I came across this poem from Walt Whitman:
Love the earth and the sun
and the animals,
despise riches, give alms
to everyone that asks,
stand up for the stupid
and crazy, devote your
income and labor to others,
hate tyrants, argue not
concerning God.
And I realize it summarized why I am a Democrat or why I am not a Republican. Of course the Democratic Party has lost its way a bit in the despising riches bit, has sold out to corporate interests. We really need to fix that.