Party over principle or Principle over party?

[Carewfan]

I think I want principle over party, because at this point, I want issues that needs to be addressed properly, and it no longer matters to me if there's an Party label behind the name.

There are three factions of the Democratic Party. The progressives, the centrists, and the corporatists.

The progressives prefer principle over party, and the latter two seem to go with Party over principle...

It's not about Democrats vs Republicans anymore...

It's about the 1% vs the 99%.

[hrmjustin]

1. I am a proud Democrat with principles.

[Katashi_itto]

10. As long as the candidate has money.

[hrmjustin]

11. Do not presume to speak for me and you are wrong.

[Katashi_itto]

14. Lol!

[hrmjustin]

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[Katashi_itto]

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[hrmjustin]

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[Katashi_itto]

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[Lisa D]

2. It's about the Supreme Court for me

Letting a republican president create a conservative majority on the court for the next 30+ years would be a disaster for this country.

[seabeyond]

25. +1. nt

[MineralMan]

4. Thanks for your insights.

I will look forward to hearing more of them. Your name, after all, commands respect, or something...

[Agschmid]

19. .

whose foreign policy was as bad as the Republicans

Really?

So who do you support?

[cantbeserious]

5. Principle Over Party - Every Time

eom

[840high]

22. Yes. I've changed - now agree.

[MineralMan]

6. Your principles and mine are different.

That's true of any two people. The more people, the more differences. Most of those are minor. We form political parties because of similarities, rather than differences. Together, we can make progress. Alone, we are just alone. It is not a binary choice.

[LWolf]

7. Without principles, there is no point to any party.

The real bottom line is this: what are the principles of the party, and are they a match for mine?

[NanceGreggs]

8. It's about aligning yourself ...

... with the party that most closely reflects your personal principles.

If you're looking for a political party that, in totality, agrees with YOU one hundred percent of the time on one hundred percent of the issues, it's time to form your own party - a party of one.

We have - whether you like it or not - a two-party system. You either vote for one or the other; you either elect the representatives of one party or the other to office.

In the alternative, you can always vote Third Party - which is a polite way of saying, "I have chosen to throw my vote away."

Either you believe the Democrats are more interested in the 1%, or you believe the Republicans are.

Your choice.

[Blue_In_AK]

9. I've always been principle over party,

but the Democratic Party is almost always closer to my principles than the Republican Party is.

[KMOD]

12. +1

[MisterP]

13. they've pretended that the only way to get principle passed is to put party first

hasn't worked since 1994--good thing they're so great at erasing their own tracks

[Rex]

15. Duty over honor or honor over duty.

Hehe I said duty.

[seabeyond]

24. omg... that is so,

my 17 yr old son.

he he

duty

[struggle4progress]

21. Sloganeering cannot substitute for the skill developed by long scientific practice

It is like sailing a ship to an unseen destination: one may be guided by one's stars but cannot ignore the currents, winds and waves

It is like playing bridge: a strategic loss can promote the cards one holds

It is like mountain-climbing: one ultimately aims for the peak but may be forced to traverse a face and then climb down to ascend higher

It is like war: one hopes to command the territory by holding the high ground but operates in a fog of unknowing; while one learns, so also does one's opponent; it is possible to be pinned down or destroyed by flanking fire

The only proof that something can be done is that someone actually does it

[seabeyond]

23. you are wrong. and this is a democratic board. we advocate the democratic party. if not,

then there are other discussion board. not advocate people not voting.

[Tarheel_Dem]

26. Wrong, but welcome back anyhoo!

[treestar]

27. why would they be different?

How come you are trying to make them different ? Are you trying to get us to not support Democrats?

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

28. I didn't realize there was a difference between the

centrists and corporatists. Pretty much every Democrat is liberal on social ideas, so I thought economic ones were what created the 'spectrum' in the party these days. Folks who put humans first on the left, folks who put corporations first on the right.