NationStates Jolt Archive

Do you belong to one?

I'm actually registered as a Republican. Weird, isn't it?

Yep, the Belgian green party Groen! .

www.groen.be (http://www.groen.be)

I'm technically a member of the US Libertarian party

I've worked serval times for the welsh labour party.

think there a bunch of twunts now mind.

Nope.

I'm technically a member of the US Libertarian party
There is no technical, you are one or you are not.

I am a democrat.

I am, the New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP).

I'm a member of the Socialist Workers Party in Britain but am thinking of quitting because of the party's over-emphasis on the war instead of real life for people in the UK. When out of pure common sense I dared to suggest to them the dangers of allowing Fallujah its autonomy in Iraq during the war, I was apparantly a victim of media manipulation.

nope

wouldnt join any parties here even if my life depended on it

Political parties promote mediocraty. They serve to make each person an appendage of their party line, race, ethnicity, or what have you. Ideally they wouldn't exist but it's probably quite near impossible since people love to categorize. I'm closest to an American Libertarian in ideology; but I'm not actually a member of a party, really: remember, I only vote the way I do because $CANDIDATE comes reasonably close to my ideal. Party lines are bad mmkay?

Political parties promote mediocraty. They serve to make each person an appendage of their party line, race, ethnicity, or what have you. Ideally they wouldn't exist but it's probably quite near impossible since people love to categorize. I'm closest to an American Libertarian in ideology; but I'm not actually a member of a party, really: remember, I only vote the way I do because $CANDIDATE comes reasonably close to my ideal. Party lines are bad mmkay?
Yay for sense-making!
If only we had more people like this, that weren't defining themselves by their parties.

USA Libertarian Party

Moderata Samlingspartiet(The Moderate Coalition Party)
Sweden

Politics rules...not.

I'm registered as a Democrat, but I don't really believe in all the policies and consider myself classified under the heading "Sensible" on the "Create a Nation" Gov't Type Page. (I abstained in 2004 because I disliked Kerry and Bush is terrible.)

I am a Democrat.

I do not always vote party-line or support every party position.

But parties play a vital role in our political system. As much as people like to villify them, they serve valid purposes.

And there are substantial differences between the major parties.

I am a card-carrying member of Caomhaontas Glas - The Irish Green Party.

There is no technical, you are one or you are not.

I am a democrat.
In that you vote for them or are you an actual card-carrying member of the Democratic Partay?

Political parties promote mediocraty. They serve to make each person an appendage of their party line, race, ethnicity, or what have you. Ideally they wouldn't exist but it's probably quite near impossible since people love to categorize.
I am a member of the Irish Green Party, but I have voted for the candidates of other parties before and I disagree with my party on many issues (some of the proposals are too socialist). But I think the the Greens have the best policies for the kind of Ireland I would like to see. They are also the most socially liberal party. :)

And there are substantial differences between the major parties.
The differences between the Democratic and Republican parties are so magnified and exaggerated, it's ridiculous.

I would, but my political party choices in my district consist of Labour, Tory (damned Irish cattle thieves...), Lib Dem and (I think) UKIP. Would you join?

Shit no.

Dual Citizen;

Socialist Party USA's Revolutionary tendancy (SPUSA); a more radical faction within in the party, the CPUSA (Communist Party USA) has gone reactionary and endorses the democrats and refuses to co-operate with the SPUSA, so they are pretty worthless.

As for Finland, my other citizenship; its the Vasemmistoliitto, Left Wing Alliance basically; a conslidated party of Socialists, Communists and other radical progressivists that splintered off from the SKP in 1991. We won about 10% of the vote last election; and we have about 7 major parties in Finland.

A, actual card carrying member of the Vasemmistoliitto only though. :)

I work for an private arm of the Democratic Party.

I am a member of Workers Communist Party.

I wouldn't be surprised if there were enough NS members in the UK who could come up with a viable alternative to Labour or the Tories.

Meanwhile, I am a member of the UK Liberal Democrats (LibDems).

I am a member of Workers Communist Party.

Which country comrade?

Which ideology? Leninist?

Which country comrade?

Which ideology? Leninist?
Why do communists always say "comrade"?

No political parties for me, thanks. I don't need a bunch of nutjobs to tell me what I believe in.

No political parties for me, thanks. I don't need a bunch of nutjobs to tell me what I believe in.
Political parties aren't there to tell you what to think. They exist so that people who have a similar agenda can band together and have a greater chance of pushing that agenda into law.

Why do communists always say "comrade"?

Communist

->comrad(e)

it's rad to be communist! :eek: (no one gives a shit about that silent e)

There is no technical, you are one or you are not.

I am a democrat.
There's not box on my voter registration card that says "Libertarian party" so shut your trap.

Political parties aren't there to tell you what to think. They exist so that people who have a similar agenda can band together and have a greater chance of pushing that agenda into law.

But you can't deny the pressure that comes from being in one party. That's what I'm talking about.

The differences between the Democratic and Republican parties are so magnified and exaggerated, it's ridiculous.

Very, very true. Republicans and democrats aren't really that different at all.

*If* I could vote (Which I will be doing in the next presedential election :) ), I'd probably be registered as a republican, as I view myself as more of a Republican. And I'll most likely be voting for the Republican candidate in '08.