Why do communist, socialist, and pacifist parties back the democrats?
914960
YAWN . . . . . \n\nBORING . . . . . \n\nAsk new question now.....
804438
Well let's see...\n\n+Democrats support peace, not war, like Bush.\n+They believe in the more middle class American, while Republicans only care about the rich\n+The economy is 10x better when a Democrat is in power\n+Dems usually support gay marriage, because gay people are people too, and so are black people. \n+They also care about the environment, while Republicans couldn't care less\n+Democrats are usually pro-choice as far as abortion goes, but they are not pro-abortion.
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First of all, yes I do see your point and I'm pleased you had the wherewithall to present it in an intelligent manner.  \n\nI agree with you completely, and on every point.  While many criticisms can be made about all political parties, the politicians that like to bend the truth more than any other tend to be Democrats.  I'm certain there are some die-hard Democratic supporters out there that will disagree, but it'd been my experience that anyone who is open minded and well informed will agree.  I have personally voted both Repulican and Democrat during my life, with an occasional venture into some of the lesser known parties as well.  I'm looking for the best person for the job- not their party affiliation.  \n\nThe saddest part of this tale is that so many people are decieved in the first place- by both major parties, but far more frequently by Democrats.  My wish is that everyone would set aside their preconceptions and actually research what a given politician is saying, check out their voting record on important issues, and make an informed decision based on facts- not hearsay.  \n\nI also agree that war is sometimes a necessary evil.  Anyone who disagrees can ask the opinion of a Jew who survived the concentration camps.\n\nOur current President may not have all the answers, but I do believe he is doing the best job he can given the circumstances, and I don't know anyone Republican or Democrat who can do better than to try.\n\nSo the answer to your question "Why do Democrats sometimes sound confused on political matters" is, because they are.  Democrats are just as human as you, me, Republicans, Independents, Green Party Candidates, and everyone else.  Be careful who you vote for.
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Doesn't matter what political party you are everyone like Reagan.\nHe was a Democrat You know why he changed parties?\nHe seen the Democrats for what they really are, a Communist party. Think about it.
690408
The Democrats and the Republicans are the two major political parties in this country.  Republicans are universally recognized as more conservative (enact fewer laws that change things radically or even slightly and tax less and interfere with moral issues far more e.g. abortion) than Democrats who are considered much more liberal (tax more to fund many more sweeping changes; a rather laissez faire "anything goes" approach to morality).  The same sort of alignment is found in other countries, take England where the Labor party is the more liberal counterpart of our Democrats.\n\nWithin the Democratic Party there are some conservatives and many middle-of-the-roaders.  Conversely among the Republicans are some liberals and many middle-of-the-roaders as well.  Beginning in the last half of the 20th Century the present party status began to form with the Democrats being gradually considered more and more liberal and the Republicans more and more conservative until by 1980 the present battlelines were drawn. So the question as you asked it doesn't fit exactly . . . There is NO difference between liberals and SOME Democrats and a few Republicans; and there is a huge difference between liberals and other Democrats and even more Republicans.  \n\nThe strangest thing is that up until about 1947 when Harry Truman splintered his party (the Democrats) by standing up for civil rights for the Black servicemen returning from World War II and the Dixiecrats were formed to oppose him, up until that time the Republicans were the liberals and the Democrats were the conservatives with their power bases in the North east and the South respectively.  After all, the most radical change in American life was created during the first Republican administration in history:  Abraham Lincoln's.  \n\nToday the south and the west are the bastions of conservatism and the north east and heavy industrial states are the centers of liberal thought.  Labor unions tend to be the biggest supporters of liberal candidates and business and merchants of the conservative ones.\n\nIn general, Liberals are easily criticized as too eager to tax and too impractical in their legislation, too eager to align with so-called fringe groups (gays and lesbians, for example). Conservatives nowadays are seen as too eager to align themselves with the interests not just of business but especially of big business, too willing to legislate morality, too closely in touch with religious groups that would for example undo Roe vs. Wade. One last comment:  some people call liberals leftists, that is aligned with socialism or even communism; and conservatives right-wingers, that is aligned with the status quo and keeping the rich and powerful, rich and powerful.\n\nIn my opinion the best of both possible worlds is found in the Libertarian Party which espouses very low taxes, strong national defense and simple practical public works projects with no interference in private lives.  Conservative fiscally and on national defense; non-interfering in most other ways.  I hope this helped.  Good luck.
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Democrats have no real ideas to offer, their best ploy was to vote to go to Iraq when the public opinion was in favor of it and then to turn on Bush when the public favor turned against the war.  I have for many years wondered what democrats stand for, but as they rarely tell the public anything more then we are anti-republican it is difficult to find out exactly what they stand for.  If the republicans are for stem cell research then the democrats will come out against it and so on.  Partisan politics at its worst.  They all need to figure out why they want to continue dragging this country thru the mud at each election cycle, I would personally vote for a qualified democrat if one ever decided to take a legitimate stance on an issue that the caucus didn't tell them to take (Lieberman).
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Because the democrats have successfully pitched themselves as a party concerned about the poor.  I admit to being cynical, I think many democrat leaders prefer to keep the poor poor (by addicting them to welfare and making them think they can't survive without it because of racism or whatever) so they have a steady source of votes.  So they have no incentive to work on getting them off of welfare and in to the workforce. \n\nI'm a republican which is probably no surprise.
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The Democrats of today, once belonged to the American Communist Party. But, since communism sacred most americnas, they turned to the Democrat party, and changed its entire structure. What the Democrat party members really are, are Communists.
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Democrat.  No.  Socialism does not work.  Neither does conservatism, which is one of the greatest scourges of human history.  Extremism is always bad for America.  That is why Democrats have been willing to fight fascists and communists alike, when Republicans would - and did - cut and run, and why Democrats have always supported the operations in Afghanistan.  "Of the people, by the people, for the people" is not a socialist tenet; how far Republicans have fallen from the height Abraham Lincoln set them upon!  Democrats won't turn America socialist; the idea that they would is just one of the many lies told by conservatives for the past hundred years or so.  For all their supposed morality, conservatives have proven to be the most corrupt and immoral of all; before Mark Foley there was Sulla of Rome.
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OK, not a liberal, nor a democrat, but....\n\nI think you are asking why the emotional knee jerking of a range of people has hijacked a political party to, at least at one point, the verge of implosion..... \n\nA liberal, so far as I can see, is someone who, not to be rude, has let their emotions run wild and swayed their logic. hope that made sense. These are a people who are also likely to be swayed by the emotional string tugs of politicians, who happen to be in the democratic party. \n\nDon't misunderstand, I do not believe that the liberal minded people out there are evil or corrupt by nature, they simply believe in something so much that they will align themselves with people who tell them what they want to hear. I have very good friends that are liberal minded, and they are not evil, just find more 'truth' in something that others don't find truth in.... ie. class warfare, extreme environmentalism, and 'evil' corruption in big business. Most of these people tend to align into the green party more so in the democratic party, but there is a power base already in existence with in the democratic party, and they seem to gain their support there through some crafty politicians.\n\nI am more concerned with the crafty politicians that have taken control over the democratic party than I am with the people who support the democratic party. These individuals seem to like their positions and will do and say anything to keep them. Dare I say even the likes of Joe Leiberman started going down that road during his spin while running as the vice president candidate. And now that Mr. Leiberman dared reclaim his true self he was butchered by his own party. \n\nI think that is the best example of what is happening at the power levels in the democratic party, they seem to be so concerned with keeping and reclaiming power that they use the emotional ploys to attract voters. \n\nThis is just an opinion, but it explains to me why when people grow a little older they abandon their emotions for logic and start looking toward the libertarian and republican parties for a home.
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There aren't any major differences.  They are two factions of the same business party, representing the interests of the corporate elite.  Both republicans and democrats support increased military spending on an already gargantuan military budget, tax cuts to the wealthy, welfare "reforms" (which means eliminating aid to those in need), privatization of social services generally, opening up the environment for the benefit of corporate leaders (at the expense of humanity's existence), and the overarching concern for the global extension of capitalism (along with favoring "free trade" policies that encroach upon the democratic sovereignty of other nations).\n\nThey might differ on some social issues (e.g., abortion and gun control issues) that do not affect the bottom line, but we might wonder if these differences are really that important.\n\nBy having two parties, it provides the illusion that US citizens have a real choice at the polls and real democracy.  However, democracy is about leaders being accountable to the broad populace, and clearly this does not happen (regardless of political party in power).
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Political parties serve many purposes.\n\nThey gather people around issues for which they share a general consensus.  From that, they hone their position to create their party's political platform.  Their platform is where they stand on the issues, like abortion, federal spending, defense, etc.\n\nPolitical parties are also the vehicle for raising money for the candidates.  Members of the same political party can campaign for one another, so this strengthens the party when they win and get control of the House or Senate.
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The correct term for them is marxist.  I've heard Horowitz refer to them as neo-communists, but that doesn't really capture their essence, and neither does socialist.  The problem here is today's marxists don't even have a cogent plan for their particular implementation of marxism....just some vague agenda for destroying the United States and democracy in the world in the interests of "social justice".  However, just like all of the previous children of marxist thought......national socialism (nazism), socialism and communism, progressives and liberals are really all about genocide.  What they want.  What they support.  What they ALWAYS support, is nothing less than the murder of hundreds of millions of innocent people.  That really is all that marxism is about, when you pair it down to its essence.  It is the one repeating pattern that ties all of these people (including all liberals) and their behavior together.  It's their goal.  And it is a good reason to seriously consider rounding up and jailing the lot of them.
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Democrats kiss up to the women and minorities because that's all they have. The Democrats are an ineffective party and they've proved it many times. The more American 1st party is that which represents all people and not certain groups. Which none have done.
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The Dems. They are willing to pay down the debt and keep the economy strong ala Bill Clinton. They care about your privacy. They care about your constitutional rights. The Republicans are all about spying,lying, transferring wealth from poor to rich. Stealing elections. They want to un-separate church and state. Force God down your throat. War seems to be their favorite passtime. So what if people get killed -the ends justify the means. They could care less about the environement if they had their way this world would be a polluted mess. Republicans want cheap labor and don't care if you lose your job to get it . As long as the profits go up.\nDemocrats care about a livable wage. Example: Sante Fe NM. raised the min. wage and guess what ...Business increased. Democrats will do a better job but we need a Progressive party to change this country. Some Dems are way to liberal and most Republicans are not Republicans in the traditional sense. They are Neo cons. and have little in common with their past values.
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Both do. If you do not follow the party line you get no help for something you want for your home people. The Dem's follow the Dem leadership & the repubs follow theirs. We have no independent people in washington any more. I am old enough to remember Barry Goldwater. He use to say. " I dont care who came up with the idea, If it is good I will vote for it And to hell with the party" I wish we had more people like him now but both parties would make sure you never heard from them.
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The Democrats, prior to Reagan and all the monsters he spawned, were always the party of National Defense.  That is, when conflict is unavoidable.  Democrats are reasonable.  We don't shoot off our mouths like street punks and invade other countries in wars of aggression or thinly disguised coups for more oil.  What the Republicans have done in the past 6 years, has set this nation back 20 years, but after we clean up their mess, yes, we'll be a lot safer.