I guess I'll vote for a prisoner. ?

I'm in favor of that too, but I suppose that I'm more of a libertarian-get-big-government-out-of-my-life type of dude rather than a rock ribbed republican.

"rock ribbed" is a novel insult I'd never heard before. Is that akin to having a heart of stone?
I am not a republican, by the way. I am not a 'liberal' either. I like to think for myself. A lot of other people don't like it when I do that, but what they don't like is their choice and I don't try to please other people any more.

Yeah, I've gotten into tiffs with some here because I'm not "conservative" enough. Like you, I think for myself. I haven't met a dem since John Glenn that I'd vote for and I dont' want to see dems win so I vote R because I don't want to throw my vote to the libertarians or independents.