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>>>It's not about strong government control or not - it's about responsibility.
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>>>"Republican" ideology is a view that people must have freedom and must be responsible for the consequences of their own actions/inactions. "Democratic" ideology is to deflect, re-assign, or otherwise avoid personal responsibility where unfavorable - usually in favor of "group responsibility".
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>>>If you stop and think about it - this is perfectly in line with both parties leanings on both social and economic issues.
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>>Now that is a little extreme. I don't think Webster's will take your definition of "democratic" by a long shot.
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>I don't deny that my wording of it is a little - uh - "partisan" (kind of like those hand counts huh?) - but I believe the theory is correct and holds up well when analyzing the parties' stance on issues.

OK, so if somebody voted democrat that means that they are irresponsible and prefer to have their problems taken care of by big brother?

Come on, that is a tv-network-pundit twist that doesn't stick. Or is it just because it's election "season"?.