text: name one thing you respect about the opposing party's views or one thing you dislike about your own party. work hard...you can do it.  i appreciate the democrat's concern about our right to freedom of speech, even the speach we abhore. one thing i dislike about the democratic party is its inability to properly organize itself and its issues.  our population is majority democrat, but so many democrats cannot or choose not to vote.  i also think that a lot of liberals have holier than thou values about christianity (they think that the only smart people out there are atheists), which are kind of hypocritical of liberal ideals.   i like the patriotism of a lot of republicans.  they're really into that heartwarming, feel good to be an american stuff.  even like the president running around with that soldier who lost his legs in iraq.  i think that's just a pretty cool thing to do.