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Republican Party (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Republican Party (also known as the 'GOP', for 'Grand Old Party') is one of the two major political parties in the United States' two-party system next to the Democratic Party. Presently, it is regarded as the more conservative of the two parties. The current president of the USA, George W. Bush, was nominated by the Republican Party. Although Bush has the most influence on the political course of the party, Ken Mehlman, not he, is the chairman of the Republican National Committee (since January 2005). Since 2002, the Republicans control the legislature at the federal level with a majority in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. Their symbol is the elephant, and the unofficial color is red. ..." |
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GOP, R.I.P?, by Sheldon Richman, 11 Feb 2008
Related Topic: John McCain
Reviews conservatives' criticisms of John McCain and what it means for the Republican Party
"Who, then, can fault the conservatives for their opposition to McCain? Is no principle important enough to stand by it, even at the cost of electoral defeat? ... I agree with the conservatives in this respect: a Republican party that nominates John McCain for president is unfit to exist. The sooner it is demolished, the better." |
Libertarian GOP defection?, by Bruce Bartlett, The Washington Times, 13 Dec 2006
"The new Republican Puritans don't trust people ... They want the government to impose itself on peoples' lives and deny them freedom of choice. ... Moreover, Republicans have lost whatever credibility they once had on economics by indulging in an orgy of spending and corruption ..." |
The GOP, RIP: They're on the way out — and good riddance, by Justin Raimondo, 8 Sep 2006
Related Topic: Militarism
"For a good 75 years, the Republican Party has been the party of conservatism, the anointed vehicle for the hopes and dreams of those who believe in limited government and seek to preserve the legacy of the Founding Fathers. No more. It hasn't been true for quite a while, but at least the Republicans were rhetorically committed to conservative principles right up until the second Bush presidency." |
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They Deserved to Lose, by Jacob G. Hornberger, 8 Nov 2006
Related Topic: Democratic Party
"... the Republicans ... should be ashamed of themselves because they have greatly shamed and damaged our country. ... while they love to preach the concept of individual responsibility to others, never ever do they apply the concept to themselves. ... Republicans continue to wrap themselves in libertarian limited-government rhetoric. It is hypocrisy like that makes the Republican loss a deserving one." |
Why I Am Not a 'Conservative', by Vin Suprynowicz, 13 Jun 2006
Related Topic: Democratic Party
"But after the Republicans came surging back 20-odd years ago, vowing to close down the wasteful and counterproductive federal Departments of Energy and Education (it would have been a good start) — they did none of it. Never even tried. In 22 years they have repealed no significant infringement of the Second Amendment, closed no significant federal agency or program." |
Why the Republicans Are Doomed, by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., 21 Feb 2007
Related Topics: Liberty, The State
"What's interesting here is what motivates big-government Republicanism. The party itself has no strong investment in the public sector as it currently stands, apart from the prison bureaucracy and the military. ... Republicans, essentially, see the public purse as something not to conserve but to rob and give to those who do vote Republican." |
Glorious War!, by Joseph Sobran, The Reactionary Utopian, 31 Aug 2006
Related Topics: War, George W. Bush
"May the Republicans perish forever. May vultures gobble their entrails. May their name be blotted out. In short, may they lose their shirts in November. Yes, I'm disillusioned with the GOP. It was bad enough when I thought they were unprincipled. Now, however, it's worse, because they do have a principle after all: war. Two Bush administrations have proved that." |
Ron Paul's Goldwater Moment: He's a Republican, he's antiwar - and the Establishment is deathly afraid of him, by Justin Raimondo, 11 May 2007
Related Topics: Ron Paul
Critiques Washington-centric "conventional wisdom" about Ron Paul's presidential candidacy
"Paul could conjure a Goldwater moment and revitalize his party. All he has to do is mount a visible challenge to the sterile neoconservative orthodoxy. ... A Republican victory in the next presidential election seems unlikely no matter who wins the nomination: if Republicans can't win the White House this time around, perhaps they'll be content with winning back their own souls." |
The Fraudulent Meaning of Elections, by James Bovard, Freedom Daily, 4 Jun 2006
Related Topics: Voting
"The Republicans' comments sounded as if there is a grave danger in letting people even start to think about how the whole process works — as if Republicans were terrified of any questions or challenges that would decrease people's submissiveness to the government." |
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| Gosh, I wonder how we got here?, by Chuck Asay, Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, 10 Nov 2006 |
| Was it the war or the scandal?, by Chip Bok, Akron Beacon Journal, 10 Nov 2006 |
G.O.P. on Immigration, by Tony Auth, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 3 Jan 2008
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