Why do so many like the Democrats?

Another failure by a lib.

Your link only lists prominent dems and reps, not all. Very misleading and inaccurate, brainwashing clouds the mind.

Try this one which lists all of congress: http://www.whoserved.com/congress.asp

Republicans who served in the military: 14%
Democrats who served in the military: 6.9%

Awww, so sad for you. Please try again.

 

The United States system of government is NOT a democracy, even though many call it one.

Below are a few good reasons why...

"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule,
where 51% of the people may take away the rights of the other 49%."
— Thomas Jefferson

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" — Benjamin Franklin

"Democracy is the road to socialism." — Karl Marx

Our system of government is a republic.

 

I think some may exaggerate by implying ALL Conservatives when they refer to their sense of charity; but it is fair to note that the "official" policies of many on the Right, lean further away from what is truly compassionate or gracious... than the policies promoted by Liberals or Progressives.

Very often, Conservatives are downright "pious" about the unborn... yet the policies they direct toward others are practically cold and uncaring.

I think the most fair thing to do, is to COMPARE the official Democratic Platform with the Republican Platform. In that, one can get a decent snapshot of what one side is promoting while the other is not.

 

You're summing it up fairly well.

 

I just figured out the answer to the OP. The answer is: Because so many people hate republicans!!

 

And if they have set up their infrastructure to train and keep them for 5+ years, give them an even larger tax break (also for 10, 20 and so on).

And even for buying "American" as they do the same.

Yep.

But it isn't as though those wonderful, self-regulating and philanthropic 'corporations' saw fit to benefit Americans.

Bottom line, we ALL paid to educate people; we all paid to build the public infrastructure (roads, schools, hospitals...etc.); corporations should NEVER be allowed to siphon so much profit (as they have), without re-investing in the same (the well-being of people surely should matter more than money).

 

Being a Republican, I can agree with some of what you say. I think some of the policies of the Republican Party is out of date. Even Romney is at odds with some of it's platform. I certainly am in disagreement with some of them. I have issues with both Parties. I think one side is to hard and the other to soft.

 

I can see that you might view it that way and I can relate

But some (misguided) people make a mistake in thinking/believing that one side should place some controlling choke-hold upon the other. The proper balance is in the working toward proper compromises which benefit ALL... not only a few entrenched somewhere on either side.

 

Because it is easier to feel than it is to think.

 

And only a fool think that there should be no balance between what humanizes us all and what is practical.

We aren't robots.

 

Sorry feeling aren't what humanizes us. Every creature on God's green earth feels to some extent. What differentiates us from everyother creature - what makes us human is our ability to examine our feelings and determine whether or not those feelings produce an effective solution to the problem at hand. And they don't far more often that they do.

Barack Obama 2012: 4 more years!! (Hey, Governor Etch-A-Sketch: Corporations aren't people.) Taxing people FAIRLY, is the RIGHT thing to do.

GEt back to me when you are ready to clse down the New York times editorial page....

 

So many like the Democratic Party because they are the best at bull-hitting and twisting the facts. And ever notice how their response to articles and posts on forums never seem to offer reasons for disagreeing with a Republicans post but instead they just call the poster names? They are really good at it and Republicans could really learn from them on how to do it. Republicans need to take the gloves off and get down to their level. We need to stop trying to give factual information and attack their rediculous unfactual comments.

 

how cudnt you like them? they are the opposition to a hateful group of old white people who are fooling half the country into voting for them so they can preserve their wealth while keeping most citizens down by blatant lies and tons of propaganda...

 

Simple: Millions of Americans are imbeciles thanks to rotten teachers' unions.

 

Both parties are corrupted the core.

But that said I think most people can relate to democrats more because their ideology is not from 1960s.
Examples - Gay Rights, Women Rights, etc etc.

As the Republican party wants to hold on to all the power for the rich. (Not just white just rich in general)

Democrats are notorious for being bad with money, look at Obama managed to double our national debt.(Excluding Bill Clinton, he is my idea president even though I'm more republican)

Republicans known for being war mongers but good with money, what a quagmire.

This country needs a new party not full of greed or unrealistic ideas, we need America back, or a new 21st century America.

 

Pie Charts without specifics are no source worth considering. Besides, since the Government is a Representative Government, it is most important to know what % of our current and most recent Representatives have actually been in Military, especially what % of the Republicans who like to put the American flag in their lapel pockets at 911 ceremony, implying themselves to be more patriotic than their Democrat counterparts.

Turns out that quite a lot of those patriotic Republican reps, and their shrills on radio, like Hannidy and Rush Limbaugh, have never served, or figured out an underhanded way to avoid the draft, at the same time they were calling for others to go fight.

Clinton, of course, is a draft dodger (which is why Reps like him), but at least he had guts enough to protest the Vietnam war as a reason, unlike Boehner and Mitch McConnell, who are just staight up weasels. The majority of other Democrat representatives, however, DID go to Vietnam or to Korea, and served with distinction while the majority of the current and recent Republican Congressmen, used lowlife weasel method to avoid service.

The exceptions, like Senator John McCain, I wholeheartedly give credit too. True patriotic types, who I can respect even though they are in the wrong party. But not Mitch McConnell, not Boehner, and not all the other weasels listed in the source I provided, which is speciific and accurate.

Source once again: http://www.awolbush.com/whoserved.html

 

Unemployment was 4.2% when Bush took office, before the Bush tax cuts.

It never got that low again.

 

Good thing Obama extended those tax cuts.

 

Quid pro quo for extending unemployment benefits.

But you're right, there is little evidence that they provided anything beneficial to the economy. They're main effects were to swell the offshore bank account of the 1$ and swell deficits and debt.

 

Should the role of government be to do what is best for the economy, or what is best for the individual?

 

So sorry, you fail again. Brainwashing has made you quick to jump to conclusions.

My source lists every Senator and Representative by name, including whether they had military service or combat service. You can check by Congressmans name, by state, by party. Here is an example http://www.whoserved.com/fullsenate.asp. Your source only lists selected politicians and is subjective and biased.

Please stop digging your hole deeper, it is becoming painful to watch.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaJD3EIXYdw

 

It can't do what is best for the individual because there is no best for every individual.

 

Of course there is a "best for every individual".

Prevent another nation from invading and enslaving the population. Provide equal, unbiased rule of law. Those 2 alone mean the difference between anarchy and functioning society.

 

The same is true about people who support republicans dude......There is no difference between far left and far right. They are greedy scum who need to be put in their place by the moderate majority.