This is going to piss a lot of you off, but I'm a Democrat.

[Stinky The Clown]

I'm not a non-aligned liberal or progressive who tends to vote for Democrats.

I'm a Democrat.

I'm not an antiwar activist who sees the Democrats as a better choice than the Republic Party to further my agenda.

I'm a Democrat.

I'm not an enviromentalist who sees the Democrats as friendlier to my objectives.

I'm a Democrat.

I am antiwar.
I am concerned deeply about my planet.
I am concerned about the poor.
I am concerned about rogue business interests being put ahead of the people's interest.
I'm concerned about the security of my country.
I'm concerned about governmental corruption.
I'm concerned about the loss of jobs.
That's just a short list sampler. I'm many other things, politically, but first and foremost ......

I'm a Democrat.

[ClassWarrior]

1. Hey! Me too!

:toast:

Never Give Up, fellow Democrat!

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Ditto. Lifelong.

[Skinner]

3. Word.

I, also, am a Democrat.

[bottomofthehill]

4. Wow, a Democrat at Democratic Underground

I am with you, but sometimes I am not sure that I am at DU

[blondeatlast]

5. Oh, hell. Great minds and all that. I was writing while you clicked the

"post" button: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2973377&mesg_id=2973377

[MadMaddie]

6. You must be reading my diary....so am I!!

:toast:

[dorktv]

7. Wait, people can be Democrats again?

yay!

[WildEyedLiberal]

8. K&R man

Kickass post.

[Auntie Bush]

9. So am I!

For all those exact same reasons.

Plus...I'm concerned about our constitution and our freedom!

[Hollow Shells]

10. Damn it!

I am so angry. I couldn't possible be more pissed at anyone more than I am at you right now! I am going to get you Husb2Sparkly!! Vengeance will be mine...

[Sadie5]

12. Me too

Alway been a Democrat.
A question: Where did the red signs that say "I donated to the 4th quarter" come from? I donated by mail.

[Heywood J]

58. I got one for

the third quarter when I used Paypal. As long as you identified yourself with your donation, they should be able to match your username when the donation's received, I'd guess.

[More Than A Feeling]

11. There was room for me in the Democratic Party when I was center-right

and there is room for me in the party now that I am left.

[k_jerome]

13. you are also a patriot. nt.

[Zensea]

14. I am an individual intertwined in a society

Identifying with any label gives you grief in the long run since change is a constant.

These aren't labels in the sense I mean --

"I am antiwar.
I am concerned deeply about my planet.
I am concerned about the poor.
I am concerned about rogue business interests being put ahead of the people's interest.
I'm concerned about the security of my country.
I'm concerned about governmental corruption.
I'm concerned about the loss of jobs."

Democrat is though.
What happens if other self-identified Democrats hold positions you don't agree with?
The answer can be seen here on DU every day (maybe not your answer, but the answer of many here).

Unfortunately it often seems that this sort of insight has little place on a political discussion board, whatever the variety of the board, Democratic, Republican, leftist, or freeper.
Pity.

[mzmolly]

15. Nice way to jump back in.

I AM A DEMOCRAT.

:hi:

[rucky]

16. Odd dichotomy:

You say "antiwar activist" and "environmentalist" like it's a bad thing. Upon reflection, I pick policy over party. It's a darn good thing I don't have to choose between the two.

[Stinky The Clown]

25. If you read the language as having negative connotations, that's your issue, not mine.

I specifically used the terming I did to imply one-issue people. I'm not saying they're wrong or that its a bad thing, but its narrow.

[JeffR]

17. Why do you hate America?

And why does that clown hate America?

[blueraven95]

18. me too

thank you for posting this.

[Up2Late]

19. This is supposed to make us angry?

I'm one too, yet I always end up living in Republican places, but I think my current neighborhood is mostly Democrat.

Hey, I just had a cool Idea!

For the 2008 Election, the DNC should make an "I Am a Democrat" commercial, like those "I Am an American" spots the Ad Council put out after 9/11. <http://www.adcouncil.org/default.aspx?id=141>

[Lisa0825]

35. Beautiful idea!

:yourock:

[leftofthedial]

20. You worm! How dare you?!?

Oh, uh, :sarcasm:

[Pushed To The Left]

21. K&R! I wasn't a Democrat when I joined DU back in early 2004

but I have been a Democrat ever since November of 2004 and I intend to stay that way!

[LittleClarkie]

22. What a coincidence. Ditto.

K&R

[hwmnbn]

23. Damn, I wanted to stand up and salute!!.....

Well said!!

[emulatorloo]

24. thnx for posting this -- Kicking for Dems! N/t

:kick: :dem: :kick:

[lostnotforgotten]

26. Which Means I Will Not Vote For War Candidates Like Hillary!

eom

[YOY]

27. So...how would that ever make me mad?

Same Here!

[kestrel91316]

28. Me, too. Unapologetically.

[Tom Joad]

29. I am a human.

[chill_wind]

36. LOL. Strange co-incidence. So am I. :-) nt

[DURHAM D]

30. Just today I stood up and said before you go further -

I am a Democrat.

I had to call my parents financial adviser in the middle of very red state (Kansas) to ask some questions regarding my parents financial matters. He went off on the awful changes that the Dems were going to cause to the tax/inheritance laws, blah, blah, blah. I stopped him in the middle of his rant and gently said "I am sure you don't hear this very often in your very red state but I am a Democrat".

He just started sucking air and could not respond. I let him hang for awhile and finally said - Ok, lets go on. Still he could not respond because he had been such an ass. I remained silent. Finally he apologized. I just said thank you. I made no attempt to make him feel better by saying - oh, that's ok. What an ass - probably assumes he is going to lose an account. He is right.

[GaYellaDawgDem]

45. Priceless...

What a MasterCard moment! I'm not sure I could have been so calm even with my meds!

[AdvancedProgress]

51. He deserves it...

He should lose an account. These people just think that everyone they come in contact with have the same opinion as they do, I deal with it all the time. I love their reactions when you explain your stance to them, they look like you kicked their dog.

:wtf:

[gristy]

31. Me too

I am a Democrat. Very simple.

[chill_wind]

32. "I am not a member of any organized political party."

I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.

- Will Rogers

We'll always be a herd of cats, a spectrum.

And that's what I cherish about us. The day we all start goosestepping in some lockstep cult worship of one single political authority, that's when I'll know I've died and gone to Hell-- and woken up in the party of the GOP. I'm not much on fealty oaths. To ANYONE.


From left to center, from "Anti-war activists and environmentalists, liberals and progressives" --all belong and compete to push important ideals and ideas--- and are no less Democratic for caring about policies that affect and matter to them and their families deeply.

There are no mythical generic "Democrats".

[WillyT]

33. Friggin Joiner !!!

:rofl::evilgrin::rofl:

[Lisa0825]

34. AMEN, brother!

:grouphug: :patriot: :kick:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

37. well, I'm mostly an anti-war hippy but I decided to take a break after WE kicked butt!

oh well, everyone needs a break

[calimary]

38. Good one!

Didn't piss me off in the least.

:toast:

[NMDemDist2]

39. *gasp*

hehe















me too pal! :pals:

[GeorgeGist]

40. I'm sorry...

you thought this would piss me off.

[LWolf]

41. Why would that piss anyone off?

I'm not getting your point.

I'm a liberal/progressive who tends to vote for Democrats.

I'm an antiwar activist who sees the Democrats as a better choice than the Republic Party to further my agenda.

I'm an environmentalist who sees the Democrats as friendlier to my objectives.

I'm also a registered Democrat.

I am antiwar.
I am concerned deeply about my planet.
I am concerned about the poor.
I am concerned about rogue business interests being put ahead of the people's interest.
I am concerned about the direction of public education.
I'm concerned about civil liberties.
I'm concerned about fair elections and open airwaves.
I'm concerned about governmental corruption.
I'm concerned about the loss of jobs.

Is there a reason why THAT should piss someone off? Whether or not you put party before issues, or issues before party, if we are working for the same issues, why would anyone be pissed off?

:shrug:

[mcar]

42. Well put

I, too, am a Democrat and always have been.

[wholetruth00]

43. Damn straight!! Me too!!!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

44. Then why are you posting here?!

You should on a board for...oh

[Czolgosz]

46. K & R - This MAY piss you off, but I'm a NOT Democrat

Like you, I am antiwar.
I am concerned deeply about my planet.
I am concerned about the poor.
I am concerned about rogue business interests being put ahead of the people's interest.
I'm concerned about the security of my country.
I'm concerned about governmental corruption.
I'm concerned about the loss of jobs.

I vote Democrat almost 100% of the time because I live in Texas and the Democrats most nearly reflect those values. If I lived in a part of the globe where a party stood a reasonable chance of election and that party better reflected those values (or if I lived in a part of the globe where there was a parliamentary form of government where a minority party could have a real say in a governing coalition), I'd vote for that other party.

In Abe Lincoln's time, I'm sure I would have voted with the Republicans and I would have reviled the Democrats.

In our time, in our country, I vote with the Democrats nearly 100% of the time not out of party loyalty but on ideological grounds.

I'm just glad you vote with me, and I don't care if you vote with me based on shared ideals, party loyalty, family tradition, or based on the fact that you had a much beloved pet donkey as a child and you have a deathly fear of elephants rising from a trauma you suffered at a circus when you were a small child. I'm just glad we vote for the same candidates.

[mtnsnake]

48. If Democrats most nearly reflect your values, then why not become one?

:shrug:

[Czolgosz]

53. Because Texas doesn't require registration by party. You just vote in one

party's primary and that is all that is required.

If Texas required party registration, I would register as a Democrat (I have always voted in every Democratic primary).

[Bucky]

72. Actually by voting in the primary you DO register as a Democrat

That's the way you establish formal party affiliation. It's so simple, I always wondered why other states even bother to include the "party" blank on their voter registration forms.

[mtnsnake]

47. Same here, and despite them not fitting all of my views just perfectly,

I love Dean, both of the Clintons, Obama, Kerry (except for his campaign), Carville (for the most part), Pelosi, Spitzer, Schumer, Murtha, Hoyer, Biden, Ford, etc etc etc....or I guess I could safely say I don't hate any of our own people.

[IronLionZion]

49. BULL!!! Everyone knows you are a closet freeper!

j/k :silly:

It's nice to see there are some Democrats on Democratic Underground. I too am a Democrat, a very libertarian Democrat.

[NashVegas]

50. Quelle Horror!

I'm shocked, babe.

[Surya Gayatri]

52. Love this post, Husb2Sparkly !

DNA-level Dem here, too...and the ONLY ONE in my whole family. Ever since I left home for university and started thinking for myself, I've realized that my most dearly-held values were far more "democratic" than those of the people I grew up with.

Can't explain it. I had more or less the same upbringing as my neo-con siblings--it's as though I'd incarnated into the wrong milieu. Out of 12 or so close relatives, I was literally the only "left-hander". It's a cellular thing! I could NEVER be a Republican. SG

[qwlauren35]

54. Ummm....

And this is wrong, WHY????

My mom is a Democrat:
- she is African-American and wants to see people-minded African-Americans in office, and knows that it was the Democratic party to whom Fannie Lou Hamer appealed in the 1968 National Convention
- she is pro-choice and wants to see like-minded politicians
- she's a feminist and wants to see more women candidates, especially African-American women, like Shirley Chisholm.
- she wants protection from government from corporate greed, from stingy prescription plans to over-building of mini-mansions
- she is moderate on defense, and prefers to see money spent on the needs of American citizens, but has a healthy respect for war, having sent a husband to battle in WWII.
- she recycles, drives economy cars, keeps her house temp around 68F, feeds birds, lets deer graze in the backyard and works actively to preserve the environment as well as its flora and fauna.

I feel no shame in saying that my mom has influenced my political views since I was ~9 years old. However, my dad was unaffiliated, and from time to time, it is my preference. I admit to voting for Bill Weld, Republican governor in Massachusetts. From time to time, I want to see the slate of Republican primary candidates, and have some influence there.

However, right now, I am a registered Democrat. And for the next two years, I'm likely to stay that way. There's been too much at stake for me to sit on the sidelines and pretend to be neutral.

[Name removed]

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[Stinky The Clown]

56. Thanks for your wisdom

[Katzenjammer]

61. Is that an oblique way of saying that you don't barf?

Or possibly that you actually like the choices afforded us? I can't really believe that, but I'm struggling to interpret your comment. Maybe you live in DK's district?

[w4rma]

57. Yellow dog Democrat, here. Beat the selfish ones in the primaries. (nt)

[stimbox]

59. Me too.

[Selatius]

60. You are free to define Democrat however you wish. I define it as this:

Party registration.

Beyond that, there is variance on all other issues.

The true measure of a politician is not the party with which he is affiliated but the principles he wishes to carry forth. If there is any measure by which a politician is judged, then I would submit that that alone is the only valid measure.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

62. You're my kind of Democrat

but even if you tell me you're just a Democrat- you're still my kind of Democrat.

[byronius]

63. I'm one of 'em, too. Loud and proud.

Well-said.

[StrictlyRockers]

64. I'm a lifelong Green, which makes me waaaaaay better than all of you.

I make the weather with the power of my mind.

not using the sarcasm icon 'cuz it's ugly and it should be obvious



...unless your a Democrat

hehe

;)

[Bucky]

70. The only worse thing than using the "sarcasm" smily...

...is announcing why it is that you're not using the "sarcasm" smily. Next time you tell a joke, wait until right before you tell the punchline, then stop, pause, and say "I'm not going to tell you now that the next thing I'm gonna say is going to be the punchline to this joke." I think you'll find it still ruins the joke.

[alcibiades_mystery]

65. OMFG Again with this Shit...

Yes, yes, Husb2Sparkly, everyone is totally pissed off. You're so unconventional. You're such a fucking rebel. Are you happy now? Did you get that out of your system now? Do you feel suitably self-important now? I long to pat you on the back. I long to marvel before your altar of Sticking it to the Man. We get it, already. We get it we get it we get it. You're different. You're you're own man. You have your own principles and fuck conformity! Huzzah. We fucking get it already.

[Stinky The Clown]

67. Feel better?

on edit:

Put me on IGNORE

PLEASE out me on ignore.

[alcibiades_mystery]

76. I don't put anyone on ignore

Besides, it's better to call people on their pretentions than it is to ignore them. That works both ways. You're free to do the same to me; I suspect that you did in the pre-edit post, which I thankfully did not read. But I stand by my comments. You represent yourself too frequently as some kind of heroic, non-conventional straight-talker. Or something. I really don't care one way or the other, but the pretention of it is a bit much for my tastes. Cheers, Rebel Rebel.

[BootinUp]

66. Me too.

Scandalous!


:toast:

[Hard_Work]

68. Huh?!?!?!?

You're a freakin' WHAT?!?! *puts on best Daffy Duck voice* You'rrre dethpicable!

I, on the other hand, remain firmly a cabbage named Ralph...

[Bucky]

69. Jeeze louise, what a demogogic, straw man, platitudinous load of hogwash.

"I don't care who I piss off, I think it's wrong to slap orphans. I know others may berate me, revile me, call me coward or owl-raper when I say it's wrong to slap orphans. But dammit, slapping orphans is wrong. And the younger they are, the wronger it is.

"Maybe it's not "cool" or "hep" or "with it" to say orphans ought not to be slapped. Maybe I won't get invited to any of the suave society parties where people sip champaigne and cuff the little street urchins brought in for light entertainment and that pleasant after-tingling sensation on the palms. But then, maybe I'm just crazy enough to think there's something immoral about physically abusing the helpless. I'm willing to go out on a limb for these values and I don't care how many of you I offend by this.

"I am prepared now for you to crucify me for my beliefs. I eagerly await your scorn."

--Did I get that about right, Hub2Spark?

[Stinky The Clown]

71. Yanno Buck ......

.... you really oughtta get that nerve looked at.

[Bucky]

74. HA!!

I just hate agreeing with the majority. When I see the crowd saying Amen, I have to find something to object to! :)

[NoPasaran]

92. "Slapping orphans"

Is that what they're calling it these days?

[Kurovski]

73. Same here.

Hiya!:hi:

[Irishonly]

75. I Am Also A Democrat

I am many things and have many roles.

I am a mom.
I am pro-choice and still am pro-life.
I am anti-war
I am anti-draft
I work helping the poor as my health allows
I am concerned about global warming
I am concerned about the economy, the job losses, the poverty level and the uninsured-the poor
I am concerned about education.
I am the neighborhood tutor
I am concerned with elder abuse and medicare
I am concerned about all of the issues others have stated.

I am a child of God and a daughter of Mother Earth.

I am a democrat because my party allows me to be all of these things

[jdadd]

77. Yellow Dog Here....

Third Generation Democrat on my mothers side, My father was the first Democrat in his family,he was involved with the Union movements of the 1930s. I wasn't old enough to vote yet but I campaigned for LBJ...I guess you could say I'm programed that way.

[geniph]

78. Hell, I've even signed legal affidavits that I was a Democrat!

(you have to, to run for office under the party's imprimatur)...of course, I was always a Democrat anyway, but never "registered" as one (Washington state doesn't have party registration).

[Virginia Dare]

79. May I join your club?...n/t

[SKKY]

80. Very well put Shipmate!

[MoonRiver]

81. I am Democrat, hear me roar, in numbers too large to ignore!

:kick: & :thumbsup:

[RadiDem]

82. Me too! I'm such a Democrat that I voted Gore even though I'm ideologically a Naderite

I was pissed for weeks at my friends who voted Nader too

[Vadem]

83. What makes you think that would piss me off???? I'm a Democrat

too! I'm for all of those things and more! Together, we will take back our country!!!!!



:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

[svpadgham]

84. Funny,

By your list, that would make me a Democrat too. I'm just too lazy to change my registration from Independent.

[Laelth]

85. Your post doesn't bother me ...

... but I do have a question. If you're a Democrat, what's Joe Lieberman? What's Hillary Clinton? What's Ben Nelson? What's Bill Nelson? It seems your views are rather different from theirs.

:shrug:

-Laelth

[Stinky The Clown]

87. They're Democrats, not demons from hell. I disagree with them on lots of things ....

... but they're Democrats. Well, Lieberman's an exception. He chose to leave the party. During the campaigns I studiously refered to him as 'the self-selected third party candidate' which, while not technically true (there were several other minor party candidates in that race) said what I was thinking.

The others you named are very highly rated by their constituents. And that's what they get paid for. If you're wondering if I endorse any of them for ... say .... president in 08, the answer is no.

But, except for Lieberman, they're still Democrats.

[Laelth]

89. Yes, but Lieberman calls himself a Democrat.

I suppose I'm just suggesting that saying one is a Democrat means very little if Joe Lieberman can say the same thing.

What takes balls to say, these days, is, "I am a liberal."

I am a liberal.

-Laelth

[Stinky The Clown]

90. I'll take you up on that toast ... "I am a liberal"

on edit cuz I hit the post button too fast .....

I am a liberal. And because I am, I can tolerate other views.

[JerseygirlCT]

86. Put me on that list! nt

[FogerRox]

88. I am a

DEMOCRAT

http://rdanafox.blogspot.com/2006/11/tax-rates-middle-class.html

[BrokenBeyondRepair]

91. i'm a human

as the republicans move to the right it seems democrats are filling in the empty space.. sucks

[onehandle]

93. Very nice. Thank you. nt