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Originally posted by darling1
do you think that the perception of the republican party has prevented some of us from swinging in that direction? or is that we know innately that there is no party that can truly represent us?
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PREACH!! I had this same discussion the other day--Why do so many of us feel like the Democrat Party is FOR US and the Republican Party is AGAINST US? Alot of times, do we even know why we feel aligned with either party?
We rarely look at the other factors of conservatism and liberalism (Republican v Democrat); that is the less federal government -more state governance/less regulation of BIG business/harsher crimes for criminals/etc versus more active governance/more regulation of business/promotion of social welfare/less regulation of social norms ('to each his own' thinking) because it's easier to say "I'm a Democrat and Republicans can kiss my a$$", without ever doing the research to truly proclaim allegiance to either party.
This is sad. In response to darling1's comment, NO, I don't think most of us know that no one party can truly represent our interests. But then, what are OUR interests?
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