text: americans,  please educate me on your politcal parties...? okay..correct me if i'm wrong...a democrat is a liberal, a republican is a conservative???....i'm lost on the rest...who is a left-winger, who is a right-winger and what is a neocon??...please don't be rude when answering...i'm merely a curious humble canadian neighbour. my dear one, why someone would thumb's down this unoffensive question shows just what idiocy is. as for america's politics (i'm going to depart from my usual kindness to say...) it all goes into the same pot and say even though politicians say their party lines are different, they're really not. politics really boils down to the sum of it's name; that being    poli: (lat) meaning "many and  tics : blood sucking parasites. gone are the statesmen. we only have politicians. i give you a thumb's up for asking . blessings.