what makes a democrat?

[pasadenaboy]

What issue must a democrat believe to be a democrat? What issue would make someone not a democrat?

I'm trying to think of something that all congressional democrats agree on, and I can't think of a single thing.

What does this party stand for? It seems like now not very much. I know the democrats I support all believe in common things, but it doesn't seem like we have an overall democratic party philosophy anymore.

[deminflorida]

1. It's being able to belong to a party that is not afraid of helping...

people who have less than you do, even when you don't have that much to start with.

That's why I'm a Democrat, I'm a Moderate Southern Democrat and not ashamed one bit of it...even though I live in a Freeper dominated environment.

[deminflorida]

2. P.S.

I take more shit on the street from the average Joe down here than many of you could imagine. That's why I have no problem handing out so much shit to you guys on this board!....

Whatever, when the primaries are over, I'm sure we'll all come up with a good battle plan to send shrub back to the ranch...or maybe even federal prison.

By the way Happy Birthday to Me...43 today 1/10/61...

DU Rocks....

[pasadenaboy]

3. happy birthday

and your answer was good.

[0007]

4. People who love people and folks that are not stingy -

Scrooge-like people are repukes. They are also greedy and nasty and non-caring creeps.

[LatteLib]

5. My view of the differences between the two parties is:

The Republicans are the ME party
The Democrats are the WE party

[Zynx]

6. Personal liberty and improving people's lives

Those are the principals of the Democratic party. After that it is just details.

[JanMichael]

7. For me it's simple: The un-democratic Two Party State.

Where else can a Socialist go at this time? The Repukes? Nope.

On a side note I noticed that a union in the UK started leaning toward a more sympathetic (The Labour Party was formed as a quasi-Socialist party but has been co-opted by Capital....Especially by Blair) party recently, http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=479061 , They have choices, real choices. We don't. At least not in real philosophical terms. The Democratic Party will ALWAYS be preferable to the Republican Party in effective terms but the fact is we are limited in our exercising of supposed democratic "rights". In effective terms that is.

It's a sad commentary that so many states allow for a multi-party parliamentary system and yet the most "democratic" of them all does everything in it's power to snuff out alternative points of view.

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

8. Well, there's a good question.

Honestly, I'm not sure of one particular issue. I'd say the Dems believe in civil rights, civil liberties, economic fairness, and a sound foreign policy. I think:

You can be a Democrat and be:

pro-gun
pro-life
pro-death penalty
pro-war
for sensible tax cuts

(I'm all of these things.)

You can even be a Democrat and be:

for VOLUNTARY prayer in schools


If you are:

totally against affirmative action
against the minimum wage
for flag burning amendment
for blatant racial profiling
among other things...

I doubt you're a Democrat.

In short, the Dems look out for the little guy, so he can eventually look out for himself. The Repubs only look out for the big guy, and they go out of their way to lie to the little guy, and tell him that in order for the little guy to grow big, he must give all he has to the big guy.