• I was always raised to think that Republicans were about limited government, about individual liberty, about fiscal responsibility, about balanced budgets, about a wariness of military adventures abroad, about responsible encouragement to business.^ In his 1981 inaugural address, Republican President Ronald Reagan summed up his belief in limited government when he said, "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."
  • Republican Party (United States) - Information Overload Unit MARK 3 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC overload.ath.cx [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ The Republicans are more interested in regaining power than proposing a principled plan to limit government and allow the free market to operate according to capitalist principles.
  • Being the Angry Party Will Keep GOP Out of Power 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.frumforum.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ In his 1981 Inaugural Address, Republican President Ronald Reagan summed up his belief in limited government when he said, "In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."
  • Life long republicans switching to the democratic party in Kansas 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC digg.com [Source type: Original source]
  • Republican Party (United States) - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  • Republican Party (United States) at AllExperts 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  .There's a whole list of things I thought the Republican Party was all about, and these guys that presently occupy the White House, are categorically against every single one of those things.^ I thought Obama was against all that sort of thing.
  • DNC Considering Caucuses For FL & MI 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC mydd.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ It takes time to do all these things.
  • Why did WWII happen ? - SciForums.com 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.sciforums.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ These guys (yeah, all guys!
  • June 12, 2008: Good Guys Day; Update and Action Open Thread — puma pac 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC blog.pumapac.org [Source type: General]
  
  .So if they're Republicans, I'm not.^ Republicans relied on obstructionism when in the minority before, so of course they're going to rely on it when in the minority today.
  • "Voice of the opposition": Fox News openly advocates against Democratic Congress, White House | Media Matters for America 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC mediamatters.org [Source type: General]
  
  ^ They're planning not to ask any Republican votes.
  • "Voice of the opposition": Fox News openly advocates against Democratic Congress, White House | Media Matters for America 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC mediamatters.org [Source type: General]
  
  ^ They're just as bad as the Republicans.
  • Life long republicans switching to the democratic party in Kansas 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC digg.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  But I'm really not a very comfortable Democrat. .I mean the Democrats in the last elections proved themselves to be a bunch of dithering pussies...^ "Senate Minority Leader Ed Worley, D-Richmond, said: “This is a huge victory for the Senate Democratic caucus and a huge loss for the Republican Senate caucus.” “The Democrats have won the last two special elections.
  • The Democratic Party 20 September 2009 5:48 UTC www.democrats.org [Source type: News]
  
  ^ The other democratic opposition parties (Civic Alliance, Democratic Party, and Serbian Democratic Party) advocated a boycott of last fall's Serbian presidential and parliamentary elections and have been severely demoralized both by the international community's recognition of the results and by the results themselves.
  • Serbia: Democratic Alternatives | United States Institute of Peace 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.usip.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ As I said I'm really a Democrat and this proves that she will lose in the general election.
  • Election Central | Talking Points Memo | A Word On Yesterday's Hillary-Obama Delegate Dust-Up 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: General]
  
  and it was pathetic. .So I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone.^ I can't wait until the actual day of Jan.
  • Organizing for America | Alabama for Obama 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC my.barackobama.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ When they succeed, you look back on “one person, one vote, once.” Our situation is getting worse by the day, but maybe, just maybe, our vision is improving.
  • The Republican Party Can Go To Hell !!! 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.freerepublic.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ The main hurdle was the districting system in the House that made over 90 percent of the seats "safe" for one party or the other.
  • Democratic Party (United States) - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: Original source]
  
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  • John Perry Barlow, in "John Perry Barlow: Wyoming's Estimated Prophet" - interview with Aaron Davis in Planet JH Weekly (28 July 2005)

• The Democratic party is a vast body of confusion, sprawling between the Bay of Disorder and the dreaded Chaotic Pics.^ Democratic Party Platform of 1908 July 7, 1908 .
  • Democratic Party Platforms: Democratic Party Platform of 1908 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.presidency.ucsb.edu [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ A political cartoon by Thomas Nast in an 1870 edition of Harper's Weekly revived the donkey as a symbol for the Democratic Party.
  • U.s._democratic_party encyclopedia topics | Reference.com 20 September 2009 5:48 UTC www.reference.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Religion was a major dividing line between the parties before 1960 , with Catholics and evangelical Protestants heavily Democratic and mainline Northern Protestants heavily Republican.
  • Republican Party (United States) at AllExperts 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  .It is bounded on the North by the United Auto Workers and on the South by the Ku Klux Klan.^ The international headquarters of the United Auto Workers employs more than 2,000 people.
  • The economic crisis and the resurgence of class conflict in the United States 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.wsws.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ The re-emergence of the Democratic Party in the South was engineered by the Ku Klux Klan and allied individuals.
  • A Brief History of the Democratic Party by William P. Meyers, HTML format 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.iiipublishing.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ In Maryland , the National Black Republican Association ran radio ads claiming that Martin Luther King was a Republican and that Democrats founded the Ku Klux Klan.
  • Democratic Party (Harper's Magazine) 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC harpers.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  [..] .The Democratic Party was born in 1932. It gave the country four deals.^ However, as years passed and memories waned, African Americans began drifting to the Democratic Party, as Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs gave economic relief to all minorities, including African Americans and Hispanics.
  • Will Derrick Brooks run for state Senate? 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC blogs.tampabay.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ These are four of the main "progressive" sites on the Web, and account for much of the Democratic Party's organization and fund-raising.
  • Left could push pro-Israel voters to GOP - Jennifer Rubin - Politico.com 20 September 2009 5:48 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ November 6, 2006 - This weekend the Ohio Democratic Party teamed up with College Democrats of America to bring students from all over the country to Ohio for a weekend of GOTV activities.
  • The Democratic Party 20 September 2009 5:48 UTC www.democrats.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  .These were the New Deal; the Fair Deal, which was the New Deal with hardened arteries; the New Frontier, which was the New Deal with a face lift; and the Great Society, which was the New Deal with hardened arteries, a fallen face lift and a Vietnamese accent.^ The New Deal Coalition collapsed in the mid 1960s in the face of urban riots, the Vietnam war, and the disillusionment that the New Deal could be revived by Lyndon Johnson's Great Society.
  • Republican Party (United States) - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ Goldwater blamed the magnitude of his defeat on the assassination of John F. Kennedy a year before the election, and on Johnson running a campaign of smears.The New Deal Coalition collapsed in the mid 1960s in the face of urban riots, the Vietnam war, and the disillusionment that the New Deal could be revived by Lyndon Johnson's Great Society.
  • Republican Party (United States) at AllExperts 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ Associated with the New Left in the minds of its enemies was Lyndon Johnson 's Great Society , an attempt to go beyond the New Deal and extend social democracy in the United States.
  • United States of America@Everything2.com 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC everything2.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  [..] .The Democratic Party is a party of principle.^ Under God, and for these ends and upon these principles, we do establish and adopt this Charter of the Democratic Party of the United States of America.
  • Charter and The Bylaws of the Democratic Party 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.cftech.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ The Cousins Court relied upon the principle that "[t]he National Democratic Party and its adherents enjoy a constitutionally protected right of political association."
  • 450 US 107 Democratic Party of United States v. Wisconsin C | Open Jurist 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC openjurist.org [Source type: Original source]
  • Democratic Party of United States v. Wisconsin ex rel. La Follette, 450 U.S. 107 (1981), U.S. Supreme Court - vLex 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC supreme.vlex.com [Source type: Original source]
  • DEMOCRATIC PARTY V. WISCONSIN EX REL. LA FOLLETTE, 450 U. S. 107 (1981) -- US Supreme Court Cases from Justia & Oyez 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC supreme.justia.com [Source type: Original source]
  • FindLaw | Cases and Codes 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC caselaw.lp.findlaw.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Since President Fillmore, the Democrats and Republicans have established themselves as the major two parties in accordance with the principles of Duverger’s law.
  • The Republican Party Can Go To Hell !!! 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.freerepublic.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  .It will sacrifice anybody to remain the principal party of the United States.^ Political parties , United States.
  • Democracy and the Party System in the United States by M. Ostrogorski at Questia Online Library 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.questia.com [Source type: Academic]
  
  ^ The core remains the same, the United States.
  • Banks and the proprietary trading that is an unfair conflict of interest, destabilizing, and is absolutely a form of insider trading « Cricketdiane’s Weblog 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC cricketdiane.wordpress.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ Political parties in the United States .
  • Republican Party (United States) - Information Overload Unit MARK 3 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC overload.ath.cx [Source type: Original source]
  • United States Democratic-Republican Party - Discussion and Encyclopedia Article. Who is United States Democratic-Republican Party? What is United States Democratic-Republican Party? Where is United States Democratic-Republican Party? Definition of United States Democratic-Republican Party. Meaning of United States Democratic-Republican Party. 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.knowledgerush.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  [..] .Democratic Party's favorite hobbies are winning, Texas and exhaustion.^ Only a third of Democratic Party uncommitted superdelegates care whether Obama can win in November (April 20) http://tinyurl.com/3wxh9n .
  • June 11, 2008: Update and Open Action Thread — puma pac 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC blog.pumapac.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ The Democratic Party is committed to winning elections at every level in every region of the country, and we're getting started right now with a...
  • The Democratic Party 20 September 2009 5:48 UTC www.democrats.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ Building the party infrastructure in all 50 states has allowed the Democratic Party to compete and win in the upcoming election.
  • The Democratic Party 20 September 2009 5:48 UTC www.democrats.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  [..] .What would happen to the Democratic Party if they were to lose the election this year?^ The Democratic Party was responsible for the election...
  • Democratic party Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Democratic party 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  • Democratic Party – FREE Democratic Party information | Encyclopedia.com: Find Democratic Party research 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ But a Democratic party, as you said, would be too much, so where are they going?
  • politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Gallup shows Obama with a 13% NH lead 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC politicalbetting.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ It will claim many Democrats in this election year.
  • June 11, 2008: Update and Open Action Thread — puma pac 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC blog.pumapac.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  .The same thing that happened to it the last time it lost.^ That’s a particular problem with politics as many of the things that do happen, take place during working hours on weekdays - exactly the time I’m unable to act.
  • politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » How much can you make from political betting? 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC politicalbetting.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ I was saying the same thing to a friend of mine last night.
  • DNC Considering Caucuses For FL & MI 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC mydd.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Whatever the payoff period may be, three things must happen within that time.
  • Constitution Party Platform 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.constitutionparty.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .It would sit in the wings until the Republican Party wiped itself out again and the return with the New Deal.^ In fact the Republican Party's progressive wing grew during the New Deal.
  • A Brief History of the Democratic Party by William P. Meyers, HTML format 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.iiipublishing.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ The Republican approach has played itself out.
  • Clinton’s fuzzy math on votes | WE Blog | Wichita Eagle Blogs 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC blogs.kansas.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ Sitting Republicans, of course, will be out.
  • June 12, 2008: Good Guys Day; Update and Action Open Thread — puma pac 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC blog.pumapac.org [Source type: General]
  
  .As long as nobody cuts the cards, it can go on forever.^ But they've been at that forever, and diminishing returns along with a general distrust of Republicans would go a long way toward combating these tactics.
  • Election Central | Talking Points Memo | A Word On Yesterday's Hillary-Obama Delegate Dust-Up 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ Nixon may feel that it’s his turn now, after the New Deal and the Fair Deal –but before he deals, someone’s going to cut the cards.
  • Divided We Stand United We Fall: The Generic Democratic Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC westanddivided.blogspot.com [Source type: General]
  
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  • Russell Baker, "Observer: The Democrats in a Nutshell", The New York Times, 22 August, 1968.
  • Baker's predictions came true with appearance of the New Covenant and the New New Deal.

• Democrats don't get criticized for anything.^ Prange New York Times co.
  • United States of America@Everything2.com 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC everything2.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ New York and New Jersey came later.
  • CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The United States of America 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ The New York Times did a story.
  • Susan Says 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC cs.sbtv.com [Source type: General]
  
  .I mean I could probably drive a woman off a bridge in a car, if I were a Democrat, and get elected.^ Laid off workers will then have to look for another job, collect unemployment, could lose their home or car.
  • CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Campaign Map -- Back to the Future 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ In the South only Democrats could be elected to office.
  • A Brief History of the Democratic Party by William P. Meyers, HTML format 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.iiipublishing.com [Source type: Original source]
  
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  • Rush Limbaugh, referring to Ted Kennedy's political survival after the Chappaquiddick Incident, on The Rush Limbaugh Show (25 September 2009)

• The Democrats have moved to the right, and the Republicans have moved to a mental hospital.^ Politically, this is an absolutely brilliant move for the Democrats.
  • FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Opt Me Out of Public Option Purism 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.fivethirtyeight.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Yesterday on the Chris Matthews Hardball show Congressman Hunter received an endorsement from someone completely unacceptable to every single democrat AND REPUBLICAN I spoke with!
  • MySpace - Liberal Democratic Party of the United States - 60 - Hombre - BETHPAGE, NEW YORK - myspace.com/progressiverevolution 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.myspace.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ After more than ten years since Senator Ted Kennedy introduced the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, civil rights leaders joined Democratic Senators in celebration of this historic legislation.
  • Democrats.senate.gov - Senator Harry Reid, Majority Leader 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC democrats.senate.gov [Source type: News]
  
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  • Bill Maher, as quoted in "Johann Hari: Republicans, religion and the triumph of unreason", The Independent (19 August 2009)

• The Democrats just never learn: Americans don't really care which side of an issue you're on as long as you don't act like pussies.^ We just don't like it.
  • JREF Presidency Poll [Archive] - JREF Forum 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC forums.randi.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ You don't really think it was Democrats that won that election do you?
  • Hillary: Southern Belle 2.0 [Archive] - AppleInsider 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC forums.appleinsider.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ She acts like she has all the experience when really she hasn't been a senator all that long.
  • Say hello to our next president... [Archive] - The Superhero Hype! Boards 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC forums.superherohype.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  When Van Jones called the Republicans assholes, he was paying them a compliment. .He was talking about how they can get things done even when they're in the minority, as opposed to the Democrats, who can't seem to get anything done even when they control both houses of Congress, the presidency, and Bruce Springsteen.^ Who will the 2008 Democratic candidate for President be?
  • Who will the 2008 Democratic candidate for President be? | Hubdub 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.hubdub.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ From 1960 until 1968 the Democrats controlled Congress and the Presidency.
  • A Brief History of the Democratic Party by William P. Meyers, HTML format 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.iiipublishing.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ So, they're debating on how to debate.
  • Live Blogging the Voting Rights Debate: Round 2 - DCist 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC dcist.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
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  • Bill Maher, in "New Rule: Float Like Obama, Sting Like Ali" at The Huffington Post (11 September 2009)

• When Democrats rush up to me at events and insist that we live in the worst of political times, that a creeping fascism is closing its grip around our throats, I may mention the internment of Japanese Americans under FDR, the Alien and Sedition Acts under John Adams, or a hundred years of lynching under several dozen administrations as having been possibly worse, and suggest we all take a deep breath.^ Obama wins Democratic nomination = 4 more years of Republican rule.
  • Did Obama win more delegates? - First Read - msnbc.com 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC firstread.msnbc.msn.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ It takes time to do all these things.
  • Why did WWII happen ? - SciForums.com 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.sciforums.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ I’m liking the guy more and more all the time.
  • June 12, 2008: Good Guys Day; Update and Action Open Thread — puma pac 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC blog.pumapac.org [Source type: General]
  
  .When people at dinner parties ask me how I can possibly operate in the current political environment, with all the negative campaigning and personal attacks, I may mention Nelson Mandela, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, or some guy in a Chinese or Egyptian prison somewhere.^ Many people may be asking themselves, what is the Mountain Party's platform?
  • Green Party of the United States | Press Releases 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC green.gpus.org [Source type: News]
  
  ^ It's all about campaign operations now.
  • Election Central | Talking Points Memo | A Word On Yesterday's Hillary-Obama Delegate Dust-Up 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ Nelson Mandela Qunu South Africa, political prisoner (ANC) .
  • The Daily Almanac - July 2006 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC home.earthlink.net [Source type: General]
  
  .In truth, being called names is not such a bad deal.^ It also implies that God endorsed slavery (or, at least, opposed slaves revolting against being such), or else the slaves wouldn't have had to make a deal with the devil.
  • FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Haiti and United States Inextricably Linked 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.fivethirtyeight.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ That’s because jimmymac’s empty threats, lies, false ad hominems, name-calling, and wild arm flailings are weaker than the facts and truth.
  • Open thread 5/23 | WE Blog | Wichita Eagle Blogs 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC blogs.kansas.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ People are scared to condemn Israel when they do something bad for fear of being called an anti-Semite.
  • Left could push pro-Israel voters to GOP - Jennifer Rubin - Politico.com 20 September 2009 5:48 UTC www.politico.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
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  • Barack Obama, in The Audacity of Hope (2006)

• You've got to be optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one.^ You are one of our last hopes.
  • June 11, 2008: Update and Open Action Thread — puma pac 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC blog.pumapac.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ President-elect Barack Obama Democratic .
  • United States presidential election, 2008 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.nichecreator.com [Source type: News]
  
  ^ Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee .
  • June 11, 2008: Update and Open Action Thread — puma pac 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC blog.pumapac.org [Source type: Original source]
  
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  • Will Rogers, in the Good Gulf radio show (24 June 1934)

• I am not a member of any organized party — I am a Democrat.^ Democratic Party : 49 members.
  • 110th United States Congress 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.nichecreator.com [Source type: Academic]
  
  ^ This is a primary complaint of many members of the Green Party , leading some Greens , such as David Cobb , to declare, "The Democratic Party is where progressive politics go to die."
  • The Ultimate Democratic Party (United States) - American History Information Guide and Reference 31 January 2010 14:17 UTC www.historymania.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Granite 08-24-2008, 03:44 AM The "Big Party" for the Democrats and Republicans known as the conventions kick off on monday.
  • 2008 United States Presidential Race [Archive] - Movie-List Forum 9 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.movie-list.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  • Will Rogers, as quoted in Will Rogers, Ambassador of Good Will, Prince of Wit and Wisdom (1935)

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