Straight votes are for lazy people

“I can't vote for a Democrat.” “I'll never vote for another Republican.” I've heard both of those comments or very close to them over the past several weeks as we head into Tuesday's General Election. It always makes me scratch my head.

I personally think voting simply along party lines is for lazy people who don't want to look at the candidates individually. The national media has brained washed us to thinking all Republicans are right -wing conservatives and all Democrats are are left-wing liberals. If you believe that you've been watching too much biased news that tries to group...