Political parties are just like family. We support them even when they drive us crazy.

[DonViejo]

By Jaime Fuller July 8 at 6:30 AM

Political parties are like family.

Americans might hate political parties some or most of the time, but they still tend to stand by one -- even when they think it is making bad choices.

The latest Associated Press-GfK poll shows that 77 percent of Americans consider themselves Republican or Democrat -- or at least reliably lean toward either party. Even without leaning, about six in 10 Americans side with either party.

But despite the fact that most Americans align themselves with a party, a majority of them also have negative feelings about the major parties. Fifty-one percent of Americans have unfavorable opinions of the Democratic Party, while 62 percent of the public has unfavorable opinions of the Republican Party.

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[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. And this is why idiots get re-elected time and again.

Politicians are not your family. They're not your boyfriends or girlfriends, they're not your prom date.

They're employees hired to do a job for all of us, and when they don't perform, they need to be fired. Even if you do mistakenly consider them 'family'. They're ruining the family business.