The candidates this election season seem to be more polar opposite on issues than I remember in past elections. I've been noticing a few gross generality differences between the two main parties, or even more generally, liberals and conservatives.
On the Meyers Briggs test: Democrats tend to make decisions based on feelings and Republicans tend to make decisions based on thinking.
On the glass half full/empty of water: Democrats tend to be pessimistic on America and Republicans tend to be optimistic.
On deferred gratification: Democrats tend to focus on short term fixes and Republicans tend to focus on long term fixes.
On media: Democrats seem to dominate TV news while Republicans dominate radio talk shows. But the blogosphere is the great equalizer.
On evil: Democrats tend to believe people do evil things if they didn't get enough hugs growing up and Republicans tend to understand that every person is capable of evil because of our sin nature and the presence of demonic spiritual influences.
As the saying goes; "If you're in your twenties and you're not a Democrat, you don't have a heart. If you're in your forties and you're not a Republican, you don't have a brain."
Fortunately, these party differences make for good checks and balances to protect us from extremism and corruption.
Ian
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I just got off the phone with someone who said that she didn't want her tax dollars going to help those who are too irresponsible to help themselves. According to Myers Briggs, she is using logic in her statement. So are we to conclude that all who use government assistance are irresponsible? Is cutting social programs the answer? What do we do with people who fall between the cracks? And if parents are irresponsible, should kids be punished? Aren't these kids as innocent as the unborn fetuses? Are we just going to let these kids die because their parents can't afford health insurance, even if they were being irresponsible? I need some easy answers.
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