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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:22 PM Original message |
Which makes more sense to you, "Party First" or "Ideology First?" |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. The second one, but I think it should be called principles, not ideology |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. I would call it "philosophy" = system of values. I affiliate with the |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. I was not always a Democrat, or a liberal. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Neither. The good of the planet and it's people first. |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Is that your ideology? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. Not that I disagree at all, but I'd qualify that as ideology. (nt) |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Ah. I see. I was thinking of "ideology" as refering specifically to "Democratic ideology", |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. I've never been party first. Even though I have been |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. ideology, certainly.... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have always been a Democrat but it was a match in principles and vision |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Progressive principles |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. Principles first. |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Hey you! |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. Long time no see is right. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. If we had an ideology , this would not be a question. An ideology |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ideology for me, |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. Ideology first. I couldn't give a fuck about the institutional party. Our party's ideology was... |
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Scottybeamer70 (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm with you.......... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. If you choose party over ideology then your treating politics like sports |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. Thoughtful post, and I feel your pain. However . . . |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'm pretty much against cutting our own selves down at the knees |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. I am a liberal first. If the Republicans suddenly became liberal, I would vote for them. n/t |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Me, too, Laelth. |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. What about personality first? |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. I am principles first. I use to feel very loyal to my party........... |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. That's how I feel. |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. Unless there's going to be a presidential candidate who comes forward with all the |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. As you quote: "They have nowhere else to go" |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. What disturbed me as much as that statement itself was that it was spoken in tandem |
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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. Those footsteps you hear are me---walking the same path. As usual, |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. Hands down: Ideology. n/t |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. Do liberals believe in ideology? |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. We all have personal ideologies |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Do you find no tension among your various values? And that evolution of your values.... |
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Foo Fighter (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
32. I always prefer to party first and...oh wait... |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
33. Given the alternative, democratic party first. What other choice is there? nt. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. Whichever one is least corrupted at the time. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
35. THIS is the "Democratic Party" I joined 44 years ago: |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Virtually every one of those has been compromised and left unachieved. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
36. If the strongest argument for a decision is pragmatism, it is inherently suspect. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
38. I think if Republicans became a more progressive party than Democrats, most people would have no |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
40. I like "Policy first". |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-10 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
42. Ideology. |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
43. 'Party first' is but one among many ideologies. |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
44. Neither. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
46. utility first, and second, and third..... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
47. I vote issues. Not party or politician. |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
48. Ideology... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
49. Ideology - parties in this country represent few of the views I hold - |
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