US Republican Party
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Contents |
[edit] Overview
[edit] Reference
- Republican National Committee official web site
- Wikipedia
- Campaigns Wikia
[edit] Related Pages
- American republicanism: the mindset of those who tend to be attracted to the Party's ideology
- 2004 US Republican Party Platform
- 2000 US Republican Party Platform
[edit] Actions
- 1995: Republican-led Congress Closed the Office of Technology Assessment
- 1994: The Contract with America was a significant Republican platform in the 1994 Congressional election
[edit] Qualities
- Seemingly hostile towards science [1], while the Democrats tend to be opposed to large engineering projects
- Known for pointlessly "dirty" campaigning [2]
[edit] Links
[edit] Filed Links
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- 2010-07-08 :more:talk: Supremes hand Republicans map to hobble the NLRB § “For all intents and purposes, the NLRB's mission is to protect the workplace rights of workers, not their employers. If in the future the Republican friends of big business can filibuster Democratic nominees or put "holds" on their nominations so as to winnow down the number of board members to just two and thereby put the board out of business temporarily. In the most recent instance, of course, "temporarily" amounted to an inexcusable three years.” more...
- 2010-04-26 :more:talk: G.O.P. Blocks Debate on Financial Oversight Bill § “Senate Republicans, united in opposition to the Democrats’ legislation to tighten regulation of the financial system, voted on Monday to block the bill from reaching the floor for debate.” more...
- 2010-04-19 :more:talk: These F@#king Guys - Goldman Sachs § Stewart looks at the Goldman Sachs fraud indictment of 2010-04-16, the subsequent bonuses handed out by Goldman Sachs, and Republican efforts to prevent anything from being done about this. more...
- 2009-05-31 :more:talk: Why do people persist in voting Republican? § “I happened to read University of Virginia Psychologist Jonathan Haidt's thoughtful essay on what makes people vote Republican ... Read the whole thing. You might even conclude, as I suspect Haidt does, that Republican voters tend to be more nuanced and sophisticated than Democratic voters.” more...
- 2008-09-19 :more:talk: Scientists Explain Why People Vote For Republicans § a collection of scientific investigations into why people vote Republican more...
- 2008-09-15 :more:talk: The Backfire Effect § “Nyhan and Reifler found this "backfire" effect only among conservatives. Refutations had little effect on liberals, but it didn't cause them to actively believe the misleading information even more strongly.” more...
- 2008-09-09 :more:talk: What Makes People Vote Republican? § “People vote Republican because Republicans offer "moral clarity"—a simple vision of good and evil that activates deep seated fears in much of the electorate. Democrats, in contrast, appeal to reason with their long-winded explorations of policy options for a complex world.” However, “to see what Democrats have been missing, it helps to take off the halo, step back for a moment, and think about what morality really is.” more...
- 2008-07-04_Black_Republican_group_uses_MLK_to_promote_itself
- 2008-06-28_Bob_Barr_is_making_Republicans_nervous
- 2008-05-19_Not_a_Happy_Party
- 2008-03-10_GOP_Pork,_Imperiled_By_McCain
- 2008-01-31_Republicans_make_Fox_News_sick
- 2006-09-21_Black_GOP_Groups_Woo_Mfume,_Blast_Democrats_to_Back_Steele
[edit] Dirty Campaigning
[edit] Commentary
- 2006-10-31 This Is No Fun: right-wing blogger John Cole shreds the recent performance of the GOP
- 2005-11-14 Is the GOP still the conservative party?
- ShelleyTheRepublican.com: ok, I confess... I can't tell if this is meant to be serious...
- Republicans for Humility
[edit] Findings
- 2005-12-21 Fear of death may factor into who we vote for: specifically, subtle reminders of mortality caused people to switch votes from Kerry to Bush; this seems likely to be a specific of a more general trend of voting Republican/Conservative being correlated with perceived danger level. The Party seems well aware of this, as they have a created a number of entities whose sole purpose seems to be to generate calculated levels of alarm and fear, at will, in the general population.
[edit] News
- 2007-05-09 Retired Generals Challenge GOP in Ads: "Three retired generals challenged a dozen members of Congress in a new ad campaign Wednesday, saying the politicians can't expect to win re-election if they support President Bush's policies in Iraq." The generals in question are Maj. Gen. John Batiste (ret.), Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton (ret.), and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley Clark (ret.); the ads were created by VoteVets.org.
[edit] See Also
[edit] Bumper Sticker Ideas
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