Democrats and Republicans. Don't you realize you are both at fault?

Question

Now I know all members of the patties fall into this category so if you take offense to my remarks, this question targets you.
Neither political party is doing any good for this country. They were meant for like minded citizens to group together and vote for someone who was in line with their views. They were not meant for politicans to use for their own personal gain. This split we have in our country is the fault of the party leaders who only have the parties views in mind and not the views of the people who support it. They are not agreeing on anything and our indecisiveness is being mocked by the entire world. They need to put differences aside until the current issues that are so important right now are resolved. They will not do this as they do not want what is best for us but what is best for the party. Politicans are using the party for personal gain and we are being taken advantage of as it is not allowing anyone else into office. We do not have a real choice. Please comment.

By the way, I have nothing against people who follow political parties and keep an open mind. My problem is with the scum who use the party, and the people who support it for their own gain and not the gain of the people.

The issues I am referring to are as follows:
1) The war in Iraq

2) Illegal Immigrants

3) The federal Deficit

4) Dependance on foreign oil

5) Social Security
There are of course many more but I think most Americans would agree that these are very serious issues that need to be solved and not just cpmplained about.

Answer 1

In a way we do have another 3rd choice, a third party voted for. Perot made a pretty good run at it in the past, probably would make a better one now, We here in Minnesota got mad when we didn't like the two that were running for governor and voted in Jesse Ventura the wrestler. Sure he could have done a better job but he was entertaining. What it did was put both Democrats and Republicans on alert. And they stopped taking us voters for granted. Our politicians need to be put on ALERT by the voters. Maybe thats what we need for this whole country. (without the entertainment)

Answer 2

I can agree with this in only one way.

When George Bush asked for an injunction to stop the re-counts in Florida, that was when he cared about nothing else besides himself and his party.

"... who only have the parties views in mind and not the views of the people who support it."
Harumph. Paranoid, self-contradictory, meaningless drivel.

"They need to put differences aside until the current issues that are so important right now are resolved."
This kind of rhetoric always hides your disappointment that YOUR issues are not being addressed. This generality is one which I can sympathize in MY own way, because I have MY own issues that are important to me, but I know that hardly anyone else is concerned about the issues that I'M concerned about.
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Well, at least I know now what are the issues you want to be solved. And I guess you are saying that somehow, the solutions to the problems you mentioned are there, but neither "party" is looking for them because both "parties" are only interested in their "parties" instead of the voters who elect them. I don't know whether or not to believe that. But I don't care, really. Like I said, I have MY own issue that is not going to be addressed.

Answer 3

Your comment: "They need to put differences aside until the current issues that are so important right now are resolved."

That day will never come because the current problems will change day by day. The politician's job is to get re-elected and that is just about it in a nutshell.

If they can help the people, good; if not, they will just help themselves.

Answer 4

No way the Republicans are a majority in all phases of the Government right now, and have been for over 6 1/2 years now...Our budget was balanced with reserves before Bush destroyed our economy with deficits and inflation...

Answer 5

George W Bush invaded a sovereign nation and created a civil war, do not compare him to a patriotic Liberal, the president and the fiscal conservatives in the Republican Party are attempting to seek power over others, when they should have been abiding by the constitution they took an oath to uphold,,

Answer 6

Yes, there is a huge chasm between the way most of the members of the two major parties vote on many issues. Vote-Smart.org lists 107 different ratings. Of these, fully 93 found the parties stratified on either side of the fifty percent mark, one supporting a particular interest, and the other opposed to that same interest.
Furthermore, not only did an overwhelming majority of groups find the parties to be on opposite sides of their issues, but the difference between their positions is normally huge. The average spread between the ratings that any group assigned to the parties was 55 percentage points. The parties do not simply differ slightly on the issues-- they often differ like night and day.
What's most instructive are the particular groups that found the parties to be voting with their wishes. Looking at those groups, together with their self-described missions produces a composite view of the positions of the parties.
I have not updated the figures on this page since the year 2002, but there hasn't been any need to do so because the purpose of this page is to highlight the contrast between the two parties, and if anything that contrast has only grown in the period since this study was made.
The most glaring disparity between the parties is regarding organized labor. Sixteen different labor unions provide ratings of Congressmembers' voting, and all 16-- every last one-- found that the Democratic Party voted in favor of the interests of the working men and women that they represent, while the Republican Party voted against those interests. In fact, the most common rating individual Democrats in Congress received from labor unions was a perfect 100 percent-- voting with that union every time. In stark contrast, the most common rating any individual Republican received was a perfect zero, never voting with that union even once. For example, of the 261 Democrats in Congress that the United Food and Commercial Workers union rated in 2001, 206 received a perfect 100 percent rating. In contrast, of the 269 Republicans in Congress the UFCW rated in 2001, 232 received an unqualified zero. It's as if the Republican Party has declared outright warfare on working people in this country.
"But what about business?" might come the rejoinder. When that general charge has been expressed more narrowly, it translates to: "The Democrats and the Republicans are just two branches of the Business Party." The facts show how totally untrue that charge is, and coming at this matter from opposite points of view, business and labor both say the same thing, i.e. that Republicans favor business interests, while Democrats favor workers interests.
Five different special interest groups are listed as representing business on Vote-Smart.org, and all five found the Republicans to vote with their interests while the Democrats vote against them.
As demonstrated by their voting records, Democrats are viewed by working people, women, seniors, African-Americans, Hispanics and consumers as the advocates for just and equitable working conditions, for civil rights, for protecting the environment, for reproductive freedom, for gun control, for education, for public health, and for humanitarian social policy.
And the Republicans? The Republicans are viewed by big business opponents of taxes on business, or those who benefit most from business and opponents of government services to any entity other than businesses, as services require taxation to pay for them. Perhaps they can best be defined by what they're against, rather than what they're for: they are against all those groups and all those social aims that the Democrats serve. However much they might protest this characterization, their voting record speaks for itself.

Answer 7

nicely no longer precisely ! The republicans did enable the economic gadget pass to hell . The republicans want to dictate to the president of the different celebration otherwise they gained't do something yet impede in spite of progression he attempt to make.it is not president Obama fault in the event that they shop blocking off . The celebration who isn't interior the white homestead has an legal accountability to do the peoples corporation .they do no longer would desire to pass alongside with each and every little thing he needs yet they might desire to barter approximately any rules he has and notice how a approaches they are able to fulfill him. they do no longer look to be doing that and that's inflicting the country to go through and that they are ineffective incorrect to do this .the individuals would desire to hold them responsible .Any time the choice celebration is interior the white homestead there is going to be a great deal of war of words . All politicians have been elected to do a activity yet extremely of doing their jobs the republicans are on strike .through fact their purpose is to verify to it that no longer something gets accomplished .meaning they do no longer look to be doing their jobs .each and all of the propaganda is being placed out by their flunkies rush and glenn .i think that the yank human beings would desire to comprehend and deliver a message to washington shrink OUT ALL THAT DEMOCRAT/REPUBLICAN CRAP AND pass shield THE PEOPLES corporation.this is the republicans who're offering each and all of the line blocks in congress .the individuals want jobs and well-being care no longer all of this divide and triumph over politics they might desire to quit this mess and initiate off sorting out for what's interior the suitable interest of each and every of the yank human beings !

Answer 8

Amen. I couldn't agree more. We need a third party but that just won't happen.

Answer 9

BRAVO(applause)BRAVO(applause)

Eloquently stated and I wholeheartedly agree.
The ability for the American people to make a choice has been stifled by the same people we are forced to choose from.
ENOUGH is ENOUGH!

Answer 10

Pretty much. Thats why im a libertarian.