when you get down to the gist of it

[RobertPlant]

The united states has two main parties. Us democrats believe in a more direct representation of the people or a democracy. That is why we have the U.S. House of Representatives. The republicans believe in a representative democracy or a republic which is why we have two senators. When you get down to the gist of it, that is what drives republicans to believe what they believe and that is what democrats to believe what they believe.

[Beetwasher]

1. This Is The Stupidest Thing I've Ever Heard

Umm, Democrats and Repubicans didn't even exist when the constitution established a bicameral legislature.

Tea baggers are a splinter group of the Republican party. They are the extreme right, xenophobic, racist, ignorant fringe of the Republican party that feels the current Repub party is not insane enough for them to identify with. They wouldn't be Democrats under any circumstances, and frankly, the Dems would never have them. Nor should they.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Oh, you haven't seen his other posts?

[Lyric]

9. No, but the ideologies did.

They called the two sides "federalist" and "anti-federalist" back then, and the sides have switched around their positions on certain issues as society as evolved, but there has always been a side for the ones who prefer more power in the hands of average people, and a side for those who preferred to keep power in the hands of an elected few for fear of "mob rule".

[Ron Green]

2. The problem is that "We the Tea Party People" doesn't include everybody.

It's mostly scared white people, and that's not a very attractive (or representative) demographic.

[sandnsea]

4. They are all representatives

They make decisions for us. That's a representative government. We don't vote on everything directly. That's all.

[RobertPlant]

6. yes but in the senate

there are some states that have two republicans or two democrats because the state as a whole is conservative or liberal. But there are pockets of the state that may be different. Take Texas for instance, they have two republican senators, but they have some democrats in the house representing the urban areas and the southern part of the state. Therefore, the House of Representatives is more of a direct representation.

[Oregone]

5. Heh. If that were only the gist of it

[Blue-Jay]

7. .

[spanone]

8. bwahahahaaa... civics class 0.0

[Echo In Light]

10. "America has one political party with two right wings" Gore Vidal

[ismnotwasm]

11. Is that what you really think?

Interesting. Well at least no one can accuse you of being a poli-sci major.

[The_Commonist]

12. Go back to singing, Robert!

Actually, I never thought Robert Plant was a very good singer.