I was raised a Republican.
I voted Democrat in 1992 just to send a message to the Republican Party that GWB was a warmongering liar. (The Army briefing I sat through explaining how my husband would be disarming chemical landmines in Iraq was a lie. Forty thousand casualities in the first week because the enemy was so dangerous was a lie. Babies being ripped from incubators was a lie. The whole GWI was a lie.) I won't repeat the mistake of voting Democrat to teach the Republicans a lesson.
I don't mind Kucinich. Yes, he's a Democrat and a socialist, but he's not a lying, warmongering, civil rights disrepecting puppet like 99.9 percent of the Democrats and Republicans. At least I know Kucinich isn't going to intentionally cripple me for life and not take any responsibility for it. Fortunately, this year there was a better choice than Kucinich.
I couldn't ask for a better candidate than Ron Paul, and I've no intention of casting a vote for anyone but him.