Without trying to be too confrontational:
The Revolution was about lowering taxes.
Labor Laws are the thing that has undermined the need for unions.
Louisiana Purchase. Huh?!??!
Cumberland Road. Again. Huh?!!?
I suppose going into heavy debt is a typically Liberal approach to anything, so getting cash from someone else is a Liberal idea. Bleeding the French White and causing the downfall of that Monarchy was typical of Liberal planning in that they wanted what they wanted and cared little about the consequences.
Wasn't Lincoln a Republican? Who issued the Emancipation Proclaimation?
Higher Education. Hmmm... Maybe we need to check with Alexander the Great. I believe he recieved higher education.
Also, going into debt to fight wars, which many conservatives supported, is the same.
Tom Clancy is right, both parties are the same essentially
Absolutely not.
On one side, you have a monolithic, nearly all white party of pretty much the same religion. Their best interests are them.
On the other hand, you have a political party that is a true coalition made up of nearly everyone else, an extremely wide variety of people. Blacks against gay rights, conservatives against women's rights. Many members of the Democratic party are against other members. The fact that they manage to work together is a perfect example of what America is all about.
No way can you compare the two parties. It's just not possible in any meaningful way.
Not knowing about a group and condemning it is bigotry, no?
I am white, agnostic, pro-choice, college educated, pro equal rights for all, suspiscious of any power center, cynical regarding any do gooder's motives and pretty much against the intrusion of government into my business.
I agree with most of our legilators that the laws they pass are useless. I think they should not have been passed. They refuse to enforce them.
Our strutting, posturing, lying, larcenous and double dealing representatives are over paid, over rated, under ethiced and under the table.
If you think that the laws they pass are just and wise and that they deserve more power, you are a Liberal. Also naive.
If you think the laws they pass are passed to decieve and to centralize power unnecessarily and that their power should be curtailed and limited, you are a Conservative.
Any particular issue can be reduced to this simple question: "Who will pay for this?"