As you can tell, even if you're new to the blog, I haven't had an entry in a while. Its not my fault! I've tried a few times to write something, but I kept deleting it because it wasn't encompassing what I wanted to get at. Who knows. Maybe this will be the same...
Right now, I'm actually trying to survey some people I know that represent both extremes of the political spectrum in America - the left wing liberal and the right wing conservative. Once I'm able to gather their responses to me simple and broad questions, I plan on summarizing it all here on this blog. I'm trying to determine if people actually know why they suppoert given political parties. For instance, I'm convinced that many people that supported Obama in November did not even know why they supported him. I contend that people were brainwashed - whether by the media or their peers - to support certain political platforms, without actually researching them or fully understanding to issues. Before you attack this claim, understand that I also contend that this same concept applies to those that supported Sen. McCain, as well. In many ways, McCain's failed presidential run is an even better example of this, since few, if any, of his platforms actually represented conservatism, yet conservatives supported him regardless.
I'm trying to gather from my "test subjects" answers to the following questions:
As a liberal/conservative, what is it about the democratic/republican party that you support? What does it mean to be a liberal/conservative? Conversely, what does it mean to be a conservative/liberal (the opposing view point). What is it about the Republican/Domecratic party (opposing view point) that you do not support?
Once I have all this info gathered, I'll ost a summry here, along with my personal take on the results....
i do NOT support all this bailout crap! where's the free economy that our country was founded on?!
ReplyDeleteAs a liberal, what is it about the democratic party that you support? As a Liberal, I support a progressive platform of change in term of social issues such as gay marriage, stem cell research, increasing minimum wage to keep pace with inflation, a national healthcare system with the choice to keep your current insurance if you wish, abortion rights, just to name a few.
ReplyDeleteWhat does it mean to be a liberal? As a liberal I believe in a progressive agenda that does not remain stagnant but rather changes and adjusts to reform and meet the needs of the people and the country to avoid adverse situations.
Conversely, what does it mean to be a conservative? I believe that the conservative approach is to stand by and let the chips fall where they may with little or no intervention at all. I do not believe in this approach.
What is it about the Republican (opposing view point) that you do not support? In addition to the issues I named in the first question I also do not believe in their income tax proposals such as a flat tax, consumption tax or the types of tax cuts given by the Bush Administration (lower capitol gains taxes). I disagree with their relaxed position on gun control. I would prefer there be a ban on assault rifles and machine guns.