Are democrats affecting other countrys?
963657
Many people are in favor of the death penalty for certain criminals who are deemed worthless to society. How is euthanizing severely disabled babies different than killing a criminal? Both are making value judgements about a life.\n\nI am a liberal, and I am conflicted about such questions. Why pay to keep someone alive if they will never contribute to society? And, why keep a severely disabled child alive that will be a drain on society? But, life is precious; how can we as humans effectively decide that a life is worthless when we cannot know the ultimate outcome?
691201
theres like a million countries..\n\nand they dont have to be democratic.\n\nlook at china or soviet union \n\nas long as we get along who cares if its democratic?\n\nlet everyone have what they want...\n\nGood Question though.. make me think\npeace
1003871
No, just look at us here in America.  Though suffering a decode of defeats the Democratic party still have a huge number of followers, all waiting for the chance to vote themselves a welfare check.\n\nLook at the poor souls in New Orleans they sat there waiting for the Government to help them before even considering helping themselves.\n\nIt is a truely pathetic side of the human race, but Socialism in every method it has ever been tried has failed, because it rewards laziness and punishes success.  Relying on the government is a one way ticket to despair.
43572
I believe it is from the media and the rest of the sheep out there.  You will start seeing a huge loss of democratic support by educated people and an increase in uneducated people.  Heck even the smart democrats are switching parties these days!\n\nPoliticians that have a real honorable agenda are finding that the liberals would rather play party cards, than come up with real solutions and resolve problems - The Kerry election campaign started a new trend in political policy, and Al Gore is their mascot! They have no loyalty for each other, nor do they care about the American People, they rely on propaganda with no real planning for solutions. (they even disassociated themselves with Howard Dean who was a true democrat!)  The Dems only support comes from people who dont take the time to evaluate whats going on- because most people are centrists- the dems have moved so far left, they are losing whats left of their intelligent support!  Sadly, this country is LOADED with sheep, and it is unlikely that a republican will be president in the next term.  ( I am not exactly thrilled with everything our current President is up to, but what people dont realize, is how many things he has done for this country WHILE under the stress of the war, and opposition- you can bet if it was a democrat, the war would be out of the news and all the "nice" things would be all we hear about - like how Al Gore invented the internet!)  The Democratic Party is now trying to push the idea that THEY are for minorities, and all Republicans are racists!  This is a very destructive approach to appeal to the masses that are uneducated - and it is the fault OF DEMOCRATS that minorities ARE predominantly uneducated - and I am sure that this statement will be seen as racist by the very people who I am describing- but with intelligence, the facts would be important, and not the words themselves.\n\nBeware, I would bet that you are now (me too I guess) going to be pelted with all kinds of stones by women, drama students, and minorities.
582991
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).
575006
On this issue it is evident that the place of the citizen as voter is not respected. Both Liberals and Conservatives are equally responsible for the situation.  Both sides of the ruling business class parties are obstacles for democracy. Democracy is much more than an electoral contest or putting the alternative party in power. Of the political parties, Liberals as you mention, should make anyone concerned with this issue say that they don't feel represented by any of the people in the two elite parties and a demand for democracy should be the real issue here.  \n\nAs far as the UN is concerned, it is a joke, look at any vote on Israel, you can see that if the US opposes anything, the vote is null and void even if the whole rest of the world is against us...  So by UN you really are saying US.
779697
I think Democrats are starting to get over the euphoria of their win and are realizing what actually happened. Voter samples show that voters were not really voting for the Democrats, but rather against the Republicans. What the voters have done is actually create a stalemate situation. This because while Democrats control the congress, the president controls veto power and the Democrats do not have the majority required to override. So while Democrats have indeed made the president a lame duck, they have also imposed the same on the congress. It does not have to be this way though. If Democrats reach across the aisle to craft bi-partisan legislation which benefits all Americans they can still accomplish many things. However, if they fall back on the liberal agenda nothing of substance will get done in government for the next 2 years. The biggest problem for Democrats is now they have the power and they must produce. Just calling the other side evil is not going to do it anymore. The Democrats say they wanted change for all Americans, the coming days, weeks, and months will show if they were honest, or if they just wanted power again and were willing to say whatever it took to get elected.
1178387
Good question!  I'm not sure, but it would seem that liberals are taking over the Democratic party and making it too far left for most conservative people that are still Democrats and many Republicans have taken a far right stance because it's becoming predominantly conservative and moral.  It's not a good reflection of either party too far either way and it's sad.
752918
Unfortunately not.\n\nThe democrats will push their agenda....\n\nBut guess what? Next electionthe american people can push back and vote in the other party. And if they refuse to represent "the people" we can vote them out too.  \n\nIts time for the government to represent the people again.
924188
I think Nancy Pelosi has some great leadership skills and will help set  a direction for the Democrats. I am and Independent who dislikes both parties but voted for Democrats this time as it is a time for a change. Whether it will be positive remains to be seen. I have not heard of a specific direction and program agenda that they have. I do hope for the sake of the nation both parties can get us headed in the right direction. Enough of the scare tactics by Bush regarding national security. Lets actually see what can be done here not abroad to make use safer. I don't care whether Iraq stands up as a democracy or goes down the toilet. They will tear each other up based upon 2000 years of violent history and sectarian violence. Typical third world mentality. We should not abandon them but we do need to start withdrawing.
911835
Sure there is...heres the link.    http://www.democrats.org/
889079
Saudi Arabia democratic system is different to UK's, we operate a bicameral system which means anything our PM puts through in terms of big legislation has to go through to the House of Lords, just remember back to Fox hunting.... you think they can make big decisions like reforming the work laws or anything so contraversial, it will probably be a long time before anything such as this happens unfortunately.
705468
I think its a toss-up really.  They always endorse democrats.  We are always astonished by the lengths they will go to to do this.  Perhaps the passage of time makes us a little numb to the tactics of two years ago, or four or six or eight for that matter.  But I do not see any more anxiety this time around.
569844
If you watched movie Equilibrium you might guess. Your country has become shadow of democracy ruled by certain designated circles which use and not used to real democracy.
730622
Hopefully, this past election has been a wake up call. Nevertheless, do not expect them to be accomodating to Democrats. At least not right away.
73619
The sad thing is, most of us do not care about their views, but other countries see their views as America's views as a whole, since they are in the media spotlight....scary isn't it?
819799
Well, now that the Democrats are doing fairly well, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the machines anymore.  What a coincidence!!  Just wait though, if they lose, they will have to blame it on something or somebody else though.  Its how they roll.