If St. Peter and St. Paul had to choose Republican or Democrat in 1964, which would they have chosen? In 1864?
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While Lincoln had bad feelings about slavery he had even worse feelings about Blacks as a race.  So while St. Peter and St. Paul and even Jesus seemed to have had little objection to slavery they would have had serious objections to Lincolns attitude toward Blacks.\n\nLincoln was a great man and a great president but his views on human rights for ALL races would have disappointed Jesus, Peter and Paul.\n\nIn the 1960's I think Peter and Paul would have gone with the civil rights activists.  Slavery hadn't been a question for 100 years but the HUMAN rights of Blacks had never really come true for them.
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I vote Republican almost no matter what.  Even though things may ~appear~ bad today, think about America had John Kerry won...  insurgency in iraq would be out of control as we pulled out...  taxes would be higher (someone has to pay for the extra benefits he'd offer to illegals)...  the Supreme Court would be so liberal, it'd make FDR happy - free speech would be gradually limited, but hey, you wouldn't even need to be a doctor to perform an abortion anymore...  I think of the alternatives, and make my mind up well before any election.
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I really liked how Steven Colbert defined the differences between Republican movement for small government and Democrat movement for big government, in terms of Christian values.\n\nsmall government (Republican) -- use the name of Jesus alot in speeches, seek to control private life while avoiding control over community services\n\nbig government (Democrat) -- heal the sick (Medicaid/Medicare), care for the poor (Social Security, vocational training, and welfare programs), sit with and seek to guide sinners (e.g. prison programs, etc.), suffer the children to come unto you (child welfare and education), seek to control community services while avoiding control of private life\n\nHmmm... so who's acting more Christian?
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Until the current administration I would have said Democrats... But the Republicans have proven they also are far too expansive for my taste.\n\nThere are a couple reasons though. \n\n1. Socialistic causes for the general population.\n2. Jobs (mostly appointed) for the buddies of the politicians.  If you want a good job thats secure in this country best be good friends with a political office holder.
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There are two types of Republicans in my opinion- those who are Republican because they are rich and enjoy the way our economy works, and those who are Republican because of their moral beliefs.  I think that when deciding which party to belong to, many Christians try to pick the lesser of two evils (ah, the irony).  They choose the Republican party because of their moral beliefs and then, with the other side of the Republican party's ideas in mind, spend their money to help the poor through their church rather than through their government.  There's far less bureaucracy if done this way, and you know your money will be going towards its intended use.  I also think there's more emphasis on homosexuality and abortion because for one, the government has many services in place to help the poor and impoverished (redundant?), so their efforts are placed elsewhere.  I also don't think that in the time Revelation was written that abortions were as prevalent as they are now.  It's become a bigger issue, so people have made it a greater cause.  \n\nHowever, you pose an extremely valid question.  I've become increasingly fed up with the way big business works in this country (and others), and I really SHOULD do something about it.  I think you've just indirectly encouraged me to give more to Christian charities and pay way more attention to candidates and stuff.  I might even take up reading the paper again.  :P
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Republican.\nMainly because I dont support abortion or same sex marriage\n & Democrats seem to always complain but not have answers
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Republicans believe in using religion and money and power to control others lives, behavior and finances.\n\nDemocrats believe people should be free to make their own behavior choices, and democrats believe in giving the working class a decent comfortable lifestyle.
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Coragryph is right. And I think that by today's definitions of each party, Thomas Jefferson would have been a Democrat. He was a humanitarian, and disliked aristocratic attitudes in government. Interesting man- I always enjoyed reading about his philosophy- he is definitely one of my favorite wise men in American history.\n\nI just read the 2nd part to your question, about the textbooks--OMG!! My 17 year old stepson (yes, Texas) told me some things that were in his history textbooks as well, asking why they would make kids believe one thing, only to have to relearn the truth later on. At least he is inquisitive enough to want to do so. Some kids will never learn the truth. When will these far right people realize that you cannot rewrite history to your liking? I do not understand the mentality that only Republicans are good people, or moral, or Christian. I'm a Christian- a lover and seeker of the Truth. It is just not right to imply that one political party is the steward and dictator of what truth is- especially when they lie.
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No! The last generation of democrats were a lot closer to the center, whereas republicans truly were the rich upper crust.  That has all changed.  The John Kennedy democrat would be a republican today, except for Teddy, of coarse. Back then, the democratic party had morality, ideals and an honest message.  Today it is a play on words.  A game to catch the opposition failing to dot an I or cross a T.  They seem to wait in the wings, watching for the opposition to make a mistake so they can pounce on the situation in hopes of gaining support.  They react instead of act!  Today, my parents would have changed ideology, they could not align themselves with the likes of Clinton, Pelosi, Kennedy, Durbin, Gore or Kerry.
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I would choose either Franklin Roosevelt or John Kennedy to try to deal with today's problems, particularly Iraq. Both were very bright. Both were wide ranging and imaginative in the consideration of problems, without some limitations we see today. Both knew human behavior very well, of their own advisers as well as of foreign powers and enemies. Both were not afraid of doing something drastic if necessary and were articulate enough to explain why to the American people. Both loved their country and were devoted to it at any cost to themselves. Both knew how to inspire and lead the American people and the world.\n\nYou say they had some peccadillo's? Don't we all.
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well there is not much differance/ Dems are for welfare for the poor and starving and the middleclass working man. Repulicans are for welfare for the RIch and not paying taxes even if they have to put all the dept on to there childrens back. \nIt used to be republicans were for fiscal responsibility they just want to elimate the bill of rights establish a state relgion and bring back slavery. I say this because that is what they say they want to do listen to them.
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I am an active supporter of many democratic party candidates, and I am a christian.  I have been upset with the Republican party in previous years for claiming to be the religious party or "the party of god".  I believe in seperation of church and state and I know there are others out there like me.
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REPUBLICAN-The Republican Party is the more socially conservative and economically libertarian of the two major parties, and has closer ties to both Wall Street (large corporations) and Main Street (locally owned businesses) than do the Democrats and less affiliation with labor unions. Republicans have a strong belief in personal responsibility, limited government, and corporate entrepreneurship. Republicans generally oppose gay marriage, oppose abortion, and oppose embryonic stem cell research.   center-right wing\n\nDEMOCRAT-The party has favored farmers, laborers, labor unions, and religious and ethnic minorities; it has opposed unregulated business and finance, and favored progressive income taxes. In foreign policy, internationalism (including interventionism) was a dominant theme from 1913 to the mid 1960s. In the 1930s, the party began advocating welfare spending programs targeted at the poor. Since the 1970s, environmentalism has been a major new component.\nIn recent decades, the Party advocates civil liberties, social freedoms, equal rights, equal opportunity, and a free enterprise system tempered by government intervention (what economists call a mixed-economy). The Party believes that government should play a role in alleviating poverty and social injustice, even if that means a larger role for government and progressive taxation to pay for social services. They support gay marriage, abortion, and stem call research.\n\nLEFT-WING-In politics, left-wing, the political left or simply the left are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of, to varying extents, socialism, green politics, anarchism, communism, social democracy, progressivism, American liberalism or social liberalism, and defined in contradistinction to its polar opposite, the right. The left often works to eliminate high levels of inequality.\n\nRIGHT-WING-In politics, right-wing, the political right or simply the right, are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum often associated with any of several strains of monarchism, reactionism, conservatism, the religious right, nationalism, fascism, or simply the opposite of left-wing politics.\nThe right advanced capitalism, whereas the left advocated socialism (often democratic socialism) or communism.\n\nLIBERAL-Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. Liberalism has its roots in the Western Age of Enlightenment, but the term now encompasses a diversity of political thought. Broadly speaking, liberalism emphasizes individual rights. It seeks a society characterized by freedom of thought for individuals, limitations on power, especially of government and religion, the rule of law, free public education, the free exchange of ideas, a market economy that supports relatively free private enterprise, and a transparent system of government in which the rights of all citizens are protected. In modern society, liberals favor a liberal democracy with open and fair elections, where all citizens have equal rights by law and an equal opportunity to succeed.\n\nCONSERVATIVE-Conservatism is a political philosophy that necessitates a defense of established values. Since different cultures have different established values, conservatives in different cultures have different goals. Some conservatives seek to preserve the status quo, while others seek to return to the values of an earlier time, the status quo ante.
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I think the Democratically controlled Senate became Republican in 1980 while the House stayed with the Dems.
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The cardinal. \nBecame so in 1943.\nPeople's choice.
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Hitler would embrace the Democrats and their way of thinking. He would be voted in as the next Democrat President.
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Yes, Wilson was a Democrat. And so was Polk (Mexican-American War). So FDR, Truman, Johnson, Wilson, and Polk. That's 5. unless I missed someone...\n\nOh, and as for Republicans: Lincoln, McKinley, Eisenhower, Nixon, Bush 1 and Bush 2. So that's 6.\n\nEDIT: Kennedy never presided over wartime. There were conflicts in Cuba and Vietnam, but it really could not be called wartime prior to real engagement after the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964. Similarly, there were conflicts, even bombing, in Iraq during Clinton's administration, but we wouldn't call him a wartime president. So I'd still say it's 5 and 6.