Define "Democrat." Define "Republican."

[elperromagico]

[Horushawk]

1. Answer below

Democrat = Communist

Republican = Fascist

[Maraya1969]

2. I just did in my "Hannity" A**Hole thread

Republic: mutant clumps of moecules that fell together on a trash heap

Democrat: everyone else

[AP]

3. Democrats believe that political, economic and cultural power should

flow down to the people and broadly, which in turns creates a stronger, safer, more prosperous America. In other words, Democrats believe that FDR was exactly right about everything.

Republicans believe that a better America results from power flowing up to the top of a steeply-sided pyramid to a few people. In other words, Republicans believe in a kind of economic royalism.

[flamin lib]

7. I like AP's definition. The parties are defined by the platform

and AP comes pretty close.

Interesting anecdote. When my father-in-law died I was unpacking the attic. Many of the items stored there were put away shortly after WWII and were wrapped in newspaper. As I unwrapped stuff I enjoyed reading the headlines one of which was the the Republican party was pushing for an income tax cut. The year? 1948. The tax rate? As I recall it was 4% or some other ridiculous number.

The more things change, the more they stay the same . . .

[quinnox]

4. To put it simply

and overgeneralized:

Dems= for the poor and middle class, compassion, on the side of the worker not big business, socialistic

Repubs= for the rich and established classes, big business is supreme, little to no concern for the poor and needy or other "failures"

[EC]

6. ADDED TO

To put it simply"
Posted by quinnox
and overgeneralized:

Dems= for the poor and middle class, compassion, on the side of the worker not big business, socialistic BELIEVES IN CREATING WEALTH FOR ALL.

Repubs= for the rich and established classes, big business is supreme, little to no concern for the poor and needy or other "failures" THAT THEY CREATE.

[jdots]

5. too easy

republicans = turd maggots
democrats = non turd maggots
there is probably a definition in an old dictionary before they
were changed to comply with turd maggot speak.

[mbee]

8. Democrats can think outside the box and want to process as much

information on a given subject. Republicans already have their minds made up in most cases and don't want to be confused with the facts. They are much more easily dummed down because they will just blindly follow.

[AP]

9. I think the Republicans thought outside the box and that's how they won 04

Have to say, first, I hate that phrase. But, anyway, Democrats did GOTV as they've always done it in '04. Republicans out-thought Democrats and came up with some really smart ways to reach non-Republicans and to reach Republicans who are hard to reach through the standard channels (voter reg lists).

They advertised in gyms, for one. They discovered that conservative women love Will & Grace, so they advertized on Will & Grace (in syndication). They found out what kinds of magazines people likely to vote for them subscribe to, and used that information to put together direct mail lists. They did dozens of things nobody has ever tried.

I know you're talking about typical Republican voters, but I think it's still unhelpful to think that Democrats are just smarter than Repubicans, especially when Republicans are actually behaving in a way that suggest that they might actually be more creative.

What Republicans actually do well is to tap into the feeling among their likely voters that there's something more important than voting in their own best interests, and they really get a lot of people on board with their conservative values even though it's obvious that those same voters are not helped by adhering to those values.

[leyton]

10. It's the hundred year gap:

Republicans want policies that will return us to the obsolete world of fifty years ago.

Democrats want policies that will make the world a better place for the people fifty years in the future.

[TexasLawyer]

11. From UrbanDictionary.com

This is one of the best sites around if you want a quick laugh. And who doesn't now and then?

Here are some of the first few definitions of "Republican" from UD for DU:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=republican&r=f

1. republican
An individual who believes that the white male Christian God should be the only object of worship on the planet, that power and wealth should remain in the hands of 1% of the world's population while the remaining 99% starve, that health care should be privatized so the poor can't afford basic medication, that a rape victim living on welfare should be forced to care for a baby she didn't even ask for, and that America is the only real country on Earth while all those other countries they read about are just fakes invented by communists...oh wait, it's terrorists now, isn't it?

We can all hope that the standard of education in America improves to the point where a Republican can no longer be voted into office.
Source: Grimrider, Nov 27, 2002


2. republican
One who cuases almost %50 of this nations problems.
(For the cause of the other %50 see: Democrat)
Watch they say the same things and then say their ideas have more merrit, simply due to the name of their party.
Source: Wooooo, Dec 15, 2002


3. republican
Someone who supports the rights of the unborn, but won't fund stem cell research that could help the millions who are already here. The first one to protest abortion rights, and the first one willing to take a life through capital punishment. Someone who espouses personal freedom, and then tries to pass constitutional amendments to restrict it. Someone threatened by government surplus but unfazed by goverment deficits. Someone who is pro-business but anti-citizen. Someone who wants to take away the helping hand, after he's made it to safety. Someone who holds a cross in one hand and tries to burn it with the other.
He is such a Republican, hypocrisy will be the death of him yet.
Source: a Patriot, Aug 17, 2004



4. Republican
(Noun) Member of the United States' Republican Party, first emerging in the mid 1800s as an anti-slavery movement. Success of candidate Abraham Lincoln in the Presidential election of 1860 sparked the American Civil War. The party has since moved on to other issues. Republicans today are characterized by typically right-wing, conservative beliefs including but by no means limited to pro-business policies, lack of dependence on the government in daily life, religious convictions, and desire to outlaw what they deem socially undesirable actions.

(Adjective) Typical or characteristic of a Republican or the Republican party.
1. George W. Bush was the Republican candidate for President in 2004.

2. He holds Republican ideals.
Source: A Discount Brick, Nov 28, 2004


5. republican
A collection of low life, lying, four flushing sacks of wind and bullshit who have little regard for their fellow human beings. People who think that George W. Bush is the second coming or some other damn thing and that anyone who so much as looks at Bush funny is a traitor or terrorist sympathizer. People who have their noses so up in the air that they cannot see the disgust and contempt others have for them. War mongering pigs who want us to go into a bottomless pit for their dreams of military conquest, but their God forbid that money is given so that lower classes actually get ahead in life or have access to decent medical care. A collection of thugs who think that George W. Bush should be allowed to piss and shit all over the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
The mere sight of Bush and most Republicans makes me want to vomit.
Source: Jesse, Feb 11, 2005


6. Republican
An American incapable of understanding or speaking the truth. A person uniquely deserving to feel pain and humiliation.
George W. Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Tom Delay
Source: Dick Smith, Dec 23, 2004


7. republican
1. A group of bible thumping fuckwits who believe that white christian males are the only things that matter in the world. They will lie and cheat in order to get what they want. They are always racist and blame everything on the democratic leaders who were in office before, and then claim responsibility for every good thing that happens.

2. A racist white male.

3. An undereducated american who loves to hate minorities and scam and lie.

4. A Jackass
"n*ggers are 12% of the population, who the hell cares"

-Rush Limbaugh, prominent republican leader.
Source: SdLvX, Jan 3, 2005

[Freddie Stubbs]

12. Democrat: a member of the Democratic party

[applegrove]

13. Democrats like good information; Republicans like imparting bad info.

Democrat: believes corporations are there to be the tools of all human beings ... not just the elites.

Republicans: believe that if they face anything they do not like that it should be destroyed and the whole nation should be rebuilt in the image they choose.

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