Democrat or Republican?? What's your platform??

I find this whole political race very interesting. As my friends and I have gotten older, so many of the issues surrounding the debates are more applicable to my life than ever. Some of us vote the way we vote because that is how we were raised, others have a particular issue that keeps them adhering to one party, others may vote by the man that best they identify with. I have friends on both sides of the party line. Some are Democrats because they are concerned about the environment and the issues surrounding that. Some of these people are vegans or vegeterians....and they want peace at all cost. Others are Democrats because of the economic and social issues the Dems. stand for. They might know first hand about rough economic times and want relief. Some Democrats, like many of the celebrites you see supporting Obama, want rights for all. They are not neccessarily economically strapped after all, they just believe abortion and homosexuality should be allowed to exist and be maintained without rights being infringed. They are about limiting what they believe is the Republicans "moral police" reputation. On the Republican side of things you have your Pro-lifers, your corporate leaders, and your higher income bracket wage earners anxious to keep their money in their pockets and out of the governments hands via taxation. They want to invest thier money to stimulate the economy, not be taxed to death. Also on this side, the millions of evangelical Christians who believe we are a God fearing nation and want to keep it that way. They appose gay marriage and the moral decay they believe our country is in.

I mentioned I had friends on both sides.....I find it interesting that there is no "one size fits all" Democrat or Republican. Let me explain. While many of the Democrats are pet lovers, some are not. I have one friend who HATES cats and dogs, but is a solid Obama supporter. I also have Republican friends who love cats and dogs....they are their babies. They are also pro-life. I was raised in the home of two Independent Mid-westerners. My parents voted on both sides of the party line, though I will say Ronald Reagan became a hero in our home. I myself, have voted mostly Republican. After working in inner city Dallas-Fort Worth, I am a pro-lifer. I believe women have a right to their own bodies, but have seen the devastion abortion causes in the lives of women. I do not try to take away the rights of the mother, but to protect the rights of the child who's heart started beating at 20 days after conception and the soul of the woman who might be haunted for the rest of her days by the ghost of abortion. I am all for women's rights, esp. if that female is inside her mother's womb without a voice. My pro-life stance goes further. Recently, I went to the "Fix For Life" clinic to have my sweet girl fur- babies spayed. I was told there was a three week waiting list. I expressed concern that one of them might be in heat at that moment and what could I do. I was told that when I came in 3 weeks later, they could "take care of that little problem" if it existed!! They would abort my cats kittens if she were pregnant!! What?!! Would a Democrat-pet-loving-environmentalist stand for that?? What about the cats right to choose?? The cat had no rights according to the clinic. Hmm.....just makes me wonder, doesn't it you???