfortunate that in the US, there is no party that is left-leaning on economic issues but right-leaning on social or moral issues. All the religious parties in Israel are like that.
Regardless, I think Jews make a big mistake by identifying too much with a single political party, both because (given our political climate) this leads to arrogance and looking down on people who believe differently, and because it causes people to absorb anti-Torah ideologies such as those of Ayn Rand or secular humanism.
April 25, 2013 3:57 pm at 3:57 pm #948449haifagirlParticipantI’m not registered for any party. In the U.S. I usually vote Libertarian. Here I usually vote Yahadut HaTorah.
April 25, 2013 4:01 pm at 4:01 pm #948450Torah613TorahParticipantyytz: I didn’t know that.
haifagirl: interesting.
April 26, 2013 4:13 am at 4:13 am #948451WolfmanParticipantAs a Libertarian I am somewhat familiar with Ayn Rand though I am no expert by any means. Which of her writings are Anti-Torah? Being against government largess doesn’t equal stinginess. Assistance through private means is preferable to the welfare state.
April 26, 2013 5:14 am at 5:14 am #948452Rabbi PerfectMemberProud Registered Republican
April 26, 2013 11:58 am at 11:58 am #948453shmoolik 1Participant???? ??????
April 26, 2013 1:52 pm at 1:52 pm #948454yytzParticipantWolfman, see the recent threads on Jonathan Swift and Atlas Shrugged.
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/ayn-rand-and-the-torah
April 26, 2013 1:57 pm at 1:57 pm #948455yehudayonaParticipantIn Democratic strongholds like most of NYC, you basically throw away your right to choose your representatives unless you’re a registered Democrat. The winner of the Democratic primary is almost guaranteed to win the general election. You can’t vote in the Democratic primary unless you’re a registered Democrat.
April 26, 2013 2:43 pm at 2:43 pm #948456nfgo3MemberTo yehudayona: You gotta get out more. Democrats in the last 5 mayoral elections have lost. Your statement was conventional wisdom not so long ago, but times change. And conventional wisdom is vastly over-rated.
April 26, 2013 2:44 pm at 2:44 pm #948457nfgo3MemberTo nfgo3: Can’t you follow the rules – just post your party registration, no discussion, no reasoning, no facts.
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