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Outstanding Analysis!
Apr 10 2007, 12:38 PM EDT I'd never thought of it that way. I was a Democrat activist prior to reading this. Now I'm switching parties and will work hard to help defeat these criminals! 7 out of 12 found this valuable. Do you? |
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May 4 2007, 10:41 AM EDT First off, I am neither Republican or Democrat. I vote for who will do the best job. "Jacksonian Democracy" led this country into a depression during the next Presidency of Martin van Buren. Secondly how is this topic of slavery and Jackson even relevent to today's politics? Next off, the Republican party and the Democratic have each had there fair share of controversy. The Republicans are not all "perfect christians" and democrats are not all weed smoking hippies. Democrats are known for the representing "The People" because the Republicans considered it ok to not allow poor Europeans like Germans, Polish, Italians, and the Irish into our country, where the Democrats gave them food and a little bit of money in there pockets right off the boat. Democrats in the South did support slavery, yet not every state in the union was Republican either, and just because you belong into a party does not mean you go with every belief of the party. Democrats also supported women's rights, then again just happened to be on the wrong end of "The Trail of Tears". The Rebuplicans had many fantastic men as President, George Washington, Ronald Reagan, Teddy Roosevelt, and more. But not every Republican is as of honorable quality as some Republican suggest they are, namely Richard "Tricky Dick" Nixon, and also Teddy Roosevelt shared many progressive and democratic ideals while still hating the 'Crats, and later ran by himself with his Progressive Party, "The Bull Moose Campaign". Crats take moretaxes to have more progams for the poor and funding. It was also the Democrats who got us out of the depression and TWO world wars, where Republicans won the Cold War, and stabilized us after Watergate. The Democrats also started integrated schools, but the Republicans took us out of the Carter deression, but Carter also was the first to suggest alternative fuels, and was a Crat also. Choose the voteon issues and not parties/ 2 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
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RE: Every Comment
May 4 2007, 11:23 AM EDT "Choose the vote on issues and not parties" -- I kind of like to do things along the same line. It's hard though, because you're never just voting for a single issue. The parties exist no matter what, so whoever you vote for, you're still voting for that party, their platform, and their issues. I'm not much of a fan of the party system here. 0 out of 4 found this valuable. Do you? |
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RE: Outstanding Analysis!
May 6 2007, 8:01 PM EDT "I'd never thought of it that way. I was a Democrat activist prior to reading this. Now I'm switching parties and will work hard to help defeat these criminals!"yea, same. I think it's better to synthesis...of course you have to pick which party is more consistent to your beliefs otherwise you' d have to start your own unique party. I have to say though. You can't compare Republicans and Democrats through history. While Democrats have always been for the poorer like the farmer, Democrats were often supported by conservatives. Republicans like Lincoln believed in a LARGE government like what DEMOCRATS believe today. Democrats until JFK, were really just farmers who wanted slavery and a small government. Some beliefs remained consistent to both parties, but basically when JFK was elected the parties switched. The southern conservatives started voting Republican because they didn't want to vote for a Catholic and someone that stood up for civil rights. And today it remains that way...the south and mid-west states votes Republican....the northeast states and California vote Democrat. Do you find this valuable? |