I'm a Democrat

The problem is, neither side is willing to budge. I personally am not willing to budge anymore to the Republicans. I've watched my civil liberties get destroyed. I've watched my taxes go to pay for a stupid war I don't agree with while I can't see a doctor because I can't afford insurance. I'm tired of the corruption, failures, and stupidity of the Republicans. I'm tired of the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer. How dumb was it to impeach Clinton over a ******* but them to ok Bush playing cowboy and killing thousands of innocent people, including two of my good friends with an illegal war.

Why should we Democrats budge at all?

Good points but our system just doesn't work at all. Not when the public is voting for morons or voting for someone just based on their personality. That just means that the parties as they stand, with the platforms they have, do not represent the needs of the people. Don't get me wrong, I'm a democrat but if we somehow were able to knock this two party system we could knock out polarity and stop the uneducated masses from voting for inadequate leaders. That would probably mean switching to a proportional representation form of government... and, its happened before, would it be so aweful to have a president from one party and a VP from another based on the popular vote, instead of the electoral system? Sorry just feel strongly about this. I really feel frustrated.

The two party system has become invalidated. There is so much diversity with in the two parties but the public does not see this because the spot light is put on the so called “core values” of each party(yes there was a time when conservatives were actually conservative fiscally and environmentally). In reality the whole caucus process is to see who can raise the most funds. We all know that the almighty dollar rules. On the national stage every issue becomes blurred. If you really want to know who you are supporting you have to dig deep into their voting history etc and concentrate heavily on the local stage as well. Yes, idiots are voting and breeding…this is why they created the electoral college but the system has actually back fired. I can only hope that we will become a true democracy and eliminate the electorate and control campaign finance. Education is definitely they key but until then people will not make rational choices until they start to suffer at home. Unfortunately the layman can not learn vicariously, that is a shame. As a result we will continue with our impotent system until we are plunged into abject poverty. Ultimately, as history shows, the proletariat will correct the balance.

It's difficult for most Republicans to not be bipartisan when the leaders of the Democrat party are so hellbent on turning our society into a socialist sewer.

We don't need more illegal immigrants. We don't need the government to provide everyone with goodies.

It sounds like you also don't need your government to hand out billions to defense contractor companies run by 2 or 3 power families and all of their friends.

It sounds like you also don't need your government to start wars with countries who had nothing to do with 9/11, just for the sake of some ill-gotten oil gains.

It sounds like you need to define things like basic shelter, food, and health care as "necessities" rather than "goodies".

Didn't your last president take a rather LARGE goody of a holiday during his first year in office? He was in Crawford an AWFUL long time, dont'cha think?

How soon we forget all of these tiny details...

But hey...what do I know?

According to the Republican stance, anyone who doesn't agree with their views is automatically a socialist, not someone who actually cares about people beyond looking down at them...

Isn't it a democracy!!.........Without the ability to disagree/agree we wouldn't have a Democracy would we??

I agree. The "2 party" system does not represent the full spectrum of opinions. It tends to reduce everything to 1 or 2 options, which is simplistic. Makes things easier for everyone to understand though. New Zealand has a better parliamentary system that Aus or US I think, where smaller parties are represented, so the point of views is closer to the range out in society.

Hello. I am a republican. Unfortunatly I don't really see any other solution except that we don't bash opposite sides anymore. But you have those idiots out there who just think it's good for their party in general if they call democrats this or if a democrat calls a republican that. I think it stems from maturity than anything else. Like, I didn't vote for Obama. Now, it wasn't because he was black or he saw this issue or that issue differently...it was because he is a democrat and I wanted to remain true to my party. I have had people say about racism because we didn't vote for him because he's black and all these things...to me, it was a matter of party.

Those are some good points, MonteCarlo. I think maturity is part of it somehow. As if arguing with a random person or calling someone from the other party names would help anything. I do remain loyal to the Democratic party but mostly because of certain key issues.

I think if we had a more viable multi-party system, people would find it easier to find their true political voice and we would avoid this nonsense of both sides not working together... because they would have to, because neither one would have a true majority. In Britain, there are several political parties, but there are at least three represented in the parliament. To get things passed I imagine that the liberals and conservatives, plus the third party, the liberal democrats (they're sort of like Libertarians here) have to work together to find a majority.

I might be full of it. But I wouldn't mind having a party that truly represented by interests. I'm a Libertarian on Social issues and Personal freedoms, a Green party on the environment, and a Democrat on domestic economic issues, but a Libertarian when it comes to Free trade.

The sad truth is we won't as long as it keeps going this way. The hopeful reality is we must all think positively if we are going to make it and pull out of this