I’m curious as to why you label yourself an Anti-Federalist?
To distinguish Myself from modern, progressive Democrats. I believe in limited federal government and State Sovereignty. The early Democrats were Anti-Federalists; they believed in limited federal government and State Sovereignty. They opposed the Constitution, knowing the dangers of too much centralized power. I defend the Constitution, as it is the last limit on centralized federal power and the solution to all our problems in Washington. The early Democrats were honest men with integrity. I aspire to be the same quality of statesman they were.
James R. McClure Jr.
Jeffersonian Anti-Federalist Democrat candidate for IN09
In TODAY's Democratic Party?
Good luck!
I don't think many of your type will get through the vetting process.
The issue is that if you caucus with them you will be supporting them in an effort at majority control, whatever your claims of separate values are in your personal platform.
At best you will be an outcast from your party, given no role in legislative terms and be a less than effective representative. Call yourself a federalist democrat if you will, but now try and distance yourself from the democrat foreign policy, federal aid to our less than friends abroad and the whole kit and caboodle of democrat history.
Its a gimmick, nothing more. Product differentiation like selling fruit in the vegetable section by mislabeling it.
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
The early Democrats were pro-slavery. How in the hell can you call those HYPOCRITS "honest men with integrity"?
And you want to be like them. Well, thanks for your honesty!
Jesus Christ: You can’t impeach Him and He ain’t going to resign.
