Has anyone ever consider that idea that the Democrate party may have a hidden agenda  to keep the poor and minorities as the under dogs of society
216888
yes it is the hidden agenda of the democrats--and the open agenda of the republicans--shame on both parties
33594
That has been the Democrat's mantra in recent history. 'We the Democratic Party Leadership knows better how to use your money than you do.'\n\n\nSmaller government is the key. No money for Art programs like Crucifix pieces made of excrement. No handouts to those who don't do anything for themselves and their family (even though they are quite capable). No 'aid' to those that can handle things themselves.\n\nKeep the government along the lines of what it was intended to be. Not a charity, a defender. No a red tape machine, an entity that upholds rights.  No one that PROVIDES the general welfare, but PROMOTES the general welfare.\n\nGet back to people being responsible for themselves, not people handing off responsibility to the government and then using the government as a crutch for the rest of their lives.
156295
I wonder if they were all democrats!
2012
Absolutely NOT!!!  Your statement, 'Many parties tend to keep each other honest, and would represent all levels of society.' is a the most accurate assesment of what is TRUE DEMOCRACY!!!
156287
If you read Howard Zinn you will see though out the history of our country the rich have always looked down on their own ethnic group..Rich whites looked down on the poor white as common trash. The big Rich business man exploited all poor  persons..they considered them lower beings..This can happen in any color, race and ethnic group. And yes i have never been rich and have experienced rich snobs thinking they were better than me.. This happens to anyone who does not have money. i have an education and never experienced any educated person looking down on me.. but i never make anyone feel bad if they are less educated because they can be as smart or smarter than me..I treat people the way i want to be treated.
622410
Yes, it does bother me.  It makes me think they don't keep up with current events, just spew whatever talking point sounds best.\nJust because republicans don't agree with many of the ideas doesn't mean they should accuse democrats of not having them.  That's just dishonest.
645193
No the Liberals will run on their other agenda;\n\nFree prescription drugs for all (of course that means no more research for the betterment of society down the road).\n\nAmnesty and open borders for those down south.\n\nSoak, I mean tax the rich, but watch they won't define rich because if you have a job - your it.\n\nOr they could adopt Gores Global Warming Agenda...stop all growth, halt all engines, and turn us back to some kind of third world organization.
504552
Majority yes!!!- are Democrats...but I see a shift towards the REBUBLICAN party...who knows the reason...among my BLACK  & WHITE  friends  is a trend....latelly they just vote for the man or woman ...they ignore the party...I wish the rest of us follow their example.
415368
they secretly want to be republicans
471590
I often wonder why the Dem's dont produce a good platform of their own, instead of being purely anti-republican.  If they actually focused on positives that they would bring to the nation, I think they'd get more support
395893
It's a grand idea and I support the thought, but it will never happen. Politics is rooted in ideology. Even moderates are ideological in nature, they just do not follow the complete ideologies of the party structures. Those who are political enough to engage in the debate believe their position is the right one. Because we are rooted in ideology attacks against these beliefs will almost always produce visceral results and responses. In short, smear tactics work. The best you can hope for is that at least part of the electorate will be informed and make decisions based on facts rather than emotions. As for the rest, all I can say is voting is a right and while Democracy may not be perfect, it still beats the alternatives.
569503
It does, if the party is implicit about it. If they are fully aware that one of their star politicians is corrupt, but let him get away with it anyway. Then the party is corrupt for helping him. But if the party really didn't know that their politician was corrupt, then it does not make the party corrupt.
473487
Maybe so but most Republicans are a bunch of tight a sses.\n\nWhooooooooooo democrats!
278419
You know at one time I really believed that to be true until the last two elections I noticed that there were  several African Americans that were in the public eye advocating for republicans It really blew my mind that they were as stupid as the rest of America. Sorry if someone gets offended but Clinton in spite of his personal infidelities he did have America making money and not spending it. He did not lie in order to take out revenge on a country for trying to assassinate his father. Costing lives. Anyway  I believe that African Americans were originally Republicans. But they got smart and decided that they did not believe the Republicans had the little mans best interest in mind. Fat cats got fatter poor got poorer and the middle class is destined to be completely eliminated. I also observed that the African Americans that were republican were born with money or were of a higher economic standard than the average African American.
574489
How come this paragon of the 'party of the little man' spent so much effort pardoning extremely wealthy criminals?\n\nAnd how do Democrat leftists reconcile this truth with their fervent ideological political religious faith?
498419
THey believe in enslaving people to the democratic party and their fantasy nanny state.
372044
Leave that up to whiny liberals and their "Diebold" one-liner.\n\nIt is pretty apparent that democrats recruit at graveyards.