With all this hullabaloo going on about which party does what… I’d like to offer you my opinion, backed with common sense, and very noticeable to the naked eye fact. You can assume it will be biased, that is also common sense… but you will soon see why. I know we are more than a two-party country, but thinking realistically as to who predominately wins elections, I’m going to stick to the Republican and Democratic Parties.
I will start with the elephant in the room… the Republicans.
What do Republicans believe in:
- They prefer State Rights and Laws over Federal Law.. they feel that States should be able to fend for themselves. (Even though it’s pretty certain that there once was a war over this same issue… it was Civil though, and the North was full of “Aggression”.. it seems it cut into profit to treat humans like humans)
- They prefer little to no taxation, and reliance upon the individual. (This may also include, but is not limited to, paving and painting their own roads, responding to their own emergencies, fighting foreign invaders, and delivering their own mail)
- They feel that the solution to gun violence is more guns being allowed in more places. (..because this is working out great for the middle east, and parts of Africa. I’ve always wanted to form a well-regulated militia whilst dusting off my tri-cornered hat and musket. Like I’ve always said, “guns don’t kill people, people kill people… with guns” .. We need more “well-regulated” gun laws, not less)
- Some Republicans want to cut federal regulation of air, water, food, pharmaceuticals, airlines, as well as building codes. (because who needs to be healthy and safe anyways?)
- They want the individual to pay for their own health care, because they think being healthy is a privilege and not a right. (Even though if we had Universal Care we would still be paying for ourselves, it would cost less, and everyone would be covered for every ailment without question or hesitation… Doctors should be paid for quality of care and healthy patients, instead of procedure, and the number of unhealthy patients…. but that just makes too much sense.. I know)
- Most Republicans seem to think it’s okay to discriminate in regards to pay and employment based upon gender. (Instead of performance… I guess women leave to take care of their families… because the men don’t?)
- Some Republicans want to eliminate a minimum wage, employee bargaining rights, as well as other benefits. (… because being a good employer is too expensive when it cuts into profit…. ever heard of investing in human capital?? You’d see a better outcome overall)
- Many Republicans think that it’s okay to take public tax payer dollars away from public schools and give them to private and religious schools. (As long as the money goes to private industry and not back to the tax payer… it’s all good… so sayeth the Republicans)
- They think that the nation will be better off if we continue to give billion dollar handouts (subsidies) to record profit-making oil companies that don’t pay any taxes, instead of to the actual tax paying citizens that deserve to see services from their money.
- Some Republicans think that FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) should be cut, and or abolished all together (Ron Paul). (Those that vote Republican, seem to hate the government, until they desperately need it due to natural disaster… while the Republicans say… “too bad… fend for yourselves”… Yet many continue to vote for them. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.)
- Some Republicans will tell you that they think the ‘Civil Rights Act’ was bad, and that it takes away from personal freedom. (Yes, the personal freedom to be a racist and a bigot, and not see consequence for such abhorrent, juvenile behavior)
- Republicans think that it is okay to openly discriminate against LGBT individuals. (Based upon their religious beliefs, which is in direct violation of the Constitution barring the involvement of Church in legislative matters that effect everyone. Not everyone has the same beliefs… and we are not a Theocracy)
- Some Republicans also think that it’s okay to restrict citizens from voting by any means necessary. (Apparently, they can’t win by legitimate means)
Now onto the Party that I feel if you vote for them… “The ass you save, may be your own”
What do Democrats believe in:
- They prefer State rights and legislation for local issues, and federal law for human rights, as well as other issues that pertain to the nation as a whole. (Democrats believe in a Nation of, by, and for the people… every person, not just oneself.)
- They prefer a tax that will be suitable to the current time and situation, and reliance upon the nations citizens to understand when we are in multiple wars that are not paid for, as well as a terrible economic climate where more people due to poor policy, are out of work and need assistance. (Assist those that need it, not those that don’t. Democrats believe in a Nation of, by, and for the people.)
- They believe in “well-regulated” gun use. (This is not the wild wild west, nor a video game… “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people… with guns.”)
- Democrats believe that it is the job of our elected legislation (elected by and for the people) to make sure that we maintain proper and safe conditions for the quality of air, water, food, and drugs… as well as making sure that airline and building safety is safe and up to code.
- Many, if not most Democrats believe that health care is a right, and not a privilege. They believe that we should have a national system set up to ensure everyone has the ability to be properly cared for. (“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”… Without life, we can have no liberty to pursue happiness. Without health we are not alive… that is common sense.)
- They believe that there should be no discrimination based upon gender or race in the workplace or when applying to a school.
- Democrats understand “human capital”. (Human Capital: “The attributes of a person that are productive in some economic context. Often refers to formal educational attainment, with the implication that education is an investment whose returns are in the form of wage, salary, or other compensation. These are normally measured and conceived of as private returns to the individual but can also be social returns.”) (Invest in people, and you will invest in the company, and/or the nation.)
- Democrats understand the importance of everyone having the ability to achieve a high quality education, and firmly believe in the investment into public schools… this goes back to “human capital”… we will later see a return on this investment.
- Democrats believe that we should be investing in people and not giving hand-outs to big corporations, and big oil. (Wealth doesn’t trickle down… pee does.)
- They believe in the importance of a national disaster relief service such as FEMA. We are after all a nation of, by, and for the people (not corporations)… we help our people when it need, that’s what makes us great.
- Democrats believe in equality for all, where all men and women are created equally, and have the equal right to pursue their own individual version of happiness, albeit law-abiding. (This includes eliminating the red tape for immigration, treating all minorities as decent human beings that have the same right to be in this nation as anyone else, and recognizing that LGBT individuals are just people in love with other people, which has nothing to do with anything else. They should be given the same rights and privileges as everyone else… It’s not about some “losing freedom”, it’s about others gaining freedom and catching up.)
- Democrats believe in fair and just voting practices that do not eliminate someones right to vote based upon trivial matters.
These are my opinions… take them as such, but also take them to heart when deciding who to vote for.
So what happened to America? First, all the tendencies toward violence, hatred and domination by the Supremacists of all stripes were always in place in our culture. During the regimes of Reagan Bush Bush the Supremacists saw ways to control politics to their advantage by exacerbating the religious and cultural fears of much of the public and began to mastermind extensive changes in our laws and cultural climate. Hate and greed became more and more virtues backed and encouraged by law. The myth of “Christian American” was revived and embellished. The top 1% acquired 99% of the wealth , hate crimes became rarely punished and actually encouraged and 9/11 was further used as a tool by the right to terrify and control the populace. The Republican party and many churches were taken over by Supremacists and Democracy began a rapid decline. The takeover is nearly over and the fall election may well mark the end of the Great American Experiment. What now?
She isn’t running, so there goes your dream of an Idiocratic society
When Palin becomes our next and greatest President, she WILL drive the DEMS into EXTINCTION! We WILL have a 1 party GOP ALL WHITE CONSERVATIVE WOMEN GOVT lead by the ALMIGHTY WISE and ASTUTE President Sarah Palin!
And speaking of investing in people, when’s the last time you went down to the nearest homeless shelter to volunteer? Seeing as you are so concerned for your fellow man I would imagine not that long ago… right?
Yes, take YOUR OPINIONS to heart when it comes voting time, that makes complete sense since your opinions aren’t biased in any way… gimme a break.
First, you have to stop and look at the deep emotional problem that Speaker Of The House, John “Boner” Boehner has. It is not normal for a grown man to suddenly burst into tears in front of Reporters when he opens his front door. It’s evident that he’s not right in the head. The GOP should have given him time off and gently steered him to a Psychiatrist for evaluation.
With serious emotional problems clouding his thinking, he should not be advising his Colleagues on what actions need to be taken to address the Nations problems.
It’s obvious that he’s not thinking clearly and the rest of the Republican Party should be careful on acting on his opinions and ideas. If I cried at work for no apparent reason, you can bet your sweet little behind that my employer would put me on Medical Leave.
@ Fred, so you believe that Repubs just don’t want everybody’s money too??? You are delusional if you believe that. After all look at the way that Dubya spent money that wasn’t his to spend. Haven’t you heard of the term “borrow & spend”?? Repubs like money to reward their rich friends so they will remember to give the Repub politicians a nice campaign donation.
dem’s just want every body’s money,
there is a thing called taxes you know,
and we’re entitled too them,right guys?
that way we can give it to all are friends
and buy stuff. Well, like plastic bags,
because that’s all any of us is going to be able
to afford. you can’t see the light at the end of
the tunnel, yea, and there’s gonna be a train wreck.
I agree with all said about the Gop.As a Christian and as a gay minister I immensely dislike how the neo con movement has tried to co-opt religion solely for their purposes. They tend to ignore and forget that Jesus the Lord of Unconditional Love and acceptance was the greatest Liberal of ancient times. the republican infringement on personal liberties is alarming, especially if it goes against their chosen and whitewashed perspectives. They are in the process of disenfranchising the elderly, the disabled and children all the while giving taxbreaks and subsuidies to their corporate taskmasters. It is truly a disheartening thing to witness. It makes me wary to watch as hardwon personal freedoms for women, gays and the young are extracted from the societal poool i hope pray and trust that these freedoms fought for so hardly in the 20th century are not lost in the 21st.Be Blessed!!
Incredibly biased. I would (politely) ask you to do some research, but something tells me I would be wasting my time…
Biased? Maybe, but I notice that you did not say it was not true.
I may be wrong, anyone feel free to correct me here, but my guess is that a democrat wrote this
Why would ANY ONE vote against their own self interest? People…turn Fox (no)News off…put down the remote…stop believing the propaganda…get off the couch…and DO SOMETHING!!!! It is time for people of good conscience to let our voice be heard. If we don’t do something to reign in the fascist that run this country now it will be, if it’s not already, too late and the American dream will die forever.
While everything you say about the GOP is true, I can only agree in concept, but not in actions, when it comes to the Dems. As long as they continue to do nothing to stop the relentless march of the fascist right (that’s what I said, fascist right – used to be leftist, but while the direction changes, the jackboots remain the same) trampling on our rights and freedoms, to say nothing of the total corporate takeover of all offices of national power, I cannot agree that the Dems actually are working for these goals.
We have been sold – the Supremes are consistently voting pro-corporation, anti union, anti women, anti safety and pro war, the President has done NOTHING to stop the theft, NOTHING to punish the perpetrators and NOTHING to reduce the number of troops in the field or amount of dollars spent on unnecessary “defense.” If he is trying to “protect ‘our’ (corporate) oil interests, there are many better ways to do so, at far less expense.
As I have said before, looking at the voting records – the only true test, the rest is all pure rhetoric – it appears that there is a difference between the parties: the Dems will use lube as they fuck you, the GOP prefers sandpaper…
While everything you say about the GOP is true, I can only agree in concept, but not in actions, when it comes to the Dems. As long as they continue to do nothing to stop the relentless march of the fascist right (that’s what I said, fascist right – used to be leftist, but while the direction changes, the jackboots remain the same) trampling on our rights and freedoms, to say nothing of the total corporate takeover of all offices of national power, I cannot agree that the Dems actually are working for these goals.
We have been sold – the Supremes are consistently voting pro-corporation, anti union, anti women, anti safety and pro war, the President has done NOTHING to stop the theft, NOTHING to punish the perpetrators and NOTHING to reduce the number of troops in the field or amount of dollars spent on unnecessary “defense.” If he is trying to “protect ‘our’ (corporate) oil interests, there are many better ways to do so, at far less expense.
As I have said before, looking at the voting records – the only true test, the rest is all pure rhetoric – it appears that there is a difference between the parties: the Dems will use lube as they fuck you, the GOP prefers sandpaper…
But nonetheless, bottom line: You got no REAL choice, but you can at least be more comfortable while going down the toilet – why in HELL would you vote for the people that TELL YOU they are out to get you? That’s the craziest thing of all…
There are some points of merit S-A-D, but I think you miss a big point. I think you are correct that the GOP has been engaging in Fascist type behavior. I think you miss that the democrats are engaging in Socialist behavior. they both are big government, they both seek total control at the expense of the rights of the people. There are only a couple of minor differences. The Fascist give their welfare to the corporations, they do not care to own the means of production they just want to control it. The Socialist want to own major means of production and they give their welfare to people, not corporations. There is very little end difference between the two. They both have a large ruling class, they both redistribute wealth, they both promise the moon, they both have to exploit some group in order to maintain power and continue the redistributive monetary policies.
The political spectrum is best defined by total government on one side and no government on the other. The Socialist and Fascists are like two cousins who don’t get along on the side of big government. That is why there is little real change in our government. Our choices are big government or big government.
HERE HERE!!! Bravo to you.
Of course the US Supreme Court IS consistently voting “pro-corporation, anti union, anti women, anti safety and pro war”. The court has been controlled by the GOP EVERY MINUTE SINCE 1972.
EVERY WOMAN on the court voted against Wal-Mart in the recent case, suggesting that if women had the same majority on the court that they have in the country, the ruling may have been quite different.
All of the judges appointed by Obama are women. He just hasn’t had time to make enough of a difference on the court yet.
Insane Clowns or Whores.
I can register to vote by stated party platform, but do not waste my time or money on state and nat’l party politics. Every politician is expected to spend at least 1/3 of his/her time raising money, most find out that’s more fun anyway.
I can make a tremendous difference by consistently showing up at council and commission meetings, and working to elect good local people in charge of assignment of our local assets and setting local policy. People, I’m telling you, this is how to take it back, right in your own back yard.
I’m pretty sure there is some bias there…
Yah think?
I stopped reading at the second bullet… :D
It’s funny how Democrats always manage to forget that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican.
Or, to quote Eric Foner:- “In effect, the (Ku Klux) Klan was a military force serving the interests of the Democratic party”.
Oh I see, you think the Republican party hasn’t changed in the last 100 years, may I suggest doing some studying of the Republican southern strategy? Whereby the intentionally used hatred for minorities to co opt the southern white vote? It isn’t a coincidence that the same states that loved Democrats and KKK membership are the ones that overwhelmingly vote Republican now.
Most republicans have forgotten also. Today, Lincoln would be a liberal democrat.
*applause*
I don’t know of a single Democrat who has forgotten that Lincoln was a LIBERAL Republican. The GOP, however, has long since abandoned civil rights and virtually everything else Lincoln stood for. Not to mention much of what Teddy Roosevelt (1st president to ask for health care reform) and even Dwight D. Eisenhower (hated and reviled by the Koch family) stood for.
lincoln was, but you should also read up on his motives and true reasoning for what he did.
Funny how Republicans only claim Lincoln in name and not action or responsibility…..
So the hell what if the GOP was the party of Lincoln.
They have obviously changed since that time, and the KKK hasn’t aligned themselves with the Democratic Party since the 1950s and 1960s (and then it was only the “Dixiecrats”).
This is like saying that all Europeans are Nazis because for a while in 1944 Nazi Germany controlled Europe.
Although clearly written by a Democrat, this is actually the LEAST biased comparison of the two parties I’ve seen in years. Certrainly less biased than anything I’ve seen in “the liberal press” in the last DECADE.