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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 10:18 AM
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Stop arguing the "Labels". Decide where YOU stand on the issues!
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Labels are misleading. Just take a look at some of the threads in GDPolitics. One man's "Centrist" is another man's "Fascist". The practice of using these labels (Left, Right, Center) is confusing because the Center moves with each election as the Parties reposition themselves. It can be safe to cloak yourself behind a Centrist label, but where do you really stand on the issues? After all, it is the issues that matter, not some ambiguous label.


Do you believe that:

*Free Trade Policies have been wonderful for America and we need more of the same

*that "Tax incentives" can provide a strong enough economic alternative to keep Corporations in America when competing with the Slave Labor offered in 3rd World countries

*That organized LABOR is bad for America

*that protecting American Jobs and American based Industry is bad

*That the POOR are lazy and deserve what they get. That nothing motivates like hungry kids

*That Tax credits will provide all the necessary HealthCare for ALL Americans. That if an American wants good HealthCare, he should just "buy in" to the same plan that Congress uses

*That the USA should stay in Iraq until we "win", and that we need to INCREASE the size of our military presence in Iraq

*that we need to EXPAND our Military and INCREASE the Defense Budget

*that Corporations are entitled to MORE power, and the Working American less

*that if your Mom and Pop business or Farm can't compete with the Global Wal-Marts, you should just learn a new trade

*that government oversight and regulation of Big Business just hurts America




If you believe in the above, then you should support the DLC, because that is where the self-proclaimed Centrists, (the DLC, New Democrats, Clinton Democrats, 3rd Way Democrats, PPI) stand on the issues.

If you don't believe in the above,
go here:
http://www.pdamerica.org /



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  -Stop arguing the "Labels". Decide where YOU stand on the issues! bvar22  Jul-26-05 10:18 AM   #0 
  - Is that DLC or the FreeRepublic?  Vash the Stampede   Jul-26-05 10:22 AM   #1 
  - The above was the Democratic Party Platform for 2004.  bvar22   Jul-26-05 10:27 AM   #4 
  - Yes, the PDA is a terrific organization, and it's making  Lydia Leftcoast   Jul-26-05 10:24 AM   #2 
  - Excellent to know individual issues and avoid labels.  dmordue   Jul-26-05 10:27 AM   #3 
  - Wow, Bill Clinton this and Bill Clinton that  TheFarseer   Jul-26-05 11:42 AM   #5 
  - I would NEVER kick my own thread.  bvar22   Jul-26-05 01:32 PM   #6 
  - kick  bloom   Jul-26-05 06:41 PM   #7 
  - DLC supports CAFTA  unlawflcombatnt   Jul-27-05 11:08 PM   #8 
 

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