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12/21/2003: "If you’re not a liberal Democrat at eighteen, you have no heart. If you still are at thirty, you have no brains."

I wish I knew whom the original author was to credit with this bit of wisdom. I remember my father paraphrasing it to me it when I was young, idealistic, stupid, under thirty, and liberal. I have come to notice some platform differences between the two major political parties and with that knowledge, my IQ has risen significantly.

Championing the downtrodden was the principle tenet of the Democratic Party. They have heart and they feel your pain. I think most of us, regardless of political affiliation, have sympathy for the underdog and are generous enough to want to take care of the less fortunate that cannot help themselves. I think the amount of donations to charity both in money and time offer ample proof of this hypothesis. My split from this philosophy comes with the inclusion of those that will not help themselves. When it comes to those who are perfectly capable and yet will not help themselves, I swing into survival of the fittest mode and greatly resent giving a cent of my hard earned tax dollar to them. But hey, by including this parasitic group (who may vote), you potentially increase your rank and file. While I don’t agree with it, I understand why they would choose this path.

My major difference is with the belief that the government can and should take care of me. This may come as a shock to the liberals running around Washington thumping their chests but I don’t need you to take care of me, nor do I want you to. If I buy into this philosophy, I must think you know what’s best for me. You don’t. What buying into this philosophy does do is grant you the power to trample me by creating a dependency much like a junkie to their dealer. Just say no to big government.

It is no surprise that this philosophy is monetarily supported by labor unions pouring tons of laborers hard-earned money into the Democratic coffers. Labor unions have long outlived their usefulness in this country and serve solely to keep the little guy “little.” Other than the union bosses, everyone is equal. Whether you are incompetent or a shining star, your wages are the same. This smacks of Communism to me and creates an obstacle in a capitalist society usually resulting in jobs going oversees. Let me see if I have this process straight. We have a dispute. We attempt negotiations. We go on strike. During the strike, the union pays me from a strike fund that I funded. To re-earn the money I contributed in the first place, I must work the picket lines to re-earn it again. Talk about double taxation and it’s not even the government.

Most sadly, the Democratic Party has become anti-American. I know them be fighting words but when the best you can offer is hoping for American failure socially, economically, or internationally, you’ve made the wrong bet and deserve to rest in peace. That’s exactly what I hope for next November.

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Yes you go. You Democrats just don't get it and what's sad is that you bring down so many people to your level of thinking then of course much of the media is liberals.
Char

Democrats said @ 12/22/2003 07:45 PM MST