What is the Republican Party?

[Craig234]

Originally posted by: eskimospy

Originally posted by: Tab
I think the Republican Party is dead, if Obama wins it's the beginning on the end.

I wonder who will replace them, that's what I'm interested in.

I really doubt the Republican party is going anywhere. Who would replace them? I see no viable alternative.

The Republican party is not going anywhere because it has a permanent support structure of the rich and powerful/corporatists.

They simply face marketing challenges.

After the great depression and popular democratic policies left Republicans unelectable, they came up with the Red Scare and boom controlled the presidency and both houses.

After the disaster of Watergate they came up with folksy Reagan (and from a few years earlier the Southern Strategy).

After 8 years of relative peace and prosperity under Clinton, they got Bush in office with big promises of 'restoring the dignity of the office' and 'grownups being in charge'.

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: bdude
Fiscal Conservatism, or profligate spending dictated by the times?
Social Conservatism, but do traces of Libertarianism linger behind the curtains?
Isolationism, or a demand for military force on the whims of one man?

Why does the Republican Party act in a schizophrenic manner?

What happened to the Republican Party of the late 1970s..young, headstrong, and full of fresh ideas for those Cold War times?


I don't know what they stand for anymore, except for these: more spending, more jingoism, more corporate profiteering.

Profit uber alles

Guns, guns, guns!!!

My religion and only religion is right

Central government is evil, evilllllll, unless it benefits me, my family and friends and people who look like me....

 

[Mursilis]

Originally posted by: eskimospy

Originally posted by: Sinsear
Awesome; another bash the republicans thread. So far I've seen racist and nazi comparisons. Spectacular.

Why are you surprised about the racism charge. You do know that Republicans for quite a long time specifically race baited as an electoral strategy, right? Go read up on the Southern Strategy.

It's no different and no worse than the Dems' "Great Society" program to create a permanent minority underclass dependant on gov't. Talk about a captive constituency.

 

[Throckmorton]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: herm0016

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Sinsear
Awesome; another bash the republicans thread. So far I've seen racist and nazi comparisons. Spectacular.

To be accurate, I compared them to fascists, and specifically not to Nazis. The 2 are not the same, whatever your high school history teacher may have told you. All Nazis are fascists, but not all fascists are Nazis. Get it?

As for racism, who are the KKK voting for again? Or has the white candidate had his patriotism questioned or been accused of being a Muslim?

Harvey did. and you know that part was not directed at you, so stfu.

who are the black power people going to vote for, and why is that any different than the KKK voting for the white guy? oh yea.. only white people can be racists ... i forgot that Oboma memo...

:roll:

Of course black people can be racists. Let me know when the Black Panthers ever pose a threat of coming to power in this country. Or... if there's a credible reason why I should fear that more than the KKK regaining power of this country.

Based on what I know about the Black Panthers, they weren't racist at all. They stood for self defense, hence their support for the right to bear arms for the exact same reasons that current gun rights activists do. Just because the white supremacists you stand up against happen to all be white doesn't make you a racist.