PRIMARY ELECTION DAY

PRIMARY ELECTION DAY

May 2nd was a day of mixed emotions for me. As an old-school, tie-dyed in the wool, liberal Democrat I was naturally disappointed to know that, in this election cycle, I would be excluded from participating in the election of our most basic local governing officials, the County Commissioners. By not putting a single Democrat on the ballot for County Commissioner, OUR party has conceded the race without a fight. Still, there were votes to be cast… As in all elections, when I approached the poll worker she asked for the usual information: name and address. But because this was a PRIMARY election, she rightfully asked for something additional: party affiliation. Rather than whisper, under my breath, (democrat), I loudly and proudly announced, for all to hear, “I’M A DEMOCRAT!” Let me tell you, heads turned (what few there were in a polling place on a primary election day) and I saw a few smiles. It felt good to announce to the world that I am, indeed, one of the brighter Union County citizens; that I am not responsible for the unnecessary disaster in Iraq, the Constitution-busting mess in Washington, or the childish name-calling and finger-pointing in Monroe! I think you will all find it refreshing and cleansing to make this same pronouncement. I urge you to give it a try! A good way to start, and to support the local Union County Democratic Party (and promote the ucncdp.org website), is to go here to purchase and display your own PROUD DEMOCRAT bumper sticker. Try it, you’ll like it!

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Welcome to the ucncdp.org blog. This blog has been created by the members of the Website Committee of the Union County, North Carolina Democratic Party. The blog, in the best Democratic (and democratic) tradition, is intended to provide for the free flow of ideas and opinions. To that end, we will moderate the comments to this blog only in extreme instances of potential slander or libel and, in the interest of keeping the blog “family friendly”, we will moderate comments for extreme profanity. In all cases where comments are moderated we will make every effort to not change the intent of the writer and we will note that the comment has been moderated. The primary focus of this blog will be local and regional issues of interest to Union County Democrats, comments and posts on any issue are welcomed and encouraged.The opinions expressed on this blog are those of the authors only and do not represent the official view of the Union County Democratic Party.