The way I see it, freakin’ dems need an olive branch cocktail.

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DB Reese 

Let me say first that this is a very long post. You Harvard elitist Democrat types might want to read somethig a little shorter.. 

I was speaking to someone just the other night about the DIFFERENCES of the two parties. It was a long debate about the future and where we saw it might lead. No matter what each party represents time always has away of changing the parties platforms that they stand on…. unfortunately when the party goes away from the platform that you used to like and agree with, people have a hard time switching to the other party that best suits them….
It’s kinda like when you were younger (and just for example purposes) you wore levi jeans- they were always the most comfortable to you. But, something happened, year after year the cut changed- but you were already loyal to those damned levi’s so you keep buying them. Year after year after year. Sooner or later your going to realize that buying levi’s isn’t really what your wanting anymore, they just don’t fit the way they used to. So you go and look for something that best suits your comfort level(and your bigger butt). Weird analogy I know but it works for me and the person I was trying to explain this to.

Ok, so dem beliefs and rep beliefs…

Believe it or not they are so freaking close on a lot of issues and so far apart on others.

I can tell you what my beliefs are as a Republican, and someone on here can say they’re a Democrat but believe exactly the same way I feel.

For example- I believe in a womans right to choose- however I do not believe in late term abortions where the child could actually live if it was ‘pulled out’ of the mother (and im talking about the abortions that are done in the 7th month, I think that is taking it a little to far).
Now some Republicans as well as Democrats might not agree with abortion at all. The over all concensus is however is that a womans right to choose is a Democrat belief- well im here to say that it is not the case, for I am a Republican.

Another widely held belilef is that only Democrats care about same sex marriages. Again not true, myself as a Republican do not care who you are or who you love. It is not my business and it doesn’t effect me in the least. I say let the gay people of the world marry/unite whatever you want to call it. Don’t expect me to become a homosexual because you think it is the correct way for me to live my life. Don’t ask for anymore “special rights” than what I have. The law when it is written
should conside them equal to a traditional marriage, hell quit using the “equal to” and the “union” words and lets just call it what it is- a marriage.

Womens rights another supposedly Democrat corner stone, yet I believe that woman should have equal rights. I also think that they have started to exercise those rights in a louder voice more than ever before. Are things ‘equal’ all over the place, no. It has not happened for several different reasons, but suffice it to say that those who do exert themselves do better than their male counterparts.

Minority rights- I believe that when our forefathers wrote the constitution that they knew what they were doing. All men are created equal and as such should be treated that way. There are many reasons in America today why there is a racial devide. This devide can not be laid at the feet of the white man soley. Everybody needs to get over themselves, quit blaming others for your short comings and realise why things are the way things are. You can talk about and find ways to resolve the  inner-city conflicts that most claim are the reasoning behind the poor school systems. You can do the same to resolve education, it shouldn’t take an act of congress to be able to fix or handle whats going on. Unfortunately like I said everyone wants to play the blame game and do nothing but talking. Meanwhile who suffers, we do.

There are a host of other issues that the parties do not see eye to eye on too.
Health-Care, Environment, Energy, Education, Crime, Foriegn Policy, Homeland Security, Gun Control, Immigration, and Welfare, and Constitutional Law pretty much round it out.

Health-care, Republicans think that if you treat health-care as a business then you promote better health-care, in that people will go to the best person for the job mentality. Democrats for the most part believe that health-care should be universal giving everybody coverage. Both have good points and the Democrat ideaology or want is even a very commendable one. However they fail to realize (in my opinion) that a. anybody who is injured can receive emergency medical care, b. that by making all health-care professional appear to be equal and get equal compensation that you are underminding growth in that profession, which as it stands now is very competitive. Now health-care is also a very complex problem in that there comes with it the need for long term care. And, of course, presciption drugs that are so overly priced you need to be wealthy just to stay healthy. But is it health-cares place to regulate what a pharmasutical company charges for drugs- no. The company is going to try to make as much as they can, it is in business to do that. Maybe we need to be looking at bringing down the cost by some form of ’salary cap’ for the lack of a better term on these companies- there though too you run into the problem with putting at risk a companies desire to research and develop new drugs because the risk and reward factor is no longer there.

Homeland Security, crime, gun control, and immigration can all kinda be rolled into one thing. The reforms that have went into effect after 9/11 have been proven to be effective but are a long way from being complete. Airports have done a wonderful job even if it is more of an inconvienence do go thru them now. But other things need improving, shipping , and rail being a couple of those. Nobody on either side has really done much in the way of informing the public what if anything
they want to do. Brings in immigration and border control, some believe that we are cracking down and some believe not enough. Thruth of the matter is there are still thousands pooring into this country every year and something needs to be done to fix that problem. Which is where Democrats and Republicans depart ways. Republicans see this as a huge problem, Democrats thinks it’s a minor one. Crime and gun control- Democrats say that you cant fight crime without taking away everybodies guns (of course im over simplifying). Republicans think that you have a better chance of fighting crime if you enforce the laws already inacted that arent enforced. All the while agreeing that assault weapons such as ak 47’s should be taken off the streets and even went so far as to co-sponsor the Brady Bill outlawing them among other things. How do you fight crime? More people thrown at the problem or stiffer sentencing? I think its somewhere in between the two.

Okay I’ve preached all about I’m going to and I’m sure some of you, if you’ve managed to read this far, will say thank god. But I hope I have shared some insight at least to this Republicans point of veiw on the politics at hand, keeping in mind I haven’t even touched on political reasons why each feel the way they feel. And by the way the whole thought process of
Republicans don’t care about you unless your rich is bullshit. Google the research yourself on campaigne contributions (which needs reforming) and you will see that they both love the rich people for yourself.
We Republicans do care, more than most give us credit for. We just do it and don’t need the acolades to prop us up as the better guy.  So throw away those old jeans cause they don’t fit you anymore. Actions- people speak louder than words.

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