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The only reason I haven't changed my registration to independent is because of the history of the Democratic Party. I am still a Democrat in the sense that Franklin Roosevelt was. I am in the party of Roosevelt, of Johnson, of Truman, of Wilson. The list can go on. The Democratic Party has such an amazing history. No other American party can say the same. The Republican Party has had 3 great Presidents (Eisenhower, Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt. People will argue for Reagan...but he's not. His policies were so shortsighted its not even funny and has done a lot of damage in the long run. People will say he won the Cold War, but that is a load. The Soviets destroyed themselves. They were on their way to being bankrupt. Reagan just happened to be president at the time). I wish the Democrat party would find its way back to the great party it was under FDR. FDR fought for the middle class. Now-a-days, the Democratic Party does not care if every middle class job is outsourced, so long as a 13 year old girl can get an abortion without her parent's knowledge. The party has lost its way under the leadership of the babyboomers and that is sad.
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Heh, this statement screams 'blind populist zealot', can't pass up on all the flaws in this one.
The Republican party indeed had Lincoln, who with the rest of the Republican Party, are the ones who managed to abolish slavery, gain equal rights, AND secure voting rights for African-Americans. We're also the first major party to endorse and push through legislation that ensured women's right to vote.
Hell, for the most of the late 19th century in the 20th, Republicans were the dominant party of Americans. To be exact, 28 of 40 years, that's from 1952 on through to 1992 the White House was under the Republican Party. Yes we had Eisenhower, Roosevelt, and Lincoln we also had Nixon, Ford, Regean, AND Bush Sr. ALL great Presidents with an enormous amount of impact of the nation we have today.
As to your naive claims concerning Reagan, the United States won the Cold War because of his leadership. Millions were freed from communism because of the man you'd like to diminish. It was under Reagan AND Bush Sr. that the United States became the world's only superpower. Republicans have a long and rich history with basic principles: Individuals, not government, can make the best decisions; all people are entitled to equal rights. The freedom of Americans to make their own decisions, and to live their own lives, relatively free from governmental or other interference, has caused us to become a beacon of hope around the world, the basic principles that Thomas Jefferson held are the ones that make up our party.
The 13th, 14th, 15th, and 19th Ammendments exist because of Republicans. Unfortunately, there have been several departures from the core of the party over the years but nonetheless, your assertion that only the Democratic Party has a rich history is completely false.
Like there's a sort of disconnect somewhere in his campaign. However I cannot remove the fact that his speech regarding his religion was very inspiring, and very moving, and I truly laud him for that. Its just that, afterwards, he's been so combative lately, and I simply don't want to see or hear anybody attacking anybody - maybe he needs to change his strategy, perhaps focus on how he would solve the subprime housing crisis, immigration problems, oil, Iran.. I'd like to hear more of how he would confront those issues, because I really do think he can. Then, and only then, I just might consider voting for the guy.
Less Government is the way to go 
