What makes you Dem/Repub/Indep?

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And I agree with Don yet again.

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Okay...I agree with don about 90% of the time, the other 10%...I'm more liberal than he. (Didn't always used to be the case).

This party has always stood up for the individual over the collective, opportunity/empowerment (Clinton didn't come up with a new idea, he co-opted one) and to provide a safety net (though not excessive). It stood against tax and spend policies and class warfare.

When the party strays, I won't support its candidate. Simple as that.

Dixiecrats seem to be against these general themes, and are an infection in this party. They have only joined the GOP because the Democrats are no longer a viable vehicle to espouse their principles.

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What are the Democrats like down there?

I've always heard they weren't really ideological...just a "Keep the Bastards Honest" Party

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My kind of party.

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Meh. I think I could tolerate those planks given what the Labor and Liberal Parties have to offer.

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I vote against the people the religious vote for.  Simple.

I still find it amazing that reasonable people could stay in the GOP, tainted as it is by hate and intolerance.   

I don't know who you're talking about, but give em a break...you only jumped ship a couple months ago.

For everyone one of the reasonable people that leaves, the GOP moves further and further right. Personally, I think an even distribution of reasonable people between the 2 parties is the best solution, not a high concentration in one party and low in the other.