Your First Time! ( Voting That Is :) ) - The Firearms Forum

Snakedriver · 11-05-2012, 08:27 AM

It was in 1972 and I was a 20 y.o. in the Army, stationed in Vietnam at the time, who was voting in an election where everyone over 18 was allowed to vote for the first time.

You never forget your first time!

P.S.: I voted Richard Nixon by the way. He understood what it was going to take to get the Communists to negotiate in earnest. He bombed the living crap out of them until they came to the peace table with serious intentions.

mjp28 · 11-05-2012, 07:17 PM

I had my picture taken while I registered to vote in 1970 when I turned 20.

Didn't know but they put it in the local paper.....still have the yellowed out picture cut out of it.

GO VOTE! IT'S YOUR DUTY.

wv hillbilly · 11-05-2012, 07:25 PM

i cant remember my first time for either

hstout1143 · 11-05-2012, 07:40 PM

That's easy, the first time I voted was 1980. The very first vote I cast was for Ronald Reagan.

rcairflr · 11-05-2012, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by hstout1143

That's easy, the first time voted was 1980. The very first vote I cast was for Ronald Reagan.

+1. I was in the USMC at the time

WHSmithIV · 11-05-2012, 11:55 PM

I was 20 and in the US Navy. We were told - You Go Vote. The choice of who to vote for was ours alone.

Figured I should add - my first vote was for Ronald Reagan also

hogger129 · 11-06-2012, 07:24 AM

My first time was 2008 when it was Obama & McCain.

Snakedriver · 11-06-2012, 07:44 AM

Every vote counts! As U.S. citizens voting is probably the most important responsibility we have. By voting "We the People" have a say about how our government is run. If you're not happy with what's been going on, cast your vote for a REAL change!

carver · 11-06-2012, 07:54 AM

The first vote I ever cast was for Floyd William Smith, Jr., Democrat, as Mayor of Pineville, LA. That was the year I turned 18. My first vote for President was for Hubert Humphrey in 1968, another Democrat, I was 20. At 21 I got married, and started a family. At age 22 I saw welfare abuse that I just could not tolerate, and started to look at the reasons why. By age 24 I was no longer a Democratic Party supporter, and with the years I have strayed farther, and farther, to the right of where I started. Today, I'm about as far right as a person can go, and stay out of jail!

tcox4freedom · 11-06-2012, 08:09 AM

1980 & guess who I voted for-

Appliancedude · 11-06-2012, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by hstout1143

That's easy, the first time I voted was 1980. The very first vote I cast was for Ronald Reagan.

I was 4 and it was the first time I voted too. My dad let me pull the lever for RR. He lined up the ballot and I got to pull the lever. WE NEED ANOTHER REGAN.

My first legal vote was in 96, voted for Dole. What a putz. And we have yet to put forward a decent Republican since. To bad I didn't realize that till 2008

Snakedriver · 11-06-2012, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Appliancedude

I was 4 and it was the first time I voted too. My dad let me pull the lever for RR. He lined up the ballot and I got to pull the lever. WE NEED ANOTHER REGAN.

My first legal vote was in 96, voted for Dole. What a putz. And we have yet to put forward a decent Republican since. To bad I didn't realize that till 2008

Man, that vote for Dole was painful!!! I've never voted for any other candidate for President other than the Republican choice, but that one took some effort. I lived in Kansas from '73 through '92 too! Dole was not my favorite guy despite his very respectable military record.

jim brady · 11-06-2012, 01:28 PM

I'm with you, Snakedriver. First vote was for President Richard Nixon the year after I came back from Nam. My reason was exactly as your's - he understood the Communists and what it took to hold them back.

My main problem when I returned was all those people who just didn't understand what USSR, (Red) China and the North Vietnamees were all about. My main problem today is that these people STILL don't understand what these same clowns are doing. Now we have still yet another threat in the Muslim world, along with the original players. Snowballing on us.

11-05-2012, 08:27 AM	#1
Snakedriver Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: SW. Florida Posts: 1,219	Your First Time! ( Voting That Is :) ) It was in 1972 and I was a 20 y.o. in the Army, stationed in Vietnam at the time, who was voting in an election where everyone over 18 was allowed to vote for the first time. You never forget your first time! P.S.: I voted Richard Nixon by the way. He understood what it was going to take to get the Communists to negotiate in earnest. He bombed the living crap out of them until they came to the peace table with serious intentions. __________________ Fear is a reaction..........Courage is a decision -->

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mjp28 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: anytown, OHIO Contributor Posts: 3,047	Re: Your First Time! ( Voting That Is :) ) I had my picture taken while I registered to vote in 1970 when I turned 20. Didn't know but they put it in the local paper.....still have the yellowed out picture cut out of it. GO VOTE! IT'S YOUR DUTY.

11-05-2012, 07:25 PM	#3
wv hillbilly Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: mountains of wv. Posts: 2,016	Re: Your First Time! ( Voting That Is :) ) i cant remember my first time for either

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hstout1143 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: California Contributor Posts: 1,735	Re: Your First Time! ( Voting That Is :) ) That's easy, the first time I voted was 1980. The very first vote I cast was for Ronald Reagan. __________________ NRA Life Member Kids that hunt and fish don't mug old ladies. "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." - Ronald Reagan "Deo Duce, Ferro Comitante", With God as my leader and my sword as my companion Last edited by hstout1143; 11-05-2012 at 11:35 PM..

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WHSmithIV Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Moore, Idaho contributor Posts: 2,605	Re: Your First Time! ( Voting That Is :) ) I was 20 and in the US Navy. We were told - You Go Vote. The choice of who to vote for was ours alone. Figured I should add - my first vote was for Ronald Reagan also Last edited by WHSmithIV; 11-05-2012 at 11:57 PM..

11-06-2012, 07:24 AM	#7
hogger129 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 4,064	Re: Your First Time! ( Voting That Is :) ) My first time was 2008 when it was Obama & McCain. __________________ Samuel Adams once said, "among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can."

11-06-2012, 07:44 AM	#8
Snakedriver Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: SW. Florida Posts: 1,219	Re: Your First Time! ( Voting That Is :) ) Every vote counts! As U.S. citizens voting is probably the most important responsibility we have. By voting "We the People" have a say about how our government is run. If you're not happy with what's been going on, cast your vote for a REAL change! __________________ Fear is a reaction..........Courage is a decision

11-06-2012, 07:54 AM	#9
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,223	Re: Your First Time! ( Voting That Is :) ) The first vote I ever cast was for Floyd William Smith, Jr., Democrat, as Mayor of Pineville, LA. That was the year I turned 18. My first vote for President was for Hubert Humphrey in 1968, another Democrat, I was 20. At 21 I got married, and started a family. At age 22 I saw welfare abuse that I just could not tolerate, and started to look at the reasons why. By age 24 I was no longer a Democratic Party supporter, and with the years I have strayed farther, and farther, to the right of where I started. Today, I'm about as far right as a person can go, and stay out of jail! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

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tcox4freedom Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: South Carolina USA Posts: 938	Re: Your First Time! ( Voting That Is :) ) 1980 & guess who I voted for-

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jim brady Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,072	Re: Your First Time! ( Voting That Is :) ) I'm with you, Snakedriver. First vote was for President Richard Nixon the year after I came back from Nam. My reason was exactly as your's - he understood the Communists and what it took to hold them back. My main problem when I returned was all those people who just didn't understand what USSR, (Red) China and the North Vietnamees were all about. My main problem today is that these people STILL don't understand what these same clowns are doing. Now we have still yet another threat in the Muslim world, along with the original players. Snowballing on us. Last edited by jim brady; 11-06-2012 at 01:30 PM..