never belonged to any party, been registered since 1976, never been a republican, democrat, libertarian, communist or socailist.
trualy one of the independents you read about.
I voted for carter in 76, big letdown. i voted for reagan in 80, and nader in 84, voted for bush 1 in and nader again in 92, voted libertarian(forgot his name) in 96.
I voted for bush in 2000, to defeat al bore. I NEVER vote for incumbents, ever, so i voted libertarian in 2004, and in 2008.
From the sound of your post you really do sound like you voted for the first time last year, and expect to be instantly respected as a political genius.
good luck