Serious question for the democrats and liberal independents?
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If you want the true answer to this, check out this recent poll by Bin Laden's favorite network, Aljazeera.  When asked, "Is Iraq right to extend the presence of the US forces for another year?", 59% said "No".  When asked, "Should the US 'cut and run' from Iraq?", 63% answered "Yes."  I don't think there is any debate as to which party supports these goals.
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Silly question, no doubt from a silly, small minded liberal!
916918
Democrats watch too much Jerry Springer.  Anyway, to the issue, good question.  I'm proud to be an "extremist."
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should they? clearly\n\nwill they? they have been proudly moving farther and farther out, proclaiming that anyone who stands against them is a "terrorist liberal"... I really don't see any move to moderation in the future with this attitude...\n\nI think the democrats did in the last election... not all but many who won... and that's why they won... and I don't really see any third party with the clout to make anything really happen... but who knows... we could all be surprised...
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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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It's amazing how all the Democrats are so quick to keep any Republican's past in the light and say how horrible they are (ie. how people still get on GW for his college days... hey we all did a lil smack back then), but heaven forbid you bring up a democrats past!!! SATAN SATAN satan an an an an....  And yeah I'd go huntin wih Cheney.  He also has less chance of me beatin him over the head with a cricket bat than Kennedy.
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Oh, I'm a liberal, and I admit it. Here's the thing; the ones who switched from voting Republican in 2004 to voting Democratic in 2006 view themselves as independents.
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democrats are not the democrats they once were when the WW2 generation grew up. they now stand for nothing (collectively). they operate on a spur of the moment "oppose whatever the president does and says". it is a joke (sorry democrats..i never said some of you weren't nice).\n\nanyways...the far left has taken over the democratic party. they don't even realize that some of the things they despise and protest were favored and exercised by many older democrats.\n\never hearthe phrase..i didn't leave the democratic party. the democratic party left me." ???
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I think the Democrats shot themselves in the foot long ago...back in 2000 when they became so entrenched in the "stolen election" argument.....They need to reinvent themselves.....big time.  Get back to their party values, if they have any.
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Good question to ask the liberals, thats what I would do, plus round them up and send them back, but hey I'm a radical kinda guy.
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And I see horribly close-minded Democrats. It's your perspective. When a Democrat says something narrow-minded and it's something you agree with, you're not as likely to notice that what they're saying is narrowminded. When a Republican says something you don't agree with, your radar picks up on it. It's not them- it's you.\n\nAnd honestly, have you not come across the user Hitler_is_Bush? Tell me that's not narrow-minded. Right.
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Your question is moot. The center going to win, not the left nor the right. Both liberals and conservatives are bone-heads, and we need to replace them with moderates.
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You are giving them way too much credit.  They act like titty babies and whine over everything.  I doubt that will change!!  The democrats support abortion (including partial birth abortion!!), illegal immigrations, no capital punishment, gun control, freedom of speech for only them, God OUT of schools and anywhere in public.  If anyone can think of anything else by all means, post it.  I see nothing good coming from the left wing nut job liberals like Nancy Pelosi.  I will be the first one to laugh when people start complaining.  I can look at them and say "I told you so".  Unfortunately, the God loving, anti-communist Americans will have to suffer for people's pure ignorance.
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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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You got it sister. I'm a conservative independent. I vote for who, IMO, will do the better job as a conservative, regardless what party they are affiliated with. Of course the only conservative democrats I know are here in my state like state senators and such, and i have no problem voting for them.
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Funny, I'm native and a democrat.  Why do you ask?
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Don't know but they do deny the fact that they are liberals and use useless words like fascist and nazi to counter their worthless attack!!!!!\n\nAnd when confronted, most democrats deny that they are democrats, they say they are indpendent!!!