Hell, Peace, I haven't had any respect for the Democratic Party (or the Republican Party either) since John F. Kennedy died and Lyndon Johnson took over the White House.

That doesn't mean I don't respect a certain few individuals within the Democractic Party, like Dennis Kucinich, it just means I don't respect the Party itself, that's all. It's a power structure, and it does not serve the common people, it serves the great vested monetary interests. So do the Republicans.

Come to think of it, I am hard pressed to identify any large political party that I respect in the present era. If they are large, they already sold out long ago. I sure don't respect any of the large political parties in Canada.

(But I do respect some individuals in those parties...and the ordinary people who sincerely support those parties, usually with the best of intentions.)