How could they have not won the election in 2004? Should I blame the liberals that didn't come out and vote?
2007-03-20 17:16:46 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Don't worry! I'm not a Republican! That party sucks too!
2007-03-20 17:22:57 · update #1
You do know what year is, don't you?
2007-03-20 17:21:25 · answer #1 · answered by God 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Uh, are you saying that if a party looses a presidential election, then people shouldn't belong to that party anymore?
That's not a very good reason to change party affiliation.
They lost because the election was stolen, using a combination of disenfranchising Democrats and the programming of paperless voting machines to vote for Bush.
Hardly the liberals' fault, as those crimes were committed by Republicans.
I'm pretty sure turn-out was higher in '04 than it had been for quite some time.
You also seem to be forgetting that Democrats won majorities in both House and Senate.
Anyway, I think it's unwise to choose party affiliation based on the same type of reasoning one might choose which sports team to support.
That's not really the point, is it?
2007-03-21 14:24:55 · answer #2 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most Democracts remain because of tradition , loyality or peer pressure or because they have a special agenda. They believe in the ideas from the 1930's that helped during the depression . However, those ideas of government expansion were supposed to be temporary and now have grown into huge burdens on the citizens . Democrats continue to hope things will get better and the idea of family values and better lifestyles with better income and benefits for the working class will improve . However, this is not the case . The direction has shifted to socialist ideas that hurt the economy with high taxes and reduced productivity. Private sector spending power is lowered with the government control of the people's capital that creates a lower standard of living for almost everybody.
2007-03-21 02:49:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Democratic party certainly isn't perfect...but without serious opposition this country would be run by a bureaucratic Republican machine and the main thing would be the economy....not the economy for all of us, just the economy of the favored...without the natural swing back and forth...the middle cannot be found....I'm not for extreme Liberalism, but extreme Conservatism scares me
the Republicans held the tide, but it is time for the pendulum to swing to the left....I agree with Brian...i would never vote Republican...i only vote for Democrats because there is no 3rd party to stand against the Republican corporate empire.
2007-03-21 00:24:02 · answer #4 · answered by Ford Prefect 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you look at the figures, in the first Bush/Gore election, actually Gore won that election. If it weren't for the fact that Bush's brother was the head of the State of Fla, the state in question, and there were all the questions about the faulty ballots, it really worked out that Gore was the winner.
But besides that can you honestly say that the republican party is the party of anyone's choice. Bush has the lowest rating of any president, he has honestly made Nixon look good, something I never thought I would see in my life time. And Cheney is actually making Spiro Agnew look as if he wasn't that bad of a crook, now that's one for the books. Read today's paper about the latest Bush speach and tell me that the man isn't playing with half a deck, and as far as that goes, what's with the latest choices of people to replace those already in seats in the government. It's all a game by Bush to insulate himself with people who will say yes when he needs people around him as he has lost the Senate and the house.
2007-03-21 00:29:13 · answer #5 · answered by lochmessy 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I agree with JHL.
If you left because they failed to beat Bush, then you had joined the party in the first place for the wrong reasons.
Also, leaving the party is contradictory to fixing any problem. It's in every way a cowardly act. You should've stayed. That way you're voice in the democrat party could be seen as a voice of reason.
Though, in the end it's your choice. Just don't go whining about it. I couldn't care less about what choices you've made in your life.
2007-03-21 00:54:08 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am still a Democrat because what else am I going to do, vote Republican? I think not. And there is no viable third party option that currently exists.
2007-03-21 00:24:04 · answer #7 · answered by brian2412 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
we are stuck with a two party system,the best we can do is vote issues. half of America don't vote,so you can't blame libs alone. there are even people on here complaining that admit they don't vote,if true they need to shut up about politics
2007-03-21 00:24:38 · answer #8 · answered by here to help 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
we won the popular vote
2007-03-21 01:57:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Reports show they did win. It's the people that count the votes that matter.
2007-03-21 00:22:14 · answer #10 · answered by Rae 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
According to most Democrats, they didn't lose the election, Bush stole it.
Poetic Justice if you ask me.
Gore tried to his hearts content to steal the 2000 election in Florida, but he couldn't find enough chads hanging around.
Actually it was kind of comical with the Democrats in charge of recounting and recounting and recounting and recounting and recounting the votes in Florida looking at blank ballots and saying "Well I think, this voter intended to vote for Gore"
2007-03-21 00:26:18 · answer #11 · answered by Duh 3 · 1⤊ 5⤋