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Since at least the year 2000 (possibly beginning during the Reagan administration), this party has become mainly about:

obstructionism -- the "party of No", "the Republican'ts" -- opposed to any measures supported by Democrats, even if Republicans originally supported or proposed those same measures
corporatism -- rewriting laws and decimating public-interest government regulation to suit their corporate sponsors; see RepubliCorp
ignorance, fear, and untruth -- furthering their agenda at any cost, including promotion of long-debunked falsehoods, embracing radical populism (e.g. the Tea Party), abandoning rational discussion, and failing to have any sense of shame over repeated instances of hypocrisy

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

Seemingly hostile towards science [1], while the Democrats tend to be opposed to large engineering projects
Known for pointlessly "dirty" campaigning [2]

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

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.

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.

Respect Republican Principles Now!
WHAT PART OF "ME ME ME!" DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

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 ==Overview==
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+===Conclusions===
+Since at least the year 2000 (possibly beginning during the [[Reagan administration]]), this party has become mainly about:
+* '''obstructionism''' -- the "party of No", "the Republican'ts" -- opposed to any measures supported by Democrats, even if Republicans originally supported or proposed those same measures
+* '''corporatism''' -- rewriting laws and decimating public-interest government regulation to suit their corporate sponsors; see [http://www.republicorp.us/ RepubliCorp]
+* '''ignorance, fear, and untruth''' -- furthering their agenda at any cost, including [[denialism|promotion of long-debunked falsehoods]], embracing radical populism (e.g. the [[Tea Party]]), abandoning rational discussion, and failing to have any sense of shame over repeated instances of hypocrisy
 ==Reference==
 * [http://www.rnc.org/ Republican National Committee] official web site