How do I get out of this party?

[Adelante]

Has anyone done this? I want to cancel my monthly contribution and my membership.

[ogradda]

1. which party where? n/t

[Adelante]

2. Democratic Party nt

[ogradda]

3. i'm not sure.

just switch i guess. if you're in one of those states where you have to register by party, change your registration.

[MoonRiver]

12. We sent the DNC a message to take us off their mailing and donor lists.

I've contributed to the Greens since then. Now that I know I have no decent representation in Congress and my vote counts for shit, I'll be voting for the guy or gal I REALLY support. Might be a Dem, might be a Green. Who knows? Point is I feel ZERO connection with the Democratic Party any more.

[Ganja Ninja]

15. Go down to your voter registration office and change your ...

party affiliation. Thats what I intend to do as soon as I get the chance.
Only one Senator voted no. Would it have killed them to stand up? What's the worst that could have happened? This makes it look like it's just a few crackpots and trouble makers are bitching and there is no legitimate problem.

[Darknyte7]

26. You gotta be jumped out... n/t

[AngryAmish]

48. heh

[Vinnie From Indy]

49. LOL ! Let The Beating Begin! n/t

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

4. Just don't vote - if you don't want to fight we don't need you

And we ain't gonna beg you to stay

[comsymp]

18. "If you don't want to fight we don't need you"

I think that's kinda the point~
(75-1, wasn't it?)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

29. Oh please

[comsymp]

41. Please what?

You're right- it was 74-1, not 75. My bad.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

30. Chavez..i have been a dem from birth...worked with my parents on Kennedy

campaign and have always fought for democratic values but, i am tired and if my own reps won't fight NEITHER will i!...sorry but i am leaving and will miss you very much and wish you luck

[sd_UDO]

34. Democratic Wuss Party

Why "fight" with elected Democrats who
roll over so easily?

They could have all STOOD UP for the disenfranchised
by throwing out the Ohio election, and asking for
a new Ohio election.

Dem Party is a party of Liebermans and Kerrys,
all talk, no spine.

Boxer and the House Dems are all that's left of the Party.

http://www.angelfire.com/sd2/105/udo/

http://www.angelfire.com/sd2/105/udo/

[sd_UDO]

36. New Movie Idea---->

The Disenfranchised

Kinda like Clint Eastwood's The Unforgiven.

http://www.angelfire.com/sd2/105/udo/

http://www.angelfire.com/sd2/105/udo/

[RollergirlVT]

5. just change your party affiliation.

[Ganja Ninja]

28. Self deleted

[JI7]

6. get a new voter registration form from library,post office,other govt type

place.it will give the option to change party or no party or whatever else you prefer.

[dmkinsey]

7. Who's stopping you?

Are you being held hostage?

[Patsy Stone]

8. The door is right over there. Don't let it hit you on the way out. n/t

[Pastiche423]

9. Call your county clerk

and request a voter registration form. Once you get it, fill it out and check the party (or non-affiliation) you want. Then mail it in.

Quite easy! I did it after my state's primary.

[tx_dem41]

10. Do the easy thing....just leave. n/t

[emulatorloo]

11. Yes, the republicans were sure impressive today

as they repeated their canned talking points.

Sorry, the Dems done good -- this is the first battle in a long war, and they pissed the repugs off royally by shining the light on Ken Blackwell,.

[mousie]

13. I know it's discouraging right now

and yet, at the same time, we've made progress. Not as much as we hoped for, but we're getting there... there's still much work to be done. I hope you decide not to give up the fight!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

14. follow me to the MM Party............ Mad Murikan Party

MIKE'S INAUGURATION GUIDE:
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=809





If you've seen 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' you know how much fun Bush's first inauguration was. Help make this one even bigger and better!!!http://www.michaelmoore.com/

[Adelante]

16. Thanks all

I would like to know how to cancel an automatic donation that comes monthly out of my bank account, which was arranged on the Dem website not at the bank?

I did send this email:

"I want my monthly donation canceled immediately. I am no longer a Democrat after 35 years of faithful service to this party. I will contribute to Barbara Boxer directly -- the only Democrat with balls."

[rodriguez94]

19. your bank CAN STOP this automatic payment if they

want to..the question is do they want to...like most these days, they like to pass the buck....

[in_cog_ni_to]

44. Love your email.

;) Call your bank and cancel the transfer. :hi:

[mike_c]

17. party membership is both in terms of self identity and voter...

...registration. I changed my reg to the Green Party prior to the Nov 2 vote, and although I still support many democrats (Barbara Boxer among them), my sense of political identity is increasingly Green. I think the most important thing is to understand that one's political affiliation should be with ideals and principles rather than with a specific party. The party that best represents those principles should be the one that enjoys your affiliation.

[cmd]

20. Get out? Why not get involved?

I just accepted an invitation to be on my county's executive committee. You will make a bigger difference working with us, than wimping out.

[we can do it]

21. Don't let the door hit you on the way out

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. Well, if you are sure that is what you want to do, just reregister under

another (or no) party affiliation.

-------------------------------------------------------------
Your thoughts on the electoral challenge?
http://www.livejournal.com/community/thought_express/3809.html

[Amaya]

23. Ohhhhh.... the DRAMA!

:eyes:

[euler]

24. Register as independent (even this is not necessary though)

Vote for who you want no matter how you're registered.

[imenja]

25. See this link

This thread here, please: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=252119&mesg_id=252119

[ClarkUSA]

27. This says it all for me

WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-06-05 03:31 PM
Original message
I am with some of the activists behind today, and they are reading thisEdited on Thu Jan-06-05 03:32 PM by WilliamPitt
forum, and are disgusted by what they are seeing here.
"Whining assholes" was one phrase used. "Depressing" was another.
There is a lot of happiness and well-won pride here in DC. Only on DU can a good day be turned to shit in five minutes flat.
Way to be.

[Wilms]

31. Bye

[imenja]

32. I'm sure the Republicans would love to have you

of all times to give up. Very strange.

[Name removed]

33. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[mvd]

35. A senator objected.

I'm staying in the party as a result. But I'm still watching closely. We spoke out and played it smartly IMO - with the real truth coming out occasionally. Now we must keep the pressure on. I'm officially on the Boxer '08 bandwagon.

[Senior citizen]

37. Try this:

http://freewebs.com/theconsumersparty

I went to a local Greens meeting and they not only didn't have any anti-corporate stance, their main concern was raising money.

You can't fight the corporatocracy by forming yet another corporation, and you can't get money out of politics by raising money to pour into it.

Political parties ask us for money so that they can use it to ask us for more money. Why not cut out the middleman, keep our money and vote our consciences? A party that wants money can be bought. And with corporatocracy, anything than can be bought, will be bought.

[nadinbrzezinski]

38. Why not help us take over the party?

Just a sugestion. This Saturday my local democrats are having elections... for party offices. I intend to run... how about you?

[Paul Dlugokencky]

43. Yes!

This is exactly what we need to do. I thought about leaving the party for about .3 seconds, but realized that it is better (and "easier") to take back our party than join or form another. We can learn from what happened to the Republican Party, where activists on the right took it over after a period of years by running for local offices as well as national offices.

We can do this, and while not every one of us will run for local office (I intend to), we can support those who do.

How did it go, Nadin?

[GreenArrow]

39. you don't. It's just like the Hotel California;

you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

[Niche]

40. I'm sad to say I'm going Green/this was my cut off day...

Sorry to everyone... I have been a loyal, proud and active Dem for 20 years... I voted for Boxer love her and support her - always will and my beautiful Congresspeople -- I'm tired and fighting the constant either apathy or the end of "Dems will never get balls..." (coming from my partner of 13 yrs - devoted Dem completely destroyed by Kerry's lose) I want to fight a battle worth fighting and with progressive kick asses like the Greens. Sorry guys this was my deal to myself to hold on to see what we could do... WE THE PEOPLE fought and our party lied down. They're complicit to the crimes of this white house. I will continue to use my art as my voice... I love you guys thanks for listening...

P.S. Please keep standing up for TRUTH.

[demo dutch]

42. This is the problem, there will be a repeat of 2000 (Nader) because of

the splintering. It took the repugs years to unite their party and now they present themselves as one ALL THE TIME, and that's why kick our ... everytime. This is why Moore did what he did!

[MadisonProgressive]

45. All you have to do is

change your party affiliation to independant. Who you vote for can be determined later, but if there was a noticible flood of people changing from democrat to independant, that could put the fear of God in these congresscritters, especially if everyone writes Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid explaining what they just did and why!

[in_cog_ni_to]

46. Call your bank and cancel the transfer. n/t

[lonestarnot]

47. Join the nazis...? Why would you want to do that? We are not broken

just CHEATED!

[Vinnie From Indy]

50. Sorry! It's Like A Cell Phone Contract. n/t

[GetTheRightVote]

51. I'm going over too, The Green Party represented us unlike the Dems

who sucked except for a few really brave people. Reality sucks though,it really does, life long Democrat that I am, but the Dems do not have our back nor do they stand for the strength in politics that a party needs to have to survive in DC. They lack of back bone that is why this is all happening to us, the party is dying right before our eyes because they kneel down to the Repubs time after time, so sorry for them too but oh well, they shot themselves in the foot this time.

:mad:

[Beth in VT]

52. Instant runoff voting is what we need. n/t

[marcologico]

53. call a towtruck and haul that gas guzzling POS out of here, bye n/t