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kentuck

(111,095 posts)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:48 PM Oct 2012

Can someone explain what the Republican Party stands for??

Who do they represent?

What do they really think about our government?

Do they work for the people that vote for them?

Have they perfected their message to the point they no longer need to worry that their supporters might desert them?

They are anti-everything unless it benefits the top 1%?

They have no scruples. They will lie, cheat, and steal to regain power. They believe the Democrats are just as evil and crooked as they.

They do not support the survival of Social Security or Medicare now and they never have. They pretend they do to keep a certain layer of low-info voters.

What do they stand for that is good for the people of this country?

I can think of nothing.

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Can someone explain what the Republican Party stands for?? (Original Post) kentuck Oct 2012 OP
Looting government malaise Oct 2012 #1
Money. That's it. El Supremo Oct 2012 #2
Money. Your money is their money temporarily removed. MichiganVote Oct 2012 #3
Me. No me! klook Oct 2012 #4
HATE and FEAR MONGERING and RACEBAITING underthematrix Oct 2012 #5
What Faux News tells them to stand for. chowder66 Oct 2012 #6
Selfishness! nt. Hotler Oct 2012 #7
I, My, Me and littlemissmartypants Oct 2012 #8
That about sums it up rightsideout Oct 2012 #9
It bothers me because... kentuck Oct 2012 #10
wads of money from any government and control of other's lives rurallib Oct 2012 #11
Wealth for the wealthy. Power for the Powerful. End of discussion. lastlib Oct 2012 #12
Making Money krawhitham Oct 2012 #13
Not quite accurate. xfundy Oct 2012 #19
President Clinton said it best... Johnyawl Oct 2012 #14
Not even the Republican Party can do that. renie408 Oct 2012 #15
That is a good point. kentuck Oct 2012 #16
I can think only of what they are against Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2012 #17
Obstruction, lies, KKK, money, authoritarian, ignorance, stupidity and hypocrisy. L0oniX Oct 2012 #18

kentuck

(111,095 posts)
10. It bothers me because...
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 10:12 PM
Oct 2012

I can think of nothing positive they offer for the people of this country. I know they have their spiel about smaller government, socialism, high taxes, deficits, small business, and all that but that is all it is, a spiel. They live in a contradiction. I simply cannot understand how they have so much support?

lastlib

(23,233 posts)
12. Wealth for the wealthy. Power for the Powerful. End of discussion.
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 10:23 PM
Oct 2012

"That's what the Republican Party's all about, Charlie Brown."

xfundy

(5,105 posts)
19. Not quite accurate.
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 11:57 PM
Oct 2012

TAKING money. They're far too lazy to actually go to the trouble of making it. Easier to steal from others.

Johnyawl

(3,205 posts)
14. President Clinton said it best...
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 10:34 PM
Oct 2012

..."The core value of the Republican party is that wealth and power belong in the hands of the few."

renie408

(9,854 posts)
15. Not even the Republican Party can do that.
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 10:35 PM
Oct 2012

But they can sure as shit explain what they stand against.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,412 posts)
17. I can think only of what they are against
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 10:48 PM
Oct 2012

which is just about everything that Democrats (and most sensible people) are for.

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