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Regardless of your political affilation there’s a narrative that frames your position. So a key question is - how did you learn to be a Republican/Democrat? Where did your political beliefs come from? More to the point, how do you know you are what you say your are?

Well, I asked a relative of mine who is a Black Republican and a friend of mine who is a White Republican - What is a Republican? My relative said, “I’m a Republican because I’m a conservative.” My friend said, “I’m a Republican because I believe in fiscal responsibility.” And, I said, of course, to each - “But how do you know you’re not a Democrat?”

So how do you know a Republican or a Democrat when you see one? Listen closely to the rhetoric either uses when telling stories about what needs to be done for America.

Senator Barack Obama, a Democrat is on the “left” side of the political spectrum because he doesn’t believe that the marketplace is the sole solution to problems in our society.

Senator John McCain is on the “right” side of the political spectrum because he believes that the marketplace is the answer to problems in our society.

This means that you can expect to hear rhetoric about government being too big and too meddling from Republicans.

When Senator Obama says some of the wealth needs to be redistributed so some of the wealth can be spread around, a typical Republican reaction is - “No, the focus should be on creating wealth not sharing it.”

In other words, inequality works for a Republican BUT the ideal of equality works for a Democrat.

What other words or stories have you heard that show the difference between the two political positions.  AND finally… what’s wrong with socialism? Is it really the opposite of capitalism?

It may just be that too often we’re mixing our metaphors. That is to say we’re taking political positions for economic matters or economic positions on political matters.

Here’s a place to share how you know you’re a Republican/Democrat? Let the stories begin…

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