Liberals say they are more compassionate towards the poor and weak.  Oh really?  Look at New Orleans. You have a democratic legistlature, governor, and mayor over there.  How do you explain all the poor people, black ones, I would think that under your control of the government, you would have been salivating to tell the world that your policies work.  Obviously, your wrong.
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"How do you explain all the poor people, black ones"\n\nSome one is racist
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I agree with bd, we help other countries more than we help our own and these people need our help. I understand your point but look at the monies our government wastes on less important issues. This one my friend is the best way I have seen in a long time to spend money, and if we don't rebuild New Orleans, what state is next? in a 100 years who knows what the earth will look like but I am all for preserving what we have and rebuilding when tragedy strikes.
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As a Democrat, I would like it if more national politicians paid attention to the South.  There are lots of things going on here--many of our cities vote Dem now, and many rural areas are fed up with poverty and losing jobs overseas (though I know that issue is probably bigger than any one party).  We need to raise the federal minimum wage.  That will benefit the South as well as other places.  There are other issues too.  It's not like the Democrats ignore us, but it's important to realize that there probably are a few swing voters down here.  AND there are a lot of ultra-liberals who will vote for 3rd party candidates or not vote, and the Democrats could get these votes by truly making humanitarian concerns (poverty, employment, health care, etc.) a priority.  The best way to a person's heart is through his/her wallet...
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yes, but it's not really punishment, it's more guilt. why? because they feel guilty about their own wealth and the fact that there are people in this country that don't have it (wealth). and don't have the opportunity to have it. are they willing to make changes in society that will change the dynamic? no. because they need the impoverished vote. what baffles me is that these people, these poor people who have nothing who keep voting in these democrats who do nothing to improve the situation of their voters have not learned yet that they are being tricked.
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Most of the poor vote Democrat, particularly the urban poor.  There are far more urban poor than rural poor so the few votes from back-water Alabama don't hurt the Dems very much.\n\nBut before you smash the Dems as "tax & spend" please consider how the economy (and business!) flourished in the last Dem administration and look what the Reps have done to it since taking power.  \n\nWhen Clinton left office, his legacy was the longest period of continuous growth in modern history and the first budget surplus in 4 decades.  \n\nThe current administration has squandered it all.  We now have a debt of $9 trillion -- bigger than the deficits of all adminiistrations combined in the history of the nation!  And all of that in less than 6 years!  And they're still cutting taxes for the wealthy!!\n\nEven if the costs of 9/11, Iraq, and last year's hurricaines are taken out of the equation we're still looking at a $7.5 trillion deficit!  I'd just like to see an accounting of all that waste!\n\nShow us the money, or get the h&ll out of Dodge!
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There's nothing particularly "bad" about either one, it's just that some individuals see things more in "black" or "white" than others, which would put them on one end of the spectrum or the other as far as politics.  The irony of the matter though is the answer to a lot of issues that "conservatives" and "liberals" often fight over is often in the middle of all this clamoring.  In the end, this is part of what makes America great...the fact that you CAN have any opinion you want about anything, regardless of which side of the political spectrum you are on.  There are many other nations around the world that having an opinion outside of the majority or what is in the government's interest isn't even a remote thought in the minds of the people.  I'm thankful to be here whether I agree with everyone about everything or not.
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I think it's good to help people no matter where they are, but it's true that a lot more focus needs to be done here.  How can Bush say he is concerned with the welfare and safety of the Iraqi people when he can leave his own people stranded in New orleans for all of those horrible days? He was on vacation when he knew a huge storm was coming. Did he send troops there to protect his own people? I see your point.
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It's not what they're smoking -- Libs just NEED to feel good about themselves.   I use to be a Democrat and somewhat liberal.  It made me feel good to be on the side of the party of the "common man."  It made me feel good to trash the "rich" Republicans.  It made me feel good to be for peace.  It made me feel good to be for equality.  It made me feel good to support social welfare programs.  Then I started reading and listening and thinking and I concluded that today's Democrats are not the Democrats that my parents and grandparents supported (and therefore I supported). They are more like Socialist who want the CENTRALIZED CONTROL OF AMERICA and a political-economic policy that boarders on communism.   The Socialist programs of the New Deal and The Great Society have failed for the most part and are destroying our country.  Now I am much more conservative, and a great deal worried.
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are you serious ? or you are just posting this to get a kick out of people's responses.\n\nIt is a known fact that out of all industrialized nations in the world, the US does the least to help the poor (in terms of their possibilities). There are many good things about the US, helping the poor ain't one of them !\n\nWhere exactly do you get your information ? Let me guess Fox News?
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The Liberals motto seems to be to disagree with everything in the established order and to agree with everything else. However, they don't seem to be able to make up their minds which is which. The line has to be drawn somewhere without so much in-fighting and bickering. We the people want a well run government which takes care of our needs, not special interest groups,Liberal or Conservative. We pay taxes to run a government which is supposed to serve us. But all I see is the richer becoming richer, the poor more impoverished. Liberal or Conservative, they are taking care of themselves(high salarys which they vote to themselves; paid for by us:free rides) and they are set-up for life while in the background they fight with each other to blind us to the fact that we are being neglected while they live like kings. Its all an elaborate shell game to them.
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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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Why is that a liberal can't be moral? Everybody has different sets of morals and beliefs, that doesn't make anyone morally inferior. Conservatives do care about the people and that is why they use churchs to create programs to help the poor. I'm not a liberal or conservative but don't like the political stereotypes people give to liberals and conservatives.
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Southern states there is inbreeding which makes for mental defect, we in the north are working, honest people that know that the Repuglicans are no more moral or upright then the democrats, but the repuglicans favor big business in every legislation, the tax cut for the very rich being an example. The democrats tend to want to help the poor and middle class. Like raising the minimum wages and such.
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Hi, I'm new to this service but when I saw your question I had to answer. Actually, I don't have an answer for you, sorry. I'm from New Orleans and I cant tell you how embarrassed all of the working people of this city are, as we watch the ghetto project leaches try to pull their crap in another city. All their life it's been nothing but hand outs for them and it created massively stupid, overweight, criminals that have babies at a record pace. This is not a black thing it's a welfare thing and it needs to stop now. I'm glad your city is playing hard ball, maybe they will finally learn. They all want to come home for the free ride again but, WE DONT WANT THEM BACK!!!   Just yesterday it got ugly again because we are tearing doun all the housing projects and it's no big secret we are not rebuilding the lower ninth ward.  Don't be afraid to speak up about the problems they cause because they do cause plenty, and it's not raciest to call them out on it. They will scream racism for anything and everything because that's all they know. I lived with this my whole life. Sorry, but it might be your turn for a while. Don't let Houston be a push over like New Orleans was for so many years. You don't owe them anything! They won't even appreciate it if you did. It's a total take take society.
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Poverty?  No.  Ignorance?  Yes, in part.  I believe it's a mixture of ignorance and brainwashing.  Most are bred to be a terrorist at a very early age.  Liberty is neither a choice or an option.  They do as they are told and are only given access to materials that reaffirm their terrorist teachings.
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The liberal guys are all hot because they're gay.  I've never met a smart liberal but, then again, they may be smart when compared to you.\n\nConservatives have better things to do than stare in the mirror or try to impress air-headed girls like you.  We're more than happy to have you hanging out with the liberal guys.  Please stay there.\n\nAnd while you're all hanging around being hot, why don't you all discuss why liberals refuse to allow those in poverty to better themselves and, instead, continue to try to keep them in poverty?  Whereas conservatives would like to give people in poverty the tools to help themselves permanently out of poverty, you liberals just want to give them handouts.  You liberals have been promising to help the impoverished for 40 years now.  40 years of failure.  But I guess spending your time insulting conservatives will help those in poverty.  Good work.
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B/c generally speaking the democrats try to publicly align themselves to the "poor" and "minors".  This is what they say in public avenues, whereas their personal opinions sometimes turn out to be quite the contrary.\n\nBut look at Hillary Clinton on MLK day, she made a speech comparing the republicans to "plantation owners".  The democrats specificially target the poor and what are considered to be "minorities" because they make a large % of voters and thus they hope to get their candidates into office by playing those cards.