The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Democratic Party. It is often referred to as the GOP, or Grand Old Party, although it is the younger of the two major parties. During the current 110th Congress, it is the minority party in the United States House of Representatives and the Republican caucus constitutes a minority in the United States Senate. Republicans hold a minority of governorships and control a minority of state legislatures. The current President of the United States (2001-present), George W. Bush, is a Republican.
Since 1856, Republicans have won 23 of the 38 presidential elections, including 7 of the last 10; 18 of the 28 U.S. Presidents since then have been Republicans. After the Republican Revolution of 1994, the Republican Party was the majority party in the House of Representatives and almost continuously was the majority party in the United States Senate from 1995 to 2007; the Democratic Party took control of both the House and the Senate in the 2006 elections.
Since 1856, Republicans have won 23 of the 38 presidential elections, including 7 of the last 10; 18 of the 28 U.S. Presidents since then have been Republicans. After the Republican Revolution of 1994, the Republican Party was the majority party in the House of Representatives and almost continuously was the majority party in the United States Senate from 1995 to 2007; the Democratic Party took control of both the House and the Senate in the 2006 elections.
The Republican Party is composed of Fiscal Conservatives, Evangelicals, Social Conservatives, Neoconservatives, Libertarians, Moderates, Liberals (sometimes derided as Republican In Name Only, or RINOs, by more conservative Republicans), and Log Cabin Republicans.
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Get the Republicans mug.A group of "pure" predominately white teenagers commonly found in mid-west American who say they are planning for political careers only to pawn off cash from their rich parents for booze, drugs, and many sexual partners. Much like modern Congress.
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Cut taxes on the rich so they'd have more money. Cut social support for people. Throw money into the security money hole. Fight blood soaked oil wars. Try to privatize and wreck social security. Strip Americans of their basic Constitutional and Human Rights. These are a few things that Republicans have done.
Cut taxes on the rich so they'd have more money. Cut social support for people. Throw money into the security money hole. Fight blood soaked oil wars. Try to privatize and wreck social security. Strip Americans of their basic Constitutional and Human Rights. These are a few things that Republicans have done.
What do you call a busload of Republicans going through the gates of a maximum security prison?
A good start!
A good start!
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Get the Republicans mug.The assholes who think they can run a nation. They like to target democrats and anyone else who is not Christian. The party is mainly white Christians, who fear minorities, common sense, homosexuals, and they tell Fox News Channel what to do. Unfortunately the United States is filled with them and make the GOOD part of America (democrats, independents, others who aren't Republicans) look bad. They are mainly found in small towns where farming is big.
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Get the republicans for voldemort mug.a proven dumb-person. look at the average IQ of republican states vs. democrats. I think that there is a pattern. the red(republican) states are peroidically lower than the blue(democratic) states.
See a youtube video. its been proven, i've seen it with my own eyes. The Republicans states are lower iq wise...
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Get the Republicans mug.A political party that tries to push its Christian beliefs onto the American people, even though we have a sepaation of church and state.
Furthemore, they support war without knowing all the facts, which cost innocent lives in the process.
Furthemore, they support war without knowing all the facts, which cost innocent lives in the process.
You can recommend this for deletion all you want, but whichever way you look at it, the repubicans are bigots, and homophobes, and war hungry people.
Unless that's the kind of thing you like.
Unless that's the kind of thing you like.
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