Are you a Democrat ?

Question

If so, then you are a very smart person. The Democrats....
Lets see. Promote peace and harmony, feed the poor,
finances public services, decrease gas prices and
restrictions, denounce racism and the acts that
follow it. Uh, Democrats are for the people, they
have better foreign relationships, excellent businessmen
women, protect the borders, help real estate, help
progress in schools. Check the record. No child left
behind is a disaster..... Democrats are better at
security, as they had more police patrol on the streets
of America, and inner cities. Low crime rate always.
Once again, check the record. They promote job
security, and social security. Check Clinton's record.
Enough said. Oh an uh, Democrats are for women's
rights. The question is, are you a Democrat ?
Best answer wins.

Forget welfare. I come from a
state that was virtually out of
the game, back in the 90's.
Until the Democrats got in charge.
The stores became full, and the
streets filled with manna. Now, well
you don't wanna know. *

Hey, Jacob. Where do you get your
twisted facts from, FOX NEWS ?
That is funny, very funny.

Answer 1

Some democrats are asses. Some republicans are asses. If people would start making choices based on each individual candidate instead of what party they represent, or better yet, allow an equal multi party system maybe we'd see some results. Am I a democrat or a republican....no. I'm an American.

Answer 2

To address your statements:

What does "Promote peace and harmony" mean? Does it mean allowing evil tyrants to take over the word or are there some instances where war is the answer?

Feed the poor. No one from any political party wants to see poor people not have food. It is only a matter of how best to help them.

Finance public services? Sir! The American Taxpayer finances EVERYTHING with their hard earned money.

Decrease gas prices and restrictions? Sir, many of the problems with high gas prices are due to the Democrats. The Federal, State and Local governments collect far more of every gasoline dollar than the companies producing it. And restrictions? The Democrats have put many, many restrictions of what formulation of gasoline can be used in what States and have prevented the building of any new refineries for over thirty years.

Denounce racism and acts...? When prominant Democrats such as Jesse Jackson is recorded using anti-semetic slanderous language in a public speech, where was the denunciation? Why is Senator Robert Byrd still serving in the Senate? Where is the outrage over what Louis Farrakhan preaches?

For the people? For special interest groups, you mean. For the Red Chinese you mean.

Better foreign realtionships? Sir, Madeline Albright was a complete disaster as Secretary of State.

Businessmen and women? Like whom? Bloomberg or Corzine? Both made corporate raiders and dot com bubble billionairs.

Protect the borders? You are of course joking!

How does anyone "help real estate"?

Progress in schools? America's public education was the envy of the world until Jimmy Carter created the Department of Education and the Federal Bureaucrats got their hands on it. Now we are surpassed by even third world countries.

Security? Even the Democratic candidates know better than to go there. What ''more police" are you talking about? Check the record, sir. How many policmen did the massive money spent on the "hundred thousand police" program actually produce?

Low crime rate? Look at NYC under Mayor David Dinkins and then under Rudy Guliani. Cut it out will you?

If you tink Democrats promote job security look at the unemployment numbers under Jimmy Carter when the White House and Congress were controlled by the Democrats.

Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. Bill Clinton did nothing about the Social Security crisis. And the unemployment rate only decreased after Newt Gingrich and the Republicans came to power in Congress.

Women's rights? Ask Kathleen Wiley or Paula Jones or Juanita Brodrick or Genifer Flowers or poor Monica Lewinski how their rights were protected.

No, thank you. I have no desire to be a Democrat. Someone has sold you a bill of goods.

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Answer 3

Am neither Democrat nor Republican, but plan to vote Democratic in the next election...provided they don't nominate someone I have to vote AGAINST. (Would vote for Saddam Hussein's rotting corpse before I'd vote for Hillary Clinton. C'mon, Obama!)

I both like and dislike some of the main Democrat ideals. Personally, I don't think anybody in the country should have to pay more than 25% in taxes...no matter how much they make. Democrats do have a good record on fighting racism (except racial discrimination under the guise of "affirmative action"...then it's "wink wink" look the other way.) And if you think the Democrats are in favor of protecting the borders, you've been in Foo-Foo Land for the last twenty years.

Answer 4

Uh, the Democrats' idea of national defense during the Cold War was disarmament ("You can't hug your kids with nuclear arms.") Uh, the Democrats are promoting the continuation of racism by nuturing affirmative action; "race-conscious" policies are always going to keep people focused on the superficial. Uh, Democrats are NOT for "the people" being able to politically control the moral environment of their states and communities; they promote the idea that the 14th Amendment is a "growing" thing, which means that the U.S. Supreme Court -- a decidedly un-democratic institution -- gains increasing power to strike down state and local laws which are reflections of the moral views of the people. Try to talk to a Democrat about Judicial Restraint and the only thing they have to say in favor of that is that the Court should not have done what it did in Bush v. Gore. Other than that, Judicial Restraint means, to a Democrat, the terrible phenomenon of "tyranny of the majority." Uh, .... Democrats will "protect the borders" ...? No, Democrats don't even want to HAVE borders.

Uh, keep trying.

Answer 5

I'm not a democrat, but do agree that Bill Clinton was a very good president (although I don't think his wife is going to be anything NEAR as competant). He was actually a fiscal conservative and had a very middle ground way about him leading to many of his successes.
He wasn't a socialistic democrat (he reformed welfare) and he wasn't a neocon (he was between two neocons and managed to keep the country intact).
Because I'm a mixture of the two parties, I will go out on a limb and say that both parties have good points and bad points and it's up to us to vote for a candidate who will best care for us Americans, whether that's a republican or a democrat.

Answer 6

"Madeline Albright was a complete disaster as Secretary of State." You have to be kidding! Bush doesn't know the meaning of diplomacy.

I'm a Democrat leaning towards libertarian.
My first choice is Ron Paul, second choice is Barrack Obama. I think Amerca would be best served with a series of debates between these two!

I hope Wes Clark is part of the next administration. VP or sec of defense.

We need a president with good judgement, Bush is an idiot.

Answer 7

LOL. Is this supposed to be a joke. What have they done about gas prices? Nothing. That's the only issue that personally effects me at the moment. They are for open borders. The biggest city's in the U.S. are all run by dems and crime rates are astronomical. Check the record. Denounces racism. They are the ones that promote it..i.e. Al Sharpton & Jesse Jackson... And tell me just what right I have that a woman don't... Your logic is complete lunacy..... I guess your just an average everyday libturd....

Answer 8

I consider myself neither democrat nor republican. I don't believe one's political views should be restricted to one's party. Also, Democrats don't always necessarily promote peace and harmoney. Presidents like Reagen and our current president were elected to pull the U.S. out of wars. Clinton pushed the U.S. into nearly every conflict of the 90's. Just because our current president follows such an extreme policy of foreign intervention, does not mean he properly represents Republicans.
Don't be so harsh on the No Child Left Behind act. It is the cumulative effort of both congress and the president that have allowed this act to exist. It was allowed to be reinstated by a democrat-heavy congress. 90% of teachers are qualified, which was a huge increase compared to a lackluster Clinton administration and it has set standards for schools to follow. While it has been underwhelming, it is more because of the country's limited budget.
As for the U.S. economy, the only reason why it was so prosperous during the Clinton adminstration was because of Bush Sr. tax increases during his term. He was ultimately defeated because of his tax increases, but the years following ushered the U.S. into its most prosperous years.
I'm not saying that the Republicans are better, but remember, just because our current administration and the republican presidential nominees lack the qualities you listed does not mean they represents true republican policy. While it is saddening to see the condition of the republican party, people like Ron Paul are trying to fix it. Ron Paul is very extreme, but he is the only one who truly represents basic, republican standard. I believe that the current adminstration has altered the way republicans act, but once the bushes are gone I believe in a stronger, more reasonable party for years to come.

Answer 9

No, I am not. I am independent. My choice is because, although the Democrats SAY that those are things they do, what I have seen, especially in the current Congress, is that any attempt to do any of those things has taken a back seat to trying to embarass the adminstration. What a waste!!!

Don't worry, I see the problems within the Republican party as well (e.g. ideological inflexibility). But I would caution you to look behind the promises and investigate the actions before you choose a party to define you.

Answer 10

I have always been a democrat but I've voted republican a few times. My question for you is:
What is gained by trying to label yourself or anyone? Isn't it just another form of cheap shot "I'm better than you"? Wouldn't the country be better off if we made decisions on each issue by what is best for the country?