Why is everyone categorized as either a Liberal or a Neo-Conservative? I am neither. How bout you?

Question

Tell me what your alternative political thoughts are and to which political leanings you agree with. There is a great vacuum in this country that begs for a third party.

Answer 1

I would love to see a third party of significance but it won't happen. The two existing parties can prevent a third from becoming any type of real threat.

Until stronger regulations are put in place to prevent lawmakers from both parties from doing things in their own best interests and not the people's, nothing will change; and the only way that could happen is if the populace literally rises up and demands more accountability from their politicians.

Right now, both parties are manipulating us.

What bothers me the most is that BOTH parties have dragged the troops into the middle of the political debates on the war and that's really disgusting.

Answer 2

Well, there's no such thing as a neo-conservative; it's a nonsense term. Fiscal conservative, social conservative, and Constitutionalist are valid descriptions of conservatives. The left-wing/right-wing (an economic scale) idea is out moded too since there is no right wing in the USA and both major political parties are relatively moderate and socialist. The Democrats are pulled towards Marxist ideas by their liberal wing and the Republicans are pulled towards capitalism by their fiscal conservative wing and towards traditional values by their social conservative wing. Rarely are the two united (an argument could be made for Ronald Reagan). I think a better scale would be the liberty scale where one end is totalitarian and the other anarchist. That gets rid if discontinuities like the far left Nazis and Communists who were also totalitarians.

As far as third parties, whenever politics become polarized, third parties have a chance. The table is stacked against them by choice, however, in the USA. It generally takes a catastrophe like the north/south division in the 1860 election. Even the Great Depression wasn't enough to get the American Socialist Party more then 8% of the vote in 1932 (even though FDR then took their entire platform and renamed it the "new deal" as his policy). Today, the only viable third party is the Libertarian Party and they are looked on by most Americans as radical in their own right so I personally doubt that the current polarization is enough to get then even into the double digits. A workable third party would be nice because nothing substantial can happen right now with the current divisions between major parties and with western civilization facing a kick-down drag-out fight with radical Islam, this is no time to tie our hands behind our backs.

Answer 3

I go both ways, especially when I'm drinking. Socially I find myself leaning liberal cause I'm a hip city kid and I'm down with all that. As far as government and economics I go Conservative cause makin money is super rad and the government is bloated and they should stay off my lawn and away from my kids and my cash and my weed.

But seriously I would love to see Libertarians get some momentum and pick up moderate Democrats and Republicans fed up with Bush and the Green Party, they need all the help they can get.

Answer 4

I'm a registered Republican.

My issues in common with the Republican party are lower taxes, strong defense and limiting abortion rights.

However, I also tend to lean Libertarian in certain areas as well. Most political tests I take put me as a "Conservative Libertarian."

Answer 5

I'm a liberal. I go through stages of regular ol' run of the mill liberal to full-blown angry libertarian socialist (anarchist). All depends on the current political climate. I got furthest to the rabid left right after Katrina. I hated our government, let me tell you. I hated all government (like an anarchist). But I like liberal stuff, and I hang with the niche of liberals that are against American ego- and entho-centricity. so yeah. And war is hell, I never like any war. I want all nations of the world (especially US) to start systematically dismantling their respective militaries.

Answer 6

Well, I consider myself a moderate conservative, but I call myself a conservative. I'm pro-choice, for example. That "neo" stuff is just an insult with no real definition. I've asked before and gotten many explanations as to what it means. So, I consider it a badge of honor to be call a NEOCON by a lib. (Notice it always has to be in upper case.)

Answer 7

I'm more of a Libertarian....however I prefer to call my self independent because I vote based on the issues not based of my hope that a party will win because of popularity. Or because I like someones religious background.

Answer 8

Moderate Republican for the last 42 years. Not a Con, not a Lib and nothing neo about me.

Answer 9

i'm via definition a Republican Democrat. i've got faith in rule of regulation and that all and sundry are equivalent under the regulation. i've got faith that the regulations ought to symbolize the will of the persons. i've got faith the purpose of government is to guard the liberties of the persons and that the US shape is mans terrific attempt and forming a central authority that clings to that purpose.

Answer 10

Political talk shows get better ratings when some one is getting labeled then bashed.