Republican vs Democrat

I'd prefer to choose neither, but as there is seldom any other real choice, I will reluctantly continue to vote Republican until a Democrat comes along who is willing to stray from the party line on a few key issues.

Cold logic based on reality versus touchy-feely emotions based on how we'd like the world to be.

republicanmess.blogspot.com Recently, both the Republicans and Democrats seem the same. Neither party will address the $9,000,000,000,000 debt we are in. The basic principles of the Republic form of government are now the standards of the Libertarian party (Limited government). We are coming closer and closer to a Democracy, a separation of powers that would initially lead to an Oligarchy, which as seen throughout history (Roman Empire). We live with a fascist government which controls privately owned monopolies that are destroying our free-market economy. There is no real argument between parties now; the only differences are the insignificant issues. Both Republicans and Democrats are giving government handouts which excuse them for taxing America. They force us to owe them, which is a form of slavery (National Service Act). This proves the term Republic has lost its original meaning

Now, every politician (both parties) has his/her good points, but they all have their bad qualities, as well. There isn't a politician around that can truthfully say that he/she is completely lily-white. At any rate, these neverending partisan wars can get pretty darn messy.

Does anyone besides me doubt Hillary's credibility (as president) with mideast countries where women are not considered worthy of having opinions? Just how seriously would presidential mandates/policies be heeded by Iran, Iraq, etc. etc. Timing is lousy for her to run when mideast terror/concerns are so critical. Good thing we have such a strong CREDIBLE candidate with Obama!

Our first President warned us, in his farewell address published in the nation's newspapers, against adopting a TWO PARTY System. He predicted exactly the situation we suffer now; us against them, special interest, Party agenda before the interest of the American People, ownership of politicians by big money. Did we listen? Of course not! Do we deserve the freedom and success so many of our past fellow Americans fought and, to many, died for? Probably not! We need to rise from our collective keesters and resume responsibility for our country because if we continue to allow incompetents to rule we deserve not the freedoms we were all born with! I genuinely wish us lots of luck. I wish I could count onthat! skep

Like a choice between Gonorrhea or Syphilis.

Both have their good and bad points; I've agreed with both sides at some point over the last couple of years. I probably lean more towards the Dems. than anything else, but the runner him/herself could potentially sway me one way or the other during an election year.

There's not enough of a difference between the parties anymore. BOTH of them seem to have committed themselves to the continued growth of government. It makes me long for the 1980s again.

It is a sad thing that Liberal Democrats have more in common with Lee Harvey Oswald than they do with JFK! No Joke! On further review, I thought I was being a bit harsh on my liberal friends and I looked up the life of John Wilkes Booth to see if I had anything in common with him, I don't, he was a big womanizer and two timer at that. If Mr Oswald had not "pulled the trigger" (if he ever did) He would make a Great front runner for the libs, fair play for Castro, former Soviet Resident, etc.

This is a sad state of affairs.I wish we had no "Partys" at all and could just vote on each politicians own unique merits or faults.The "two party system" has made grown people behave like adolescents from rival high school teams.They are so busy slinging mud at one another and making excuses for "their" team that we have little hope of achieving anything worthwhile.Both partys have their share of corruption,and both have been paid off by big corporations.If we want America to survive-"We the People" must start holding ALL politicians to higher standards.If that means the end of the "Republican" and "Democrat" parties,so be it.

I've been a registered Republican since my 18th birthday (many moons ago) but have not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since W's father (the first time around for him; and that turned out to be a mistake!). The sad reality is there is about three inches of ACTUAL difference separating the two major parties. The lip service they pay to their hard core constitutents, that varies greatly. But in practice, they are both committed to a large, taxpayer funded interventionist federal government, and members of both parties consider "honesty" and "truth" to be low level considerations. Unfortunately, many voters now go to the polls on national election days and hold their noses while selecting the candidate they figure will do the least amount of damage to the country. It's really a sad state of affairs that Americans are so tied up with being consumers that they don't demand better.

I have to respectfully disagree with my friend Djahuti. The differences between these two parties have never been clearer. In the 1970's and early 1980's, the press, which was almost purely liberal, concealed its ideological agenda. The only members of the press who received "labels" were republicans, although they were never called republicans, they were called conservatives, like Robert Novak, William F. Buckley, Jr. and George Will. Nobody ever referred to the liberal newsman Dan Rather. Since Rush Limbaugh began his syndicated broadcast, the Republican Party has been converted to mostly pure conservative causes: anti-abortion, punishment of criminals to decrease crime, decreased federal spending and smaller government (though, not recently) resulting in economic strength based not on government manipulation but on private investment to spur economic growth, importance of a strong military, more pro-active foreign policy, an acceptance of religious issues as valid ("under God"... Read more

I'm a Democrat. Though I don't consider myself an ideologue or anything like that, I think that it'd take a lot for me to go Republican. The Democrats, for the most part, fit my viewpoints. I'd rather ally myself with them than the Republicans, who too often garner support form stupid fundamentalists. I wouldn't ally myself with a fundy if a gun was put to my head. Though recent Democrats' "censor videogames" viewpoints have made me almost want to vote Republican.

The argument brings out the need for a centrist party since neither is able to anything but present bulls#it scare-tactics, lies, and soundbites to get votes.

(Claps for kamylienne) But I do tend to lean a little more towards the democratic side. Not all the time though.

Although I am a staunch supporter of the Republican Party, I don't always agree with their platform. Furthermore, my political disdain in more for liberalism than the DNC...it just so happens that the latter in this comparison has often been rather left wing (just as, I admit, the GOP is right wing). At the end of the day, as kamylienne said, they both have a lot of cons and your better off just choosing based on your values.

Neither. Both have their pros and cons (a lot of cons). Rather than thinking about things on based on partisan (and often extreme) thought, I'd rather make up my mind myself.