Republican Party

Better than the Democrats, but that's not saying much.

UPDATE*** I'm shocked, SHOCKED that Republicans love brainless TV shows. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/live-feed/right-wing-tv-43558 UPDATE** Yeah, the GOP is the party for the rich. The problem is, why do so many working Americans support them? Oh, yeah: they're stupid. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39995283/ns/politics-decision_2010/ What's in store for America: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-25/america-s-top-earners-saw-pay-quintuple-last-year-to-average-519-million.html

We need a third party, maybe Libertarian!

A Republican party that used to include moderates and liberals like the Chafees, Lowell Weicker, Nelson Rockefeller, and Jacob Javits now enforces a rigid rightwing orthodoxy that has seen the steady contraction of the "big tent" to a little one with room only for "true conservatives", at least to exercise any influence. The Democratic Party still includes moderates and conservatives; the Republican party includes partisans from an increasingly narrow part of the political spectrum. Richard Nixon would probably be denounced by today's GOP as a "RINO". During President Obama's first two years in office, the GOP, guided by John Boehner and Mitch McConnell, has decided to adopt the Gingrich strategy: dig in its heels and oppose every Democratic initiative in the hope of reaping the electoral payoff in the midterm elections. To reach this end, the Republicans have, for the most part, failed to offer solutions for the country's problems. They rail about the deficit (which Republican co... Read more

I consider myself a Republican, but I am very unhappy with the choices it has made in recent years. Given the fact that it is under the influence of religious fundamentalists, that kicks the GOP's rating to three stars.

The last 8 years have really embarassed the Republican party, in my opinion. George Bush was not the best choice for them. I do however believe in many of their ideas. I believe that... - Marriage should only be between man and woman - No abortions (unless being victim of rape or similar incidents) - Lower taxes - Less government involvement in business - Religion should be allowed to be practiced freely - Gun rights - Death penalty, only for a crime so severe, though I would really like to have seen Mitt Romney win in 08', had he stayed. Maybe, him and Huckabee...

Following their brother the Democratic Party towards Totalitarianism

I am an conservative but most admit, we deserved the butt kicking we got this past election. However, I still believe in the ideals. Moral issues are a big deal to me and I favor less government not more government. I believe in a strong military and I am not a fan of "distributing the wealth." I am sick of rewarding lazy people who refuse to work. You have women with eight children from eight different fathers, who refuse to get and education because a free check comes to them every month. They live in a bigger house and drive a nicer care than most of us do.

Lil' Bush and his team of trigger happies had many years to help prepare the americans for the real problems facing our world today. They took the money and they're still running.

Update: Some time in the wilderness is exactly what the GOP needs to get its act together, and I'm proud to be a part of booting them out.  They've become a party of big spending theocrats that is starting to look more like a regional party of the deep south, than any sort of national player.  Maybe some time out of power will bring them back to their roots of small government, pragmatic foreign policy, and personal responsibility.  I will welcome them back to the national scene when they do this.  Let's leave the fringe lunatics to represent information challenged voters at the local level, and bring the adults back to represent this grand old party at the national level. Original: ** The Republicans need a drubbing in the upcoming elections, I think. The American people gave Republicans control of the house, the senate, and the executive, and they have utterly failed us. Our reputation and moral standing around the world has been trashed, our spending is out of control, and the... Read more

Destroying everything

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOE REPUBLICAN : Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised. All but $10 of Joe's medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry. In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he... Read more

"A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth. She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his. One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school. Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it wa... Read more

What happened to the old GOP of Ford, Rockefeller, Goldwater and Archie Bunker? Bush and the White House really do want some sort of theoracracy in this country. This party has become anti-libertarian on social issues and warhawkish.

They should rename themselves the Evangelical Party or the Corporate Puppet Party.

Currently suffering the fallout from kind of overweening hubris that helped do in the Democrats. Appear to be headed for a visit to the political woodshed.

Hacks for corporatist sociopaths, the psychotic plutocracy.  They just haven't figure out that we've outgrown the need to look up to and to rely on wealthy psychos...which is why they're trying so hard to marginalize and scare the shit out of us with their divisive party politics.Prediction:  Having served his usefulness, since Rove isn't really one of "them" (sociopathic plutocracy), he's going to disappear mysteriously.  He has far too much dirt on all of their mouthpieces in and out of Congress.

brother, can you spare a dime

The Party of "conservatives" - that's what we call the people who have been consistantly and constantly and defiantly WRONG about EVERYTHING. Aside from believing that a rich Andover Prep School Male Cheerleader and a son of a former-President is a good ol' boy dirt-farmer oil-man cowboy and a brave war hero - and that Senator John Kerry was a draft-dodger, a liar and a traitor, they ALSO believe that women have abortions as a recreational activity, that dinosaur fossils were fakes carved out of rock, they still claim that biblical creation is the best literal explanation as to how the world came into existence, they argued AGAINST the round earth "theory".  They said that Tide soap was made by the devil at Proctor and Gamble, they claim that prayer is better and more efective than than medicine. They opposed child labor laws, women's sufferage, civil rights, ending Apartheid, freeing Nelson Mandela, they fought against fair voting laws, they wanted military troops to shoot and kill th... Read more

The Republican party is the only major party that is against abortion and gay marriage, these are issues that I will never support and I must say that I am disappointed that so many Republicans are becoming more and more accepting of this. Though I believe that the majority are still against it, the Repubilican party needs to get back to its conservative beliefs and religious morals.  Another reason for my support for this party is unlike many Democrats we republicans want to help and support the military and not destroy it as Clinton did. (Democrats=Communist)

Ho hum. This group is heading back to the political wilderness compliments of Bush.  2006 was just a start.  2008 will be worse as the "Surge" in Iraq guarantees that the war will go on past the next general election.  Bush must not have read the returns.  The electorate didn't vote for anything, they voted against Bush and Bush's war. The problem for the GOP is going to be long term.  After getting thumped in 2008, the Democratic state legislators elected in that year, assuming many of them are four year terms, will merrily be reapportioning and gerrymandering Congressional and legislative seats after the 2010 census, and that will lock in the Democratic majorities until some seismic shift, such as the GOP landslide in 1994 comes along again in the next generation to shift the balance.

The Republican party of T. Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Goldwater, and Reagan is currently spending 40 days and 40 nights in the wilderness, hoping to avoid extinction. Republicans have become a parody of former greatness since Bush 41 determined to return their power base to the Rockefeller/ blue blood days. Additionally, whatever happened to the so-called "contract with America"? I can't think of one pledge there that was kept- and that was not the fault of Democrats.

I find it difficult to rate political parties. For me, it depends: the moderate libertarian wing of the party gets four stars from me, but the neo-conservative wing gets only 2 stars. And of course it depends on the candidate who runs. I'm sure you can define your rating of each political party based on their positions on the social issues, but even then, a brief examination of judicial appointments shows that the Republican Party has contributed their own fair share of liberal jurists to the bench, for example David Souter, John Paul Stevens, or Earl Warren; likewise the Democrats have contributed conservatives like Hugo Black to the court as well. There's no way you can really know how a justice will vote, so the issue of judges shouldn't be at issue when it comes to political parties. The social issues like abortion don't motivate me that much. Even though I am generally pro-life on that issue, it is not a deal-breaker for me. Those issues like gay right and abortion are contr... Read more

The continuing implosion of this party is a fascinating study in how not to govern, legislate or run an evangelical church. They have taken over as the corruption party from Democrats who used to have a fairly strong indentification with that attribute. They have co-opted things that they used to and still do demonize Democrats for. Undisciplined spending, lax immigration policies and the enormous expansion of government. They have also let lobbying of Congress get way out of control. Here's an article to explain. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/21/AR2005062101632.html It is also interesting to listen to many Republicans sell out Chuck Hagel for supporting the symbolic vote against the President's plan to add a "surge" of troops into Iraq. I heard people on C-SPAN calling him "disgusting" and "a Republican in name only" and another caller actually said "I think it is good to have liberal Republicans in Congress" and then he went on to explain why he di... Read more

They love oil, global warming, and more. This political group is so full of non-sense its not even funny. Trickle down economics? Favoring big companies is nothing to be proud of. They are non-American as well. Update: Calling Democrats names? Here's a few Republican names 1. On oil: Drill and pump conservatives. 2. On the enviornment: Pollute and ignore Conservatives 3. On the issues: Ignore and don't care conservatives 4. On defense: Ignore and lie Update: Welcome Jim Webb, Bob Casey, and others to the U.S. Senate after this 2006 mid-term elections.

This Republican party is not even republican party, they are un-american dictators who don't care about nobody but their lame selves. Makes me sad that people support them.

There seems to be only conservatives and moderates in this party, but since the moderates are to the left of Ted Kennedy and Dingy Harry, I'm glad they don't have any liberals. We don't need any Joe Stalins or other left wing despots to run for office here. Republicans seem to campaign on the right and then rule on the left. I liked Ike, but he was the last Republican that Democrats tolerated. I would like to ban the Democrat Party altogether, but that would only drive more kooks to join them, but that's another topic. Republicans say they are against abortion, but none dare call it murder (which it is). Roman men could throw a newborn child out of the house if he didn't like it, so I guess we catching up to them slowly.

Their attempts to ban Internet poker will mean fewer dumb rednecks for me to take money from when I play on PokerStars. :-( It'll be harder when most of the players are European...It's funny that both the besst and the most pathetic poker players are American... Oh...And neo-conservatism and theocracy suck too.

If you ignore the poor and enjoy making a fool out of yourself then by all means choose this party. Most reps I know say things like OH YEAH and NASCAR IS A SPORT YEE HAW!!

This is my ideological home.It is the party of Lincoln and Reagan.This party also numbers as its members:Teddy Roosevelt(you know,the Roosevelt with a clue),John mcCain and Rudolph Giuliani. So why am I giving this ship of fools only 3 stars?It seems to me that this bunch became what they despised.During the gingrich Revolution of 1994,they came into power with good ideas to shrink government,to play by the same rules you and I must observe and to discuss ideas.This sad group has instead presided over a balloning of the deficit,record amounts of earmarks,Jack Abramoff,Coziness to big energy and oil interest and a major expansion of the size and scope of the government.As Burke said,absolute power corrupts absolutely.And that is what is happening to these people.Considering the alternative,this is the lesser of the 2 evils.However,they have been a disappointing group,so because of that..3 stars.

A group of deluded individuals.

The differnce between Democrats and Republicans: Democrats: Strong military Clean enviornment Good, clean schools More quallity jobs Love for America Republicans: The opposite

This is the party I chose to register with. I believe in almost all of their views. In contrast to the Democrats, they don't complain, point fingers, and give bogus advice to solving problems. Rather they get things done, solve problems, and put up with endless criticism. Update: not all republicans are rich white people. I am a good example. They are very inclusive. The vast majority of the south is Republican (see 2004 election map) and they are on the lower end of the economic per capita spectrum. Tax cuts help everyone. They were the political party that advocated equality and abolition. We're called the Grand Old Party for a reason. :-)

On the surface, Republicans are a decent enough party. They believe in issues most of us can get behind - Family values, a strong military, hard work, personal responsibility, The importance of religion, the ability of people to earn a living and make the most out of what they have and then enjoy the rewards of their hard work and earning. It's a message that plays well across their economic and social constituancy, explaining why blue collar workers as well as high level white collar and wealthy individuals get behind the basic message they have. Problem is , for all the upfront ideals ,there are hypocritical, misguided ideals that pervert the core of what they are. Republicans are stubborn in their ideals. They either dont want to or cannot understand the complex problems and issues that face the nation. These are things they just dont want to deal with and are hard to compromise on. Issues like poverty, the environment, affirmative action, gay marraige, abortion, are Black-and-Whi... Read more

Blah...Blah...Blah...Blah (yawn). Wipe the spittle from your chin, people, take a deep breath and understand we are all Americans here. You like Republicans...fine. You like Democrats...fine. If your rich and ignorant...run for office. If your educated and intelligent...run a corporation... ...Umm, just make sure the Republicans are in power...they'll give you the biggest tax break. (Damn it, I started it all over again)

My party since I was old enough to vote, and even before that actually. The reality, unfortunately, is that the GOP is a mess. It just doesn't seem that way because the main opposition is somewhat worse. After all, how accomplished do you have to be to be the preferred alternative to Teddy Kennedy, Howard Dean and Al Sharpton? Every time the Republicans sink to a new level (unlimited detention for terrorist suspects who have no access to counsel, Intelligent Design, Terry Schiavo, etc.) the Democrats always seem to one up them (Fahrenheit 911, Government set asides for pre-natal care for illegal aliens, Affirmative Action, etc.). The bottom line is that my party will not improve (i.e. toss out the religious nuts) until the Democrats clean their own house (i.e. farewell to the race baiters). Why should it? The status quo has the Republicans winning ... again and again. In the 21st century (to date, anyway) the GOP is considered the lesser of two evils by a narrow majority. And ... Read more

ya, I use to belong to the Republican Party, because I did'nt know any better. I'm just glad I found a real Christian Party. I found the Contitution Party just in time (that is just before the 2004 elections). Stop voting for someone who says they are a christian but then goes in a shine in Japan and bows down in front of an idol, ya thats someting you won't hear on CBN will you. wake up and realize the republican party is NOT a party that hold christian values.

This party does not respect the freedom of speech or the freedom of religion. If you speak your mind and become a potential threat to this party, you will be silenced. Those protesters at his ranch on thanksgiving were arrested because Bush came up with a county law that prohibits camping on roadsides in Crawford Texas after Sheehan left. If this is the case, then what is the point in having the freedom speech if you are not allowed to make a difference, simply because you will be shutdown if you oppose them. I hope people dont let this party dictate what this country stands for. It should be decided by the people. Do people actually think that the freedom of religion exist. I think its more like freedom of "our" religion. I guess people don't understand what the seperation of religion and state. I know Bush doesn't. Religion has no place in politics. I am sick of hearing "god Bless" this and that. Its complete ignorance. I personally think that christians are the most ignorant people... Read more

Bought and paid for toadys of the parasitic rich who wrap themselves in Churchianity and nationalism to be marketable.

Republicans rule the House, Senate, White house, and have more court appointments than the Dems. It has been this way for a while. Look around you. We are failing at an accelerating rate. We are looking more and more like idiots to rest of the world. How much money are we borrowing every day from the Saudis, the Chinese, and the Japanese? A country as great as we used to be needs the Chinese to finance the day to day running of our nation. Wake up Sheeple!

If the Republican party stuck to it's true economic values and were actually socially liberal on social issues maybe I would vote for them, but unfortunately. I care too much about social issues to vote for the Republicans.

It's funny, the answer for some people as to why they are a republican ("they don't spend my taxes") has become a fallacy, at best.

The party continues to drift closer and closer to governing like the democrats. Spending billions of dollars of other peoples' money proves to be too much temptation for either party in the majority, and the concept of federalism continues to dissipate before our very eyes. The republicans used to stand for smaller, less intrusive government through lower taxes and a reduction in the scope of the federal government by deregulating nationalized industries, pushing responsibility toward the state governments, allowing decision-making to be done on a more decentralized basis. But the lure of a stronger, behemoth, centralized government is too tempting. We get it when we ask for it and when we don't. Disaster relief will now become a federal responsibility as George Bush has acknowledged the cacophonous criticism (spouted by the absolute whiniest and most shrill of his dedicated opponents, people who hate Bush so much, they'll characterize the complete breakdown of disaster relief a... Read more

This parody of a political party makes me laugh. I'm waiting for the motley bunch of self-serving individuals to self-combust. Ha Ha. I've noticed this party has been hijacked by wackjobs with despotic social tendencies. Yes please control me, I really want that! The public needs to stop with the delusions that Republican politicians have morals, morals + politics is an oxymoron. They tickle the middle-class demographic right to the polls and ditch them after election day for their corporate buddies. Don't get huffy about my rating, I'm rating the PARTY, not you. If you're a Republican and feel indignant, such is life. Don't be so aligned to a political party anyway.

The Republican party is one of the few institutions in America that respects our heritage as a conservative Christian nation.

If they cut spending to offset tax cuts I would give them a higher rating. Bush's war also decreases this rating. Plus the religious wackos (formerly the william jennings bryant wing of the democratic party) have no business in a serious political party. I like the more liberatarian branch of the party.

I have an uncle who's a Republican.....Yeah, he's a real A-Hole!!( I'm not saying he's an A-Hole because he's a Republican, I'm saying he's a Republican BECAUSE he's an A-Hole. Again, I would NEVER generalize.)

As a former Republican and a lifelong resident of a solid red state, I am officially tendering my resignation. George W. Bush is an embarrasment to our great nation, all we have left is fond memories of the Reagan years. This party has alienated me with it's increasing push toward theocracy and destruction of our natural environment. That is not to say i've become a Democrat, but I am done with the GOP

As a life-long republican, I don't believe the party is the best it can be, but certainly better than the alternatives. BTW, metal666, thanks for the compliments!

A dangerous joke of a party