Is Stampever a "fake Democrat"?

[Lunar]

A lot of Democrats are "fake Democrats"

and I think that's a good thing.  Partisanship should not 100% define ideology

[Lunar]

Well, fine, take this approach: Everyone perceives partisan identities differently, and some people still prefer less modern definitions.  I go to school at Cal/Berkeley, the people coming here for its 60's reputation are obviously not aware that the campus GOP is the biggest school organization on campus (I think that's still true).   But how they choose to identify with it is simply through a different process.  In the South, being a Democrat does not mean being a liberal, it just doesn't.  Hell, a nationalist Republican took away their slaves

But seriously, I think a less-entrenched partisanship-ideology definition is a positive since it encourages voters to make more evaluated decisions rather than simple partisan ones.

[Lunar]

What about for local elections?

[Lunar]

So it's the only office that should define partisanship?

[Lunar]

Entirely.

Pretty much this.

A lot of Democrats are "fake Democrats"

and I think that's a good thing.  Partisanship should not 100% define ideology

I appreciate your devil's advocate approach to Blue Dog types, but I think you're going out a little too far here. I've literally not seen Stamp support any Democratic/Progressive/Liberal/Whatever left wing term you want to use proposal on this site. None, not one. None. None at all. Zero.

He says he voted for Obama, but he employs all these sort of right-wing names for him that just sound retarded. In short, he's a "Democrat" that hasn't said one good thing about Democrats this entire time.

He's less of a Democrat than Chafee was a Republican.

Why should we care  though?