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What Does it Mean to Be a Democrat?
Townhall.com ^ | August 8, 2015 | John C. Goodman

Posted on 08/08/2015 4:50:30 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 08/08/2015 4:50:30 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To me the democrat party is summed up by:
1. The ends justify the means
2. Abortion

Their leaders also have a malignant desire to control other people


2 posted on 08/08/2015 5:00:41 AM PDT by OldNukeDaddy
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And they all support baby killing otherwise they wouldn’t vote Democrat.


3 posted on 08/08/2015 5:03:04 AM PDT by A message
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The’re MO is very simple. It’s all about ME!!!


4 posted on 08/08/2015 5:05:45 AM PDT by mothball
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Democrat means you’re uninformed on history and economics. It’s about emotion and hypocrisy. It’s being void of logic or common sense.


5 posted on 08/08/2015 5:10:36 AM PDT by albie
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To: OldNukeDaddy

3. ....Liars.


6 posted on 08/08/2015 5:13:04 AM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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“did you know that the base of the party – those that are the most reliable supporters of Democratic candidates – are not particularly liberal at all?”

Because they’re not liberals.
They’re authoritarians, using a “liberal” facade as a political tool to persuade opponents to tolerate Leftist views until enough power & positions can be achieved to impose their narrow-minded totalitarian will upon everyone else.

“Liberalism”, as a colloquial understanding, is a lie.


7 posted on 08/08/2015 5:14:10 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The world map will be quite different come 20 January 2017.)
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To: OldNukeDaddy

I think abortion is #1 for democrats.


8 posted on 08/08/2015 5:14:31 AM PDT by samtheman (Trump/Cruz '16)
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To: albie

I saw a bumper sticker recently with the words “I am everything the right hates.” The left typically associates the right with hatred, but the left is generally far less tolerable to different perspectives as a group. The person probably relishes in that he is or she: naïve, anti-military, pro-baby killing, anti-religion, dependent on government, can name all the Kardashians but no more than ten former U.S. presidents, pro-homosexuality but anti-traditional family, self-centered, open borders and “no person is illegal,” pro-quotas, hypocritical with world policies and as such blame the USA first, etc.


9 posted on 08/08/2015 5:14:53 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: OldNukeDaddy

I tend to agree. Reducing political convictions to the simplest influence, abortion is at the apex. The next is the gimmedat culture. These two dominant imperatives are not in danger of being eroded in influence. They are a get out of jail card and a pass go gift.
After these two pillars of liberal social conscience, gullibility seems to be the most common denominator among liberals, the willingness to believe whatever position is advanced as long as it comes from a liberal icon.


10 posted on 08/08/2015 5:15:50 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: Kaslin
Allow me to explain what it means to be a democrat through interpretive dance (click on safe link):


11 posted on 08/08/2015 5:19:12 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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Democrats are for democracy thats why their called democrats..

Democracy is the political disease that causes socialism..
Communism and Fascism are both Socialism..

Democracy is Mob Rule by mobsters... always in every instance..
Democracy despises FREEDOM... it is slavery.. serfdom.. always..

Socialism is at WAR with Freedom..
It’s about control... like Islam.. <- which means submission..
And has Mullahs(by other names) to control everything..

Socialism is exactly like Islam.. a Caliphate..
With a strange God... Givernment becomes GOD..


12 posted on 08/08/2015 5:21:30 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Caipirabob
Hmmmm THIS .... received in my FB page this morning, is probably going to get a workout today ...



13 posted on 08/08/2015 5:22:39 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: OldNukeDaddy

Add to that...

They are knee jerk reactionists and bleeding heart libs who would save a pet or a tree before they would a human life
They are selfish, self absorbed narcissists and spoiled brats that thrive on pleasure and comfort even if others have to provide it for them
They are disrespectul, arrogant, and rude and there is no wisdom or common sense in them
They are genuises in their own minds and more educated than you therefore they feel they should make your decisions for you despite their inability to see the bigger picture and its unintended consequences
They make rash decisions based on emotion rather than facts, logic, or reason
They are full of pride and unable to admit when they are wrong
They are liars and deceivers hellbent on getting their way no matter what it takes


14 posted on 08/08/2015 5:24:35 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: ConservativeStatement
I agree.

I was at a neighborhood party once, and a "Liberal" neighbor was going on about how churches should be forced to marry homosexuals, and rich businessmen should be forced to pay more taxes, and how corporations should be forced to cleanup pollution, and how oil companies should be forced to lower the cost of oil, and on and on and on.

I spoke up and said that maybe government had already become too powerful.

"You!" she spat. "You! You're a Republican! All you want to do is control people! I know your game! You just want power so you can boss people around!"

I said: "No, I want to be left alone. That's what it means to be a Conservative. It sounds like you're the one who wants to force a lot of people to do a lot of things."

She called me a vile name and stalked off.

Hatred? Lack of tolerance? Ignorance? Authoritarian? It was all right there. That's the Left.

15 posted on 08/08/2015 5:25:27 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Henry Bowman where are you?)
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To: Kaslin

I know what it means to be a DenocRat. Right now I think it’s more important to define what it is to be a Republican. And FOX’s farcical debate clouded that issue.


16 posted on 08/08/2015 5:25:55 AM PDT by ZULU (Democrats are paleosocialists)
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As a DemoRat just take one subject. The economy-—do they have serious ideas about balancing the budget? Reducing Govt spending? Fixing Social Security? Reducing taxes and smothering regulations on small business?
No nothing of substance except petty name calling about them being victims of the evil rich while they glorify their own 1%er elitists. Dems are either conflicted morons or hack leftist believers. .or godless immorals who hate the light of truth.


17 posted on 08/08/2015 5:27:19 AM PDT by tflabo (Psalm 1)
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There are many reasons people vote for Democrats, but one not mentioned here is the sports-mind mentality of “They are my team”.

Like some Patriot fans, we have some Republicans and many Democrats who will support their guy regardless what is right or wrong.


18 posted on 08/08/2015 5:27:30 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Scott Walker - a more conservative governor than Ronald Reagan)
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To: Kaslin
The Democratic line attracted a lot of people who want government to intervene for their benefit at everyone else’s expense.

I think this is a very good one-sentence definition. A Democrat's support for - or at least acceptance of - the unlimited abortion license fits with this: they want the benefit of irresponsible sex at the expense of the preborn baby's life.

19 posted on 08/08/2015 5:28:24 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: Kaslin

Good article.

Around me, white Democrats that have jobs - a minority of national Democrats, for sure, but a large minority - are strongly pro-Trump.

White Democrats that have jobs have GOP-phobia for a number of reasons, some of them well-justified.

It is much, MUCH more promising to go after those votes that it is chasing “Hispanics” and other FSA cadre.

Of course, winning them permanently might require the public execution of Karl Rove, but, as Lenin said, you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.


20 posted on 08/08/2015 5:31:22 AM PDT by Jim Noble (You walk into the room like a camel and then you frown)
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