One of the reasons liberal viewpoints are disregarded and ridiculed is the extent to which they're assumed to be inextricably connected to the Democratic Party. Likewise, conservative viewpoints are often invalidated based on the assumption that conservative=Republican.
Truthfully, I think Democrats pretend to be liberal, and Republicans pretend to be conservative, for voting purposes, making empty appeals at "truth" or "public good" or "individual liberty," which they universally claim to value.
Please speak up if you tend to have either a liberal viewpoint or a conservative one, and yet tend to dissociate yourself from any political party. As a self-proclaimed independent liberal thinker, I believe I have more in common with real conservatives than Democrats or Republicans. I'm interested to see if there are others around here like myself.
Thanks.
2007-10-31 10:36:39 · 9 answers · asked by Buying is Voting 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I don't identify with any party, although you'd most likely call me more liberal and less conservative. I just agree with most Democrats more often than I agree with most Republicans, although I acknowledge that party and leanings are not the same.
You know what they all have in common? They're all politicians, doing whatever is necessary to stay in office. There is a reason that the second oldest profession bears such a strong resemblance to the first.
2007-10-31 10:52:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think you are exactly correct. The "right wing" or Conservative wing of the republican party probably is less than 25%. Likewise the "left wing" or liberal wing is probably no more than 25% of the democrats.
The "centrists" in this country are easily the majority.
I call myself a liberal but I am for Capital punishment, Immigration reform with no amnesty and I am very hawkish (but against the war in Iraq). I always vote democratic even tho I have had some years where I ONLY did because I thought the "other guy" was worse.
After two terms of GWB I can't wait to vote for a democrat next year.
2007-10-31 10:47:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
This is an EXCELLENT question. I am conservative but I do not really believe I'm all that Republican. I say that because I don't agree with the "party line" half the time. I also don't like some of the stuff Bushy has been up to either (with the boarder issue and the war)
I do believe in the social safty net, public medical treatment for those who can't afford it (and belong here), and I believe that public education be provided and done so fairly and as equally as possible (so-called lib issues)
Your own position is as valid as Isee mine. You don't always agree with the democrats either, and you have a right to.And I think that goes for a majority of people out there no matter which party they associate themselves with.
2007-10-31 10:54:42 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yeah well, I work and pay taxes too. I am a Democrat and can't stand most liberal views. I still vote Democratic because I hate the Republican conservatives economic and social stances. I would rather see " my " tax dollars, as the conservatives on here like to say, go to helping our own, not corporations and other countries.
2007-10-31 11:01:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Technically liberal and conservatives are adjectives meant to modify how a person is on a spectrum and can apply to either party. You can easily be a conservative democrat or a liberal republican.
2007-10-31 10:40:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
[One of the reasons liberal viewpoints are disregarded and ridiculed is the extent to which they're assumed to be inextricably connected to the Democratic Party.]
No, you have it exactly backwards. Reasonable Democrats like Biden are tarred with the "liberal" tag because of what the libs have done to the DNC.
2007-10-31 10:50:20 · answer #6 · answered by Lavrenti Beria 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I vote Republican, but I am not a social issues conservative. I am sorry to see that the religious right has become so influential in Republican politics. I think free market economics is important, but I could live without all the moral/religious baggage it's become attached to.
2007-10-31 10:45:46 · answer #7 · answered by J P 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Conservative, southern, confederate flag waving, "state-rights", Democrats have mostly left the party.
Good riddance.
2007-10-31 10:40:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes.
I work & pay taxes, so I am a conservative.
If I laid around begging for hand-outs from the taxpayers, I would be a Democrat.
2007-10-31 10:48:23 · answer #9 · answered by wolf 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋