They don't provide programs for the poor and are usually focused on securing the wealth of the wealthy? America has gotten into an economic slump and why are people(the average or the middle class) supporting such a party that seems to go against them? What is so great about conservatism? It definitley doesn't fight for the interests of the common American.
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Well their support is pretty low now. These guys just know how to appeal to the public, to make it seem like they're helping them. They talk about loyalty, patriotism, and people think "Wow, this guy really understands me."
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You silly thing.  We support the IDEALS of the conservative movement.  Less government involvement, free trade, family values and less taxes followed by a strong national defense.  Just because we got a bad lot that lots of us agree probably got what they deserved doesn't mean our ideals of the conservative movement has changed.\n\nPart of making your party stronger is finding the problem and correcting it.  Is that cut-and-running? or is evolution? (thru you off there didn't I).  \n\nSo, at the end of the day why wouldn't I support those who have the same ideals and values as me?  Pelosi doesn't represent my ideals anymore than Delay does one stands for many things I completely disagree with and one is a complete fraud who I cannot support because my values dictate that I cannot.  \n\nThis wasn't an election to PROVE that conservative movement is dead.  It was an election about getting rid of those who didn't do their jobs either by a large number of democrats voting and a large number of republicans not voting or switching their votes in defiance.\n\nPelosi fixes the world still won't change what our values and ideals are that's just silly.  You one an election not the case against conservatism.
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I agree with many of your points that you bring up, but then again...here is a good reason why people might be undicided....\n\nDemocrats and Rebulicans are very close on the issues.....many of them are very hard to tell apart. I know that the republican party claims to be conservative, but I haven't seen anything conservative in the Bush administration. National Defense is not a conservative or a liberal issue in my eyes...It's an American issue. But unfortunately many Democrats want to cut and run from Iraq, causing even more problems in the middle east. \n\nWell, I did end up voting for almost all the republicans on the ballot this year. I voted for one Democrat and one Libertarian.\n\nI need a new party....If the Fair Tax orginization would start a new party....well, I would be there.\n\nI guess what I am trying to say is, both of the major parties are money and power hungry...... Take away their tax power on the public and America will grow so fast.....It would be unbelievable.\n\nJust one honest guys opinion....\n\nTravis Hill\nugadawg30@yahoo.com
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They have different values than conservatives.  They think intentions are what matter, regardless of the actual outcome.  They don't analyze what they say, they act on emotions.  Jimmy "peanut brain" carter froze the price of gas, and guess what?  There wasn't any gas.  People waited in line for hours to get gas.  Liberals want to help the poor, but only the poor can help the poor.  The only thing you can to do help the poor is not be one of them.
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Liberals think that all problems are answered by throwing money at it and not giving any thought as to what the real problem might be.  The result of that is high taxes and taxes that usually hurt the poor the most.  Their thinking is keeping the poor and ill-educated down and throwing them a bone every now and then.  The poor and ill-educated buy into this.\n\nConservatives believe that money should be spent wisely.  Where is the money needed most and how far will the dollar go?  Money for the poor is needed, but education and job training is far more important.  Studies show that the poor and indigent would rather be taught a trade and or educated than spoon fed.  Make more money available to those that want to better their life through education and job training skills.
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For a REAL answer...Republicans generally tend to want the power to go to the states and don't believe in big government (hence the tax cuts).  Democrats generally DO want lots of federal power and believe that government-sponsored programs will cure everything.  Obviously my answer is biased too, but at least I put some thought into it.  Also, Republicans tend to be much more conservative in their moral views than Democrats.\n\nOne more thing- Both parties are made up of the rich and the poor.  Hollywood tends to be Democratic (uber rich), and people who USE government programs (uber poor) are also usually Democrats.  Republicans are made up of uber rich CEO types as well as working class people who just want to be able to use their money the way they see fit rather than have the government support the afore mentioned group of Democrats.\n\nI can't stay away from this thread!  3rd time today...I'm a teacher in a public school- not at all rich...and I'm Republican.  So it's not all about rich people vs poor people (as I mentioned above).
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Califorina have been in the Republican Party back pockets for years. So beating up the poor and middle class is second nature to them. So why are you so suprise about how badly Republican thinking people are treating the people that have been fooled into voting them into position of power....
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Both parties and all of politics support the people who give them the most money.  They vote on party lines, not for the constituents.  Politicians have lost sight of what they are there for, and that is to serve the people.  They serve other politicians, they serve big business, and over all, they serve themselves.
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Republicans believe that poor people have too much money, and rich people do not have enough.  So they support cutting taxes, as well as cutting benefits for poor people.  \n\nDemocrats believe the opposite.  So they support raising taxes, and raising benefits for poor people.
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Nice! \nDemocrats all the way baby!!!\n\nRe: Mei-Lin...You have no knowledge of assistance programs if you are going to make the claim that people that receive assistance simply are refusing to work. Taxes fund lots of programs such as social security and Medicare--do you want to take that assistance away from your grandparents? If not why then are so programs people deserving of and others they are not according to you? Are you aware that the large majority of people seeking welfare do not actually get it? In 1996 the nation had a major welfare reform. Welfare is no longer an entitlement program. If people seek welfare and they are able to work they typically receive no cash assistance. These programs are not easily accessable. So, that FAMILY may go without food or housing or heat until that parent can find a job. Is that ok with you? Do you want children going hungry? And, the majority of people receiving welfare are on it short-term, an average of 1-3 years. Also, people receiving welfare overwhelmingly have major life problems. A large percentage of recepients have a history of domestic violence, learning disabilities, mental illnesses...and the list goes on. Thus, these are not parents refusing to work these are parents with significant barriers to healthy life functioning, which includes maintaining employment. There will always be people that need help in any society and if those people do not recieve adequate help it will negatively effect the society. \nSecondly, in your republican mantra you stated that people should get their money back because they work hard. Question...city services among many other things need to be funded do you understand that that requires taxing people? It always seems that conservatives fail to see that taxing is necessary to provide citizens adequate services. You get something in return for the money you pay.
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In a brief nutshell, today's Republicans (the Good Old Party, GOP) are characterised by a want for 'smaller' government, a more agile (not necissarily bigger) military, and a connection with (usually religious) blue-color 'everyman' workers.  They believe in a government that is reflective of overarching, 'home grown' family values, as can be best seen in their "Contract With America". Democrats are more for creating a social welfare society, and believe that goverment should play a more active role in daily life (though not necissarily intrusive).  Many people brand this party as being 'liberal', which is actually a fairly new designation considering many Democrats (also known then as Dixiecrats) were opposed to 'liberal' civil rights reforms in the 1960s.  Further, whereas Republicans target typically older citizens, Democrats tend to lean towards younger, educated professionals (for example yuppies) and are a favorite on college campuses.  Unfortunately, in today's America politics has become frieghteningly divisive.  We can't even have a hurricane (I cite Katrina) without people pulling out 'Repbulican this' or 'Democrat that'.  Further, the two parties aren't helping the matter either.  Whenever someone does something wrong (For example a Republican President or Democratic governor), it is suddenly the fault of the entire party, and not just that one person.  You seem educated enough to visit each party's website and read their platform.  Skip over anything with the word 'Iraq' or 'terror' in it (because these are in the spotlight, and are likely to be uselessly full of propogand) and instead read your opinions on issues that effect your daily life, such as public education, health care and taxes.  I think you (and many other people) would be surprised at how much the two parties actually agree on, but with different routes.
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Please don't live by putting all people into the same category.  Not all conservatives are filthy rich.  While it's true that are deficit has grown horribly, it's because we are in a war, and our spending for that had to be a priority.  It sounds like your angry at corporations, which are at the heart of our economy.  You go to the grocery store and buy brand name products, that's where they come from.  They hire tons of workers and pay great benefits.  Without corporations, our country would be dirt poor like a third world country where people have nothing.  Money comes to those that work hard and sweat.  Everyone starts out small and works their way up.  Conservatives don't believe in receiving something for nothing, their work ethic is very strong.  You tell us not to be mad, then call us bastards!  Maybe you should channel your anger into something that will be profitable to you.  Our country is far from perfect, but it's still the greatest.  If you ever get a chance to visit a place where people wear rags, eat out of garbage dumps, have no running water or electricity, disease is rampant, and eat government doled out slop, you would realize that even the poorest Americans are like royalty in these peoples' eyes.
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The word conservate and liberal do not mean shit! Both parties have voted against the poor and working class. The GOP (grand overclass party) represents the rich and powerful more than the Democrates but their are many Repubo-crates out there too. \n\nBoth parties blow and Bush is the worst of them all!
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Republicans ironically have an aristocratic reputation. They have a major stake in keeping themselves wealthy by keeping the poor destitute. They resent upward mobility. They also have the reputation of acting like robber barons and raiding the pension funds of working class families. Enron, Worldcom, and other massive accounting frauds were perpetrated by people who belong to the Republican party.\n\nDemocrats are socialists. They go to great lengths to level the playing field. Often the lengths go a bit too far, to the point of reverse-discrimination. They don't believe in doing the greatest good for the most people. They believe in doing the greatest good for the smallest social special interest. The more outrageous the special interest the more dearly they hold onto it.\n\nThis is why I'm an Independent. You know the group that attracts ALL the really strange weirdos.
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They don't want to run America into the ground... well... they kind of do... \n\nThe Republican leadership makes up a major potion of the top 5 percent of income earners in America... almost every CEO is a Republican, not every, but a vast majority (look who they give tax cuts to... if you think Democrats make up the elite, Bush would never in a million years gear tax cuts to them... )\n\nSo the leadership just wants to liquidate and obtain the finances of the middle class, making them richer and send the middle class into poverty... then they will continue to cut funding to public education until no one is intelligent enough to get in their way and lead the poor that turn to religion, because it's all they have left, under the guise of "morals"... \n\nanyone that dares say anything against them is a liberal "idiot," regardless of the facts... and the public will buy it because the leaders are "moral" and could never lie... you can see the beginnings of it already...\n\nak062003... apparently you haven't been paying attention... the debt has nearly doubled under Bush and was barely growing under Clinton... in other words, whatever you owed under Clinton, that has basically doubled under Bush...
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I have never figured out how middle class and below would vote for a republican even if he was the only one on the ballot. But they do, they actually beleive that bullsh it. How dumb does a person have to be to keep shooting theirselfs in the foot. Have they lost their way. Ask Bill Gates or someother rich Bast ard.
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Ahhhhh, NO!!!!!!  Republicans believe in government that helps republican politicians and big business.  They try to pray on people's self-centeredness and prejudices and fears to extend their base beyond who they truly represent.  Conservatives believe in class seperation and maintaining the status quo.\n\nDemocrats support the working class and equal opportunity to succeed.  They promote success through achievement, competition, and desire, which Republicans claim to represent in theory but never in practice.\n\nNever ask a republican what a democrat is, because republicans are liars.  Never ask a republican what a republican is, because republicans are liars.