We won’t organize any black man to be a Democrat or a Republican because both of them have sold us out. Both of them have sold us out; both parties have sold us out. Both parties are racist, and the Democratic Party is more racist than the Republican Party.
I’d probably take the endorsement and support of any Republican, independent or Democrat who wants to get rid of Gavin Newsom and make California a better state.
I am a Democrat because I believe in protecting freedom, fairness, families, and the future.
I might not understand everything a Democrat or liberal thinks but hey let’s be honest, I don’t understand some of the things the Republicans think, but that doesn’t make me some dumb hick that doesn’t have the right to live here.
I wasn’t out there pretending I was a conservative Democrat. I’m somebody who has talked a lot about and has done the act of running as who you are.
Whether you are a Democrat, Republican, or Independent, facts matter.
I’m immensely proud to be a Democrat because of our party’s history of fighting for justice, fairness, and equality. From Roosevelt to Obama, we’ve worked to bring seniors and children out of poverty, expanded civil rights, supported science and research, and pushed for equality of opportunity.
I’ve been watching and involved in presidential politics since 1960 when I first voted, and the Republican, the conservative candidate in the primary is always going to lean right and come back to the center for the general – the opposite for the Democrat.
It takes guts in this country to refuse to be a Democrat or a Republican.
I’ve been studying the Constitution for myself but also as a way for me, as a Democrat, to comprehend the Right. I think it’s important that people who are politically active understand both sides.
Through time and dedication, we will make it okay to be a proud Democrat in the South once again.
I’m a total Democrat. I’m anti-Republican. And it’s only fair that you know it… I’m liberal. The L word!
I am a Midwestern Democrat, which I believe means practical, reasonable, willing to work across the aisle and focused on the economy and the middle class, saving the middle class.
If I told you I was a Republican and you were a Democrat, no matter what I said after that, it would be tempered with your opinions.
The American dream comes from opportunity. The opportunity comes from our founding principles, our core values that’s held together and protected by the Constitution. Those ideas are neither Republican, Democrat, conservative, liberal, white, or black. Those are American ideologies.
You might have noticed Harry Reid is a little upset with Americans for Prosperity. Let me tell you, when the Democrat leader is complaining about you on the Senate floor, you know you are doing something right.
I was a Democrat for a period of time early on. And then I was also an independent. And then I became a Republican.
Is not the brand of ‘double-dealer’ stamped on the forehead of every democratic slaveholder? Are not fraud and hypocrisy the religion of the man who calls himself a democrat, and hold his fellow-man in bondage?
I don’t care if you’re Democrat. I don’t care if you’re Republican. We need to make sure that, you know, people in other countries don’t have any impact on our elections.
I gave Mitt Romney some donations for his campaign because he was a friend, and friendship came first. I’ve always been a Democrat, and I’ve had different views than Mitt Romney. I’m not Mitt Romney, and I think people will realize that when they meet me out there.
Most across the political spectrum – whether you’re a Republican, Democrat, Progressive or Independent – agree with the need for more affordable housing.
If I was to say what I am, I’d be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he’s a good man. And in America I’d definitely be a Democrat; I’d never be a Republican.
For a generation, Republicans have tried to unravel the activist government under which Americans have lived since the 1930s, when Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt created a government that regulated business, provided a basic social safety net, and invested in infrastructure.
There are many Republicans who hardly even know a Democrat. And there are just as many, if not more, Democrats who don’t know a Republican.
I think I’m the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won’t take earmarks.
As a longstanding Democrat who has supported and defended President Obama on his treatment of Israel throughout his presidency, I am deeply disturbed by the Administration’s decision not to veto UN Security Council Resolution 2334 and Secretary Kerry’s subsequent one sided speech.
Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
No Republican presidential candidate is a viable option for pro-choice voters of any political philosophy – Democrat, Republican or otherwise.
I had a job right out of college writing for a small newspaper called ‘The Unterrified Democrat.’ Ghastly, ghastly job.
I am a conservative Republican, but I didn’t start out that way. I was raised as a Democrat.
Every day Catholics prove that you can be a good Catholic and a good Democrat and have a different position from the Church on abortion.
Why should we allow a Democrat President in the White House to use executive orders and not do the same with a Republican President?
I’m going to continue doing what I do, which is trying to make a personal connection with as many people as I humanly can to let them know that you may be a Republican and I’m a Democrat, but I’ve got your back.
The beauty of the tea party movement is that it is independent and thus a true check and balance of the Republican and Democrat parties. It’s not a pawn of the GOP, thus untouchable in criticism of the Democrats – I view it as an unattached conscience of the Republican party.
I was a brand new senator in 2013. And the idiocy of Congress was to shut the government down for two weeks in October. And coming out of that, the pressure was put on the budget chair, Paul Ryan’s shoulders and Patty Murray. Conservative Wisconsin Republican, progressive Washington Democrat, come up with a budget deal.
It wasn’t like anybody said, ‘Oh, Ronald Reagan will have a landslide in 1980.’ In fact, you look back at the Dukakis numbers, the Perot numbers, there was always this presumption that the Republican was going to lose. Not just that the Democrat would win, but that the Republican was going to lose.
I am, you know, a Democrat through and through. I’ve always voted Democratic. You know, that is where my heart lies.
Every Democrat on Capitol Hill professes to be a fiscal hawk.
I believe that in both parties, Democrat and Republican, support for Israel is bipartisan, it is strong and it is unwavering, and I don’t see that changing.
It would be very difficult for me to stay in a marriage with a Republican at this point. Not that there’s anything wrong with Republicans, but I happen to be a Democrat.
No, I’m not a Republican working in Hollywood, I am a Democrat.
I’d like to find and vote for a candidate, whether Republican or Democrat… that has the best interest in the health and welfare of everybody in this country.
Pat Buchanan’s challenge to George H.W. Bush in 1992 helped elect Democrat Jimmy Carter.
As a Democrat following the 2012 presidential election closely, I was happy to see that South Carolina voted overwhelmingly for Newt Gingrich, a candidate almost too easy for President Barack Obama to beat in the fall. I was not, however, surprised at the state’s gaffe.
When I first put my hat in the ring, several very tried and true and loyal Democratic activists from our community said, ‘What? She’s not a Democrat. She’s a Republican.’ I took that as a compliment, you know, that people didn’t necessarily know what my ideology might be because I wasn’t driven by that.
It’s time we acknowledge that not all Democrats are the same. That a Democrat who takes corporate money, profits off foreclosure, doesn’t live here, doesn’t send his kids to our schools, doesn’t drink our water or breathe our air cannot possibly represent us.
Arlen Specter left the GOP because it is a lot easier to win in Pennsylvania as a Democrat than as a Republican. It is that simple. For folks on the Right to brush this off as some sort of ‘good purge’ is extremely naive.
Receiving a reputable pro-Israel award isn’t a bad idea for a Democrat or a Republican in a New York City congressional district.
Every American, whether Democrat or Republican, agrees that job creation and affordable energy will be crucial to our economic turnaround.
I tell you why I don’t think I will ever vote for a Democrat, if I may say so. Because for me, the number one issue is right to life, and I don’t think the Democrats are very good on the right-to-life issue.
You cannot be a Christian and support the Democrat Party.
I think every American has a role in saving this country. Whether you’re Democrat, Republican, independent, it doesn’t matter. We all know the country’s in trouble. We may disagree on how to solve it, but we all know the country’s in trouble.
I’ve often heard the complaint from both Democrat and Republican voters alike that they hate the fact that politicians get into office and they – and they’re fearful, they’re fearful to make tough decisions because they think more about the next election than they do about the next-generation.
