I'm starting to feel that both parties play to the worst tendencies among us.
The republican party plays to people who want to limit an individual's ability to engage in personal sexual conduct, recreational drug use, determine where the majority of their own income, and remain free from government intrusion into their lives without true probable cause. The democratic party plays to people who want to limit an individual's ability to make dietary choices, limit self protection and private weapon ownership, economic choice, educational choice for their children, and choice in their impact on the environment. By the time "liberals" and "conservatives" get dome with their mutual role of attrition on liberties, there won't be much to do. In short, "freedom" will truly be "just another word for nothing left to lose."