I can easily understand that...…..I am not a democrat either.....they make a lot of promises anymore and do not fulfill them...…..but I am anti-republican
republicans go out of their way to pass laws and do things that do not benefit America...instead take care of big biz.....costing america
I am a Democrat.
Not a mindless drone but actually someone who has spent over 20 years working with the Party, been on numerous committees and a delegate. I was an employee for a few years too. Let's face it, most large organizations are *******, and change is slow, but it happens.
For instance, in 1924, do you know why the Democratic Party Convention went so long? Over 100 ballots (before computers could tally it for you) because the very large Ku Klux Klan delegates refuse to back Al Smith, a Catholic from New York. The Klan was infused in the party structure.
By the convention of 1948, the Democratic Party had officially adopted a Civil Rights platform, which caused a walk out by a lot of southern delegates who formed the Dixiecrats, and nominated a young old Strom Thurmond for president.
By 1964, they had taken on the civil rights platform seriously and used the full power of the federal government to enforce.
By 1968, it was the place to go if you were against the war and supported equality. In each instance there were Democrats against those changes for sure, however, there were no options for pushing that kind of commitment in the Republican Party.
In America, we have two parties period. If you want to get something done, and make change politically, you can go through the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. For me, the Republicans are not even an option. To much comfort with racists, and too many years of playing footsie with demagogues talking about taking America back, and the country is going in the wrong direction. Makes you wonder where they want to take it back too- a time period back when people like me were officially second class citizens? Fuck that. That leaves the Democratic Party to work on and work through. I don't agree with everything, but I see avenues to improve it. There is no room for that where a president is endorsed by major hate groups and give a kind word to nazis.
So yes, I strongly support the Democratic Party platform. It's just some of the actual Democrats I don't like at all.