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I have been voting since 1957 and for the past several elections have wondered about the value of partisan politics.

I know, to advocate the elimination of Republican and Democratic identification of candidates would probably rival eliminating different denominations of churches. You know. You believe in God, worship him. It doesn't matter to me, and I doubt that God cares how you worship Him, as long as you do, in fact, worship Him.

I have known several folks during my lifetime who often called themselves either Democrats or Republicans. Other than the title I never found that much difference between them. Both were hard-working, courteous folks who paid their taxes and loved their families. They were for the most part moderate in their beliefs, regardless of the "Party" they belonged to. Granted, there were disagreements about how things should be done, but I never found that all of a given "Party" espoused all of the same beliefs or arguments.

It therefore bothers me a great deal that one "Party" decided that Florida and Michigan could not send Democrat delegates to the National Convention. Their dastardly crime? They defied the National Party decision on when they could hold their primary elections.

Me, I'm a little hard headed about who can tell me what I can do, as long as it's legal.

It appears to me that when states decide to vote any election, other than the national election set by federal statute, it is nobody else's business.

Don Hopper
Flint