The Republican Party

I mentioned in my last post the disadvantages of violent democrats. Naturally, there are violent Republicans as well. Such as Michelle Malkin, who posted the phone numbers of Liberal students on her website, and now the liberal students are receiving death threats. Michelle is the ugly side of the republican party. To contrast the progressive Democrats, the Republicans have been called the party of "No", referring to their unwillingness to pass any progressive legislation; as demonstrated by the health care reform debate, where Republicans could be found chanting "Kill The Bill!" . The party is also a relatively religious party, as compared to other parties. As evident by their wide range support of Prop 8, which banned gay marriage. In reality, marriage is a religious institution that shouldn't be touched by the government, but the republicans are a prime example of a cross-over between church and state. However, I want to make clear that I am not suggesting that all republicans are homophobic, and I am fully aware that not all Republicans are religious.

A huge dent in the Republican party is FOX news. This program is merely an opinion show, masquerading as a news show. The show is not "fair and balanced", as it says, because it is completely biased towards a conservative view point. FOX news gives Republicans a bad name, which is unfortunate because it would be completely false to say that all republicans didn't graduate college and are unintelligent (not that I have an opinion about it, as my government teacher would say).

While the Republicans do not have much progressive legislation, they make up for it with organization. Recently they have begun to lack in successful ideas and plans, but for a long time the republicans have been incredibly clear about what their ideas and desires are, and they work to get them done.