Saturday, October 24, 2009

My Politics

Most blogs that are identified as political blogs tend to take a well defined ideological approach to their postings. They are typically aligned with either the Democratic Party or Republican and a few align themselves with the Libertarians.

I don’t consider myself any of the above but since winning the Mobbie for Best Political Blog, I’ve become a little more sensitized to these labels. Whenever I write something that takes a shot at a Republican, some commenter’s label me as Democrat. Whenever I write a post about growth and development other commenter’s label me as a Republican.

My politics are really quite simple. I am one of the approximately 35,000 residents of Howard County who list themselves as Independent or Unaffiliated. I also happen to be decidedly pro business and I’m more attracted to the common sense approach to politics espoused by former county executive, Chuck Ecker, who just happens to be a Republican.

I have voted for and supported members of both parties whom I believe come closest to that ideal. For example, in the last statewide elections, I voted for former Republican governor Bob Ehrlich and for current Democratic county executive Ken Ulman.

I strive to be an equal opportunity offender.

5 comments:

  1. I have to admit, I voted for Erhlich and Ulman, too, although, in retrospect, I wish I could withdraw the Ulman vote.

    I also voted for Ron Paul in the Repub primary and Bob B. in the general election. Remember, there's never been a president named "Bob", so, hey, I felt honor bound to vote for him. I advise you to do the same: put a Bob in office!

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  2. Please do not pass yourself off as an objective party, WB. Intelligent readers aren't buying.

    As was stated on an earlier thread:

    ..the blog host would like to present himself as unbiased. WHOA, never ever a reality. He's intensely biased, but he's inner circle Chamber biased, the most dangerous kind of bias, the bias toward power and influence.

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  3. Anon 12:07 PM

    The truly "intelligent readers" of this blog know that I'm not even a member of the Chamber of Commerce.

    It's kind of hard to be in the inner circle of something if you're not even in the outer circle.

    -wb

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  4. Do you not write a column for a pro-business paper? Seems the Chamber would be highly supportive of that sort of news outlet.

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  5. Funny - I don't quite get how you viewed sleazy rat-boy Ulman as better for business, or a more business friendly candidate, than Merdon.

    I'd love to hear the rationale behind that vote.

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