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* [http://shelleytherepublican.com/ ShelleyTheRepublican.com]: ok, I confess... I can't tell if this is meant to be serious... | * [http://shelleytherepublican.com/ ShelleyTheRepublican.com]: ok, I confess... I can't tell if this is meant to be serious... | ||
* [http://republicansforhumility.com Republicans for Humility] | * [http://republicansforhumility.com Republicans for Humility] | ||
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| + | * '''2005-12-21''' [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-12/bpl-fod122105.php 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. | ||
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===News=== | ===News=== | ||
* '''2007-05-09''' [http://www.comcast.net/news/national/index.jsp?cat=DOMESTIC&fn=/2007/05/09/658970.html 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 [[George W. Bush|Bush]]'s policies in [[US invasion of Iraq|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 [http://votevets.org VoteVets.org]. | * '''2007-05-09''' [http://www.comcast.net/news/national/index.jsp?cat=DOMESTIC&fn=/2007/05/09/658970.html 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 [[George W. Bush|Bush]]'s policies in [[US invasion of Iraq|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 [http://votevets.org VoteVets.org]. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[2000-2007 US Presidential Administration]] | *[[2000-2007 US Presidential Administration]] | ||
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Reference
- Republican National Committee official web site
- Wikipedia
- Campaigns Wikia
Related Pages
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
Qualities
- Seemingly hostile towards science [1], while the Democrats tend to be opposed to large engineering projects
- Known for pointlessly "dirty" campaigning [2]
Links
Dirty Campaigning
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
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.
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.