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08-09-2007, 07:42 AM
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I'm curious to know everyone's political affiliation relative to Scott's innocence or guilt. Everyone can vote anonymously or can comment if they wish. Not interested in discussing politics here, just curious what the poll would look like. Probably, no one cares but me! 
PS - Please choose the one that closest suits you if none of these four fit! TIA
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08-09-2007, 12:19 PM
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I'm curious to know everyone's political affiliation relative to Scott's innocence or guilt. Everyone can vote anonymously or can comment if they wish. Not interested in discussing politics here, just curious what the poll would look like. Probably, no one cares but me!
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OK. But I need some help. I'm registered Democrat. We have open primaries in Louisiana so I can vote for anybody I want. Here, it doesn't matter as much what you register as. ETA, I have no problem with, and do vote across party lines. When George Bush nominated Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court,  I switched from Republican and vowed to never be associated with them again. However, I find myself pretty much split on key issues. Now, since SLP is a criminal, I'd have to say I'm much more Republican, and extremely conservative at that, on the law and order issues. I take an extreme, pro stance on the death penalty, for instance.
On the other hand, I'm tree hugging liberal when it comes to the environment, animal rights, take from the rich and give to the poor type issues.
So, which one of the guilty sides would you put me on?
I'm very interested to see where everyone else falls too, daddy. Good question!
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I love this thread. I've wondered about the political affiliations of the posters also.
In my college years, I was an extremely liberal democrat (some people called us hippies and it was much to the dismay of my poor Nixonite father). He passed away in '93 but I still vividly remember the heated debates we had during Watergate. I was "anti" just about everything -- big government, the establishment, the death penalty, the oppression of the poor, etc.
I have gotten much more conservative in my old age, but I still consider myself pretty liberal. I have done a 180 on the death penalty issue. In a public speaking class in college, I remember giving a very impassioned speech in favor of abolishing the death penalty altogether. When that happened in the '70s, those words came back to haunt me. I feel partly responsible for saving the life of Charles Manson. 
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I love this thread. I've wondered about the political affiliations of the posters also.
In my college years, I was an extremely liberal democrat (some people called us hippies and it was much to the dismay of my poor Nixonite father). He passed away in '93 but I still vividly remember the heated debates we had during Watergate. I was "anti" just about everything -- big government, the establishment, the death penalty, the oppression of the poor, etc.
I have gotten much more conservative in my old age, but I still consider myself pretty liberal. I have done a 180 on the death penalty issue. In a public speaking class in college, I remember giving a very impassioned speech in favor of abolishing the death penalty altogether. When that happened in the '70s, those words came back to haunt me. I feel partly responsible for saving the life of Charles Manson. |
I truly identify with your politics durign the Nixon era. Nixon did a lot to ruin the Republican party. I know where I grew up in the Midwest, they still don't think Nixon did anything wrong.
I don't know what I am politically. Primaries are now open here so I vote wherever I please. I am a registered Democrat (just to outrage my family...lol) but I vote the issue, not the party.
Sorry, frydaddy, I didn't vote because I am both - I like to consider myself a conservative democrat or a liberal republican....lol. I have always believed in the death penalty. It may not be a deterent to future crimes, but it sure keeps the criminal who receives it from committing more crimes.
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I love this thread. I've wondered about the political affiliations of the posters also.
In my college years, I was an extremely liberal democrat (some people called us hippies and it was much to the dismay of my poor Nixonite father). He passed away in '93 but I still vividly remember the heated debates we had during Watergate. I was "anti" just about everything -- big government, the establishment, the death penalty, the oppression of the poor, etc.
I have gotten much more conservative in my old age, but I still consider myself pretty liberal. I have done a 180 on the death penalty issue. In a public speaking class in college, I remember giving a very impassioned speech in favor of abolishing the death penalty altogether. When that happened in the '70s, those words came back to haunt me. I feel partly responsible for saving the life of Charles Manson. |
Don't beat yourself up over that, di.
Did Manson get the death penalty? I thought because he didn't actually commit the crimes, he was sentenced to LWOP. Did any of the others get the DP? Have any of them been paroled?
My daughter's senior class project was to chose a profession and shadow the professional. She chose to shadow the DA who prosecuted the murderer of my mother. She got to sit in on what should have been a DP case but the Supreme Court had just ruled that minors can't be given the DP. She did a great job of defending the death penalty for anyone who commits a capital crime regardless of their age. She really made me proud!
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I like to consider myself a conservative democrat or a liberal republican....lol. I have always believed in the death penalty. It may not be a deterent to future crimes, but it sure keeps the criminal who receives it from committing more crimes.
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Lavindar...it sounds like you and I are floating in the same freshwater boat in a salt water bay. 
Conservative democrat or liberal republican is the best way to describe us. 
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08-09-2007, 06:05 PM
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Don't beat yourself up over that, di.
Did Manson get the death penalty? I thought because he didn't actually commit the crimes, he was sentenced to LWOP. Did any of the others get the DP? Have any of them been paroled?
My daughter's senior class project was to chose a profession and shadow the professional. She chose to shadow the DA who prosecuted the murderer of my mother. She got to sit in on what should have been a DP case but the Supreme Court had just ruled that minors can't be given the DP. She did a great job of defending the death penalty for anyone who commits a capital crime regardless of their age. She really made me proud!
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Yep. Manson and his crew were originally sentenced to death. When the Supreme Ct declared the DP, as it was written, unconstitutional, Manson and everyone else on CA's death row had their sentence commuted to life.
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I truly identify with your politics durign the Nixon era. Nixon did a lot to ruin the Republican party. I know where I grew up in the Midwest, they still don't think Nixon did anything wrong.
I don't know what I am politically. Primaries are now open here so I vote wherever I please. I am a registered Democrat (just to outrage my family...lol) but I vote the issue, not the party.
Sorry, frydaddy, I didn't vote because I am both - I like to consider myself a conservative democrat or a liberal republican....lol. I have always believed in the death penalty. It may not be a deterent to future crimes, but it sure keeps the criminal who receives it from committing more crimes.
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Sounds like we are in the same boat Lav.
lol, right now, I don't know what I am.
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08-09-2007, 06:24 PM
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Don't beat yourself up over that, di.
Did Manson get the death penalty? I thought because he didn't actually commit the crimes, he was sentenced to LWOP. Did any of the others get the DP? Have any of them been paroled?
My daughter's senior class project was to chose a profession and shadow the professional. She chose to shadow the DA who prosecuted the murderer of my mother. She got to sit in on what should have been a DP case but the Supreme Court had just ruled that minors can't be given the DP. She did a great job of defending the death penalty for anyone who commits a capital crime regardless of their age. She really made me proud!
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Good for your daughter! I'd be proud also.
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Sounds like we are in the same boat Lav.
lol, right now, I don't know what I am.
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Is there room in your boat for me? Very conservative democrat. How do moderates vote? Who cares? 
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Is there room in your boat for me? Very conservative democrat. How do moderates vote? Who cares? |
:lol: Isn't that what we are?
How did you turn your signature line upside down and backwards? 
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Good for your daughter! I'd be proud also.
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Conspiracy....."On March 29, 1971, all four defendants received verdicts of death.[145] Sentences were overturned when the death penalty was tossed out. Somehow, I think when the voters voted it back in, the original death penalty should have been reinstated, but no such luck. They even get parole hearings - at least it should have been LWOP for them.
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That makes 5 of us!
I'm curious about everyone's age and gender....
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That makes 5 of us!
I'm curious about everyone's age and gender....
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Conspiracy....."On March 29, 1971, all four defendants received verdicts of death.[145] Sentences were overturned when the death penalty was tossed out. Somehow, I think when the voters voted it back in, the original death penalty should have been reinstated, but no such luck. They even get parole hearings - at least it should have been LWOP for them.
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IIRC many states which had the DP did not have LWOP. That was corrected in several states.
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Happy birthday! 
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IIRC many states which had the DP did not have LWOP. That was corrected in several states.
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We have true LWOP here in Louisiana. I don't believe Texas or South Carolina does though. It really ticks me off that Susan Smith will be up for parole in a few years (after 20 of her "life" sentence). She'll still be young enough to have more children.
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Hey Suzanne!
Welcome!
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Thanks accordn2me!
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IIRC many states which had the DP did not have LWOP. That was corrected in several states.
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You're right. At the time CA abolished the DP, LWOP wasn't an option. That's why the Manson group still gets parole hearings -- their sentence was commuted to Life. Makes me sick when I think that the taxpayers of CA are still paying to support this creep.
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Welcome Suzanne30. I hope to see you posting on the board more.
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I really appreciate this thread and the results, Frydaddy !
It bears the contention that liberal-Democrats is an oxymoron.
Democrats want laws enforced and criminals brought to justice ! They are not at all liberal about it and not liberal about very much at all.
Only a party as liberal as the Republicnas would have agreed to attack the Iraquis on so little evidence.
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Wow!  I'm totally shocked. Why no Scott Is Innocent votes on this poll?
Conservative/Republican and Guilty 6 37.50%
Conservative/Republican and Innocent/Not Guilty 0 0%
Liberal/Democrat and Guilty 10 62.50%
Liberal/Democrat and Innocent/Not Guilty 0 0%
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Sorry!
I apologize for dropping a poll on everyone and then becoming too busy to check in. A few comments...
Seems y'all chased away the advocates. While I think they will come back, I do find it extremely odd that all have left at once! Raises some questions, in my mind anyway.
I was somewhat curious to know the makeup of the forum with regards to political affiliation. Since it's only a G poll at this point, I don't know what I've learned by it.
Having said that, I am pleased that the poll has provided a rare opportunity for me to agree with Democrats and/or Liberals on something! LOL - Very rare phenomenon, but no offense to anyone on that!
Thanks to all who voted and posted, I appreciate it!
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...Seems y'all chased away the advocates. While I think they will come back, I do find it extremely odd that all have left at once! Raises some questions, in my mind anyway... |
They may be busy with other conspiracies.
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I apologize for dropping a poll on everyone and then becoming too busy to check in. A few comments...
Seems y'all chased away the advocates. While I think they will come back, I do find it extremely odd that all have left at once! Raises some questions, in my mind anyway.
I was somewhat curious to know the makeup of the forum with regards to political affiliation. Since it's only a G poll at this point, I don't know what I've learned by it.
Having said that, I am pleased that the poll has provided a rare opportunity for me to agree with Democrats and/or Liberals on something! LOL - Very rare phenomenon, but no offense to anyone on that!
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Don't let the intentional spelling errors fool you Daddy. *wink*
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Ooh yikes! <shaking head to the point of causing permanent neck damage>
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conserative republican/guilty. i am younger than some of u r. with 3 children. still don't know if i'm for the death penalty. moo
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