I didn't know CARL was a Democrat.
He is, just like Sam Spade. (I'm not kidding)
Well, I do know 90% of the "independents" on this site are really Democrats, but I didn't think Sam Spade and CARL were two of them. I am skeptical of your statement.
Spade lives in Brooklyn. Being a Republican there would mean that showing up for the primary to vote would be a meaningless exercise, and that you are basically dis-enfranchised, since the choice every time as to who is elected will be in the Dem primary (except possibly for US president).
Just as a rule, I like to vote in primaries and have some say so in elections. If I was in a hyper-GOP area, I would be registered Republican. In Texas, I could be a switch-hitter
. I don't like registering as an Independent, even though my voting habits are much more independent than real Independents.
Pretty much all Brooklyn contests have been run by the Democratic machine since the beginning of time, so my choices here are pretty limited.
I don't pretend to be moderate or centrist, even though my views end up being that way, with some extreme position here and there. Nor am I concerned about being Independent or seeming to balance everything by picking some positions on this side and some positions on the other (like you're at a buffet table). What I am interested in and what I prize most strongly is "independent thinking". Much more important than a person's place on the ideological spectrum.
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