What does the Democratic party stand for

[Blue_Roses]

and what do we want? I chose this party at 18 because my parents were Democrats and explained it to me this way: the Democrats are for the "poor" people and the Republicans are for the "rich." I think my parents believed in a system that took care of the "working class" people even though they themselves were extremely conservative in their thinking regarding many "southern" traditions.

Now as someone who is a "product" of Democratic parents, I find myself in a strong resolve believing that they DID know what was best, however, I have found that I like the word "progressive" when I describe my belief in the Democratic party.

Websters defines progressive as :

1) moving foward or onward
2) a sequence of succession, as in acts, happenings,etc.
3) advance toward perfection OR to a higher or better state; IMPROVEMENT
4) designating a tax whose rate increases as the base increases
6) favoring working for improvement
7) indicating continuing action or state or action in progress

When I think of the Democratic party I see these things.

[Dancing_Dave]

1. We had better make it so!

Make no mistake about it, this is the most radical era of cultural revolution since the '60's...though in some ways the direction of the cultural revolution is a bit different. Seeing it as "anti-conservative" would be to simple minded. Many crucial cultural and political leaders on the web (the growing leading edge Earth-wide)would not define themselves quite that way, all around the planet. Anti-NEO-conservative, it most certainly is!

[Blue_Roses]

2. I think that when we look

past decades we see a constant--some much less than others--change. Without progress we stagnate or regress. With this administration we are definitely regressing.