The Democratic Party includes a diverse group of individuals who typically emphasize the need for a greater role of the federal government in promoting social, economic, and political opportunities for all citizens. The party typically argues for more government control over economic matters and less government control over individual rights. Subdivisions are populist, a person who subscribes to the political philosophy of populism, which is in favor of supporting the rights of the masses and giving power to the people in the struggle against the privileged upper class. The general philosophies of populism theoretically fall somewhere in the center of the political spectrum, as opposed to left or right, but one populist will rarely have the same beliefs as another. A moderate democrat is an individual who is a registered Democrat, but has both Liberal and Conservative views. A communist is extremely liberal (left wing) ex: U.S.S.R.
Cute, short, balanced & easy to understand cartoon that explains the Health Care Reform Bill known as Obamacare.
Obama FTW: your source for political news regarding our current president. Here you will find facts and trends.
The last Republican president to balance the US budget was Eisenhower, the last Democratic president was Clinton.
Republican lie of not wanting big government while they try to institute far reaching policies that encroach into the rights of citizens.
Did Stimulus Funding Help or Hurt U.S. Economy in the Long Run? It could have been worst...
Exposing 10 Republican Economic Lies (or the art of getting people to work against their own interest).
An independent voter, often called an unaffiliated voter in the United States, is a voter that is not clearly aligned with a political party. An independent may be variously defined as a voter who votes for candidates and issues rather than on the basis of a political ideology or partisanship
Republicans are trying to take away right to vote of groups that historically vote democrat while exempting groups that historically vote republican.
The Republican Party is a coalition of three separate constituencies with confluent interests. The first group is made up of traditional conservatives. These are highly patriotic Americans who believe in limited government, the primacy of the people over government, and fiscal responsibility. The other two groups that have coalesced within the GOP are much more malevolent - international business interests, and social bigots. It is the former of these two, international business that controls the GOP. It's made up of highly educated individuals with huge resources and plenty of clout - and they use every bit of their resources and clout to manipulate what has become their citizen army - the social bigots. The social bigots are the people we see armed to the teeth at presidential speeches, disrupting townhall meetings, and fighting against their own interests. In short, these are the Joe the Plumbers of the world. While the traditional conservatives are legitimately concerned about the direction of the country and assuring that the nation remains fiscally sound, big business could care less about the condition of the American people, because for the most part, they've become international in scope. That should be clear to anyone with eyes, considering how they first, created an economic crisis in this country, then used the very crisis that they created to gouge the American people. So all big business is concerned about is making money at our expense, and more often than not, to our detriment. These are the very same people who have gouged America dry, given themselves huge bonuses, then rented post office boxes in other countries to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.And if that isn't bad enough, these corporations then used the very money that they avoided in taxes to buy politicians, who are suppose to be representing us, to feather their nest even further. They also use the incredible wealth that they've managed to maintain, again, thanks to our tax dollars, to clog our airwaves with propaganda in order to incite every undereducated social bigot within earshot to near insurrection. They use these people to distract us from examining the true issues, that would serve to protect us from their greed. And the social bigots are easy targets - not only because they have less than a tenuous grasp on reality, but in many cases, they're willing stooges. These are not true victims. Due to their bigotry - and I don't mean simply racial bigotry, but bigotry against anyone who doesn't happen to share their beliefs - and anger over losing the last election, they're willing to accept any manner of nonsense disseminated about the government, and President Obama in particular. Due to that blind anger they're perfectly willing to not only accept the most blatant nonsense, but they're also willing to cut their own throats, and that of their families, if it means striking a blow in the name hatred. Party subdivisions are the moderate republican, someone who holds moderate right wing views. Most likely to support same sex unions, pro-choice, pro-fiscal conservatism, pro-privacy, pro-gun and pro-war. Libertarians are a consistent approach to politics based on the moral principle of self-ownership. Each individual has the right to control his or her own body, action, speech, and property. Government's only role is to help individuals defend themselves from force and fraud. They leave out human nature and history rendering their beliefs an illusion. Facist is extremely conservative (right wing) ex: Nazi's
