Jim Weir wrote in message . ..
In an on-the-air (*) broadcast, a BBC announcer was trying to explain the
difference between the Republicans and the Democrats to his British audience.

"The Republicans are verry like our ... ahhh ... Conservatives.
The Democrats are verry like our ... ahhh ... Conservatives."

(*) "on-the-AIR" makes this on-topic {;-)

My understanding is that the democratic party was not liberal enough
for the Canadians. They now have a liberal party in addition to the
democrat party.
If you feel guilty that you have the means to fly an airplane, you are
a democrat.
If you feel proud that you have succeeded enough in life to afford a
plane, you are a republican.