This Board's Democrats vs. This Board's Republicans vs. This Boards Libertarians

[MK]

Dems.

[MK]

libertarians = wacky ideals

Republicans = see Bush years

Democrats =  see 1990's

[MK]

That's not what the topic is about.

It's about posters.  Forum posters are not the same as current party leaders.

OK.

Iam the perfect electable type of Democrat. 

[MK]

Not libertarians cause you need some government to help maintain structure.

You are confusing libertarians with anarchists again.  Please stop.  Libertarians don't want NO govt, we want LESS govt.  Huge difference.

Yes, you guys want NO Govt period. 

[MK]

The Libertarian candidate this year was hardly the standardbearer for the anarchist wing, anyway.

lol Barr

Totally made my vote so easy.  Barr was too pathetic to even warrant a protest vote

Not voting for Barr was easier than breathing for me.  I voted Libertarian for my Congressional race though

Whats with the Obama tag then Lunar?

I looked at you as the leader of the Obama voters on here, I guess NOT.

[MK]

I'm the leader?

I'm "in the tank" for Obama, but I don't know about leading for him.

My ballot itself was 33% Republican, 33% Democrat, and 33% Libertarian

Just change your avar to Yellow already then  LOL

Libertarians scare me with their views.

[MK]

Is this just a fight thread now?

[MK]

Is this just a fight thread now?

     This seems to have been happening a lot lately, actually. You'd expect the arguments to be cooling off after the election, not heating up.

Bitterness.

[MK]

I respect libertarians just like I try to go out of my way to respect to the Gopers here by finding common ground on issues ( in most cases iam more conservative then soft republicans).  I just think libertarianism would be dangerous in todays America. We need controls and regulations to keep the order, because leaving everything in the hands of the folks don't always work out so great. I have nothing but pure  admiration of both parties.  But the Democrats here are better suited to run the country.

[MK]

I respect libertarians just like I try to go out of my way to respect to the Gopers here by finding common ground on issues ( in most cases iam more conservative then soft republicans).  I just think libertarianism would be dangerous in todays America. We need controls and regulations to keep the order, because leaving everything in the hands of the folks don't always work out so great. I have nothing but pure  admiration of both parties.  But the Democrats here are better suited to run the country.

Go dems! hooray!

Would make a great Democratic convention speech.

[MK]

Randomly selected? Libertarians or Republicans then. Most of the Democrats here are staunch liberals or even socialists.

How so?

[MK]

A lot of the D-regulars like JSJourner, Lief, jFern, GMantis, etc. trend towards the HARD left economically. They're basically 'Social Democrats,' self-identified or not. Plus this forum is significantly to the left of the american discourse in general. In some ways that's great, in others not so much.

They are not socalist.

Maybe they care about helping people, unlike the republicans here who are cold hearted in that area.

[MK]

A lot of the D-regulars like JSJourner, Lief, jFern, GMantis, etc. trend towards the HARD left economically. They're basically 'Social Democrats,' self-identified or not. Plus this forum is significantly to the left of the american discourse in general. In some ways that's great, in others not so much.

Yeah I hate Obama supporters, all being economic leftists and all

Its not socialism, its having care about those who don't have much.

[MK]

Maybe they care about helping people, unlike the republicans here who are cold hearted in that area.

From what I've seen many of the Republicans here are actually significantly more moderate than the party leadership. People like Soult, Andrew, Torie, etc. would be accused of being RINOs in the current climate. Like I said, the forum tilts left.

Also not viewing government intervention as practical or desirable /=/ selfishness.

A lot of the D-regulars like JSJourner, Lief, jFern, GMantis, etc. trend towards the HARD left economically. They're basically 'Social Democrats,' self-identified or not. Plus this forum is significantly to the left of the american discourse in general. In some ways that's great, in others not so much.

Yeah I hate Obama supporters, all being economic leftists and all

Its not socialism, its having care about those who don't have much.

I would call heavy taxation, large work/entitlement programs, bail outs, protectionism, etc. social democratic policies. Which basically makes it 'diet' socialism. Not significant ownership of industry, but heavy redistribution of wealth and regulation.

This stump speech worked out well for Mac.

[MK]

McCain was never that coherent or articulate about his agenda, unfortunately.

Anyway, I don't have a total laissez-faire attitude on economic issues. I'm a big supporter of universal healthcare and oppose making the bush tax cuts permanent, for example. Basically I'm not all that different from the DLC types like Bill Clinton.

Why are you calling your fellow democrats socialist?  Unless you didn't know red means democrat?

[MK]

Red doesn't mean Democrat. The other side took that color awhile back, Leip is just too stubborn to change it. I call them 'socialistic' because, again, a lot of them clearly have 'social democratic' views.

Socialism is not as bad as most people make it out to be.

[MK]

Red doesn't mean Democrat. The other side took that color awhile back, Leip is just too stubborn to change it. I call them 'socialistic' because, again, a lot of them clearly have 'social democratic' views.

Socialism is not as bad as most people make it out to be.

Not that anybody is  in favor of socialism.


Lets stop tossing the "S" word around already.