# What does your political party stand for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 8, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-political-party-stand-for/367820 "2006-08-08T05:07:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-political-party-stand-for/367820/21 "2006-08-09T04:25:56Z")
[QUOTE=xtisme] Hey, the Dems could always toss some bucks at the Libertarian party. I know I wouldn’t be greatly unhappy if they did that. 😉 -XT [/QUOTE] Interesting idea . . . it **might** be a very effective way to split the Pub vote . . . Although, to get real, I strongly suspect most disaffected Pub voters at present, if they were tempted by a third-party alternative, would go with either the [America First Party](http://www.americafirstparty.org/) or the [Constitution Party.](http://www.constitution-party.net/) If not the American Nazi Party, to which website our Board rules will not allow me to link. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-political-party-stand-for/367820/22 "2006-08-09T04:28:16Z")
[QUOTE=xtisme] Hey, the Dems could always toss some bucks at the Libertarian party. I know I wouldn’t be greatly unhappy if they did that. 😉 -XT [/QUOTE] Interesting idea . . . it **might** be a very effective way to split the Pub vote . . . Although, to get real, I strongly suspect most disaffected Pub voters at present, if they were tempted by a third-party alternative, would go with either the [the [url=[http://www.americafirstparty.org/](http://www.americafirstparty.org/)]America First Party](]Independence Party,[/url) or the [Constitution Party.](http://www.constitution-party.net/) If not the American Nazi Party, to which website our Board rules will not allow me to link. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-political-party-stand-for/367820/23 "2006-08-09T10:44:55Z")
1- Democrat 2- Truth, justice, and the American way 3- We oppose George W. Bush ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-political-party-stand-for/367820/24 "2006-08-09T14:52:42Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] 1- Democrat 2- Truth, justice, and the American way 3- We oppose George W. Bush [/QUOTE] But, given history, what makes you believe that truth and Justice have anything to do with the modern American way? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-political-party-stand-for/367820/25 "2006-08-09T15:04:34Z")
[QUOTE=ddgryphon] But, given history, what makes you believe that truth and Justice have anything to do with the modern American way? [/QUOTE] Superman wouldn’t lie to us, would he? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-political-party-stand-for/367820/26 "2006-08-10T00:37:59Z")
1. Democrat 2. Competence 3. 8 years of peace and prosperity under Bill Clinton, vs. five years of debt, war, and Katrina-level screwups under George W. Bush. QED. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-political-party-stand-for/367820/27 "2006-08-10T03:27:36Z")
When nothing else will satisfy, there’s always the [Scorched Earth Party:](http://www.armory.com/~crisper/Scorch/index.html) > [@](#): > > Here at the Scorched Earth Party, we are dedicated to a few simple principles: > > - that the concept of “life is sacred” is the best joke we’ve heard this year. > - that nothing satisfies like clubbing some moron to death with a lead pipe. > - that you can never get laid enough. > - that the world will continue to deteriorate until 90% of its population is eliminated. > > True happiness will never be yours unless you rise up with us. Join the 10% with the lead pipes. Help save the world through random, messy violence, and then wallow in carnal pleasure among the ruins. Come on . . . you know you want it . . . ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-political-party-stand-for/367820/28 "2006-08-10T03:45:15Z")
lol…my kind of party. Of course, all you anti-gun types are probably toast, lead pipe or no lead pipe (and of course, doesn’t lead poisoning lead to retardation? 😉 ). -XT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-political-party-stand-for/367820.md?page=1)