Why Are Repubicans Called Right Wing When They Are Always Wrong (Wings)?

Question

How, when, why was the phrase used to tag repubics?

Yes, I said it, I know I didddddd!!!!

SueB is the ONLY one who got it.

The reat of you are bores, especially the one who thought I spelled the word wrong. That, my friends, was part of the humor!!

Now take a deep breath read again and laugh!

Tupo: reat is rest

LOL I having a hell of a day typing.

Typo: for the word tupo and for the word reat = typo and rest

Please don't kill me for typos folks

Some you need to look at this:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AkKunVwyscYJvEC.yCe5uCPsy6IX?qid=20060612172302AA1eQuU

Answer 1

HHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHHAAH!!!!!!

Answer 2

It comes from the opposites of left and right as opposed to right and wrong.

To answer this question, we turned to several handy sites that explore the origins of words. Regular readers of Ask Yahoo! might recognize these sites because we've consulted them for many etymological questions.
Word Origins tells us the terms date back to pre-revolutionary France. In 1789, the French National Assembly was created as a parliamentary body to move control of issues, such as taxation, from the king to the citizenry.

Inside the chamber where the National Assembly met, members of the Third Estate sat on the left side and members of the First Estate sat on the right. The Third Estate consisted of revolutionaries, while the First Estate were nobles. Thus, the left wing of the room was more liberal, and the right wing was more conservative. In the next few years, the revolutionaries would take over and countless noble heads would roll, but that's another story.

Word Detective corroborates the idea that "left wing" and "right wing" date to the seating arrangements of the 1789 French National Assembly. The Mavens' Word of the Day also confirms the phrases' origin.

Word Wizard agrees on the origins of the terms and adds that they have a secondary layer of meanings. "Right" can also mean "correct," while the Latin term for "left" suggests "sinister" behavior. We suspect that those on the political right wing appreciate these connotations more than those on the left.

Answer 3

If they are right or wrong is a matter of opinion in most cases. Both major parties make some good and some bad dicisions just like all us do in our own life. Don't get hung up on Democrats or Republicans. Use an open mind and decide what is right based on common sense not what party you are for.

Answer 4

The term originates from the French Revolution, when liberal deputies from the Third Estate generally sat to the left of the president's chair, a habit which began in the Estates General of 1789. The nobility, members of the Second Estate, generally sat to the right. In the successive legislative assemblies, monarchists who supported the Ancien Régime were commonly referred to as rightists because they sat on the right side. It is still the tradition in the French Assemblée Nationale for the representatives to be seated left-to-right (relative to the Assemblée president) according to their political alignment.

Answer 5

Why is that most Democrats don't even know that this country is supposed to be a "Republic" and not a democracy ? Maybe you should check the Pledge a little closer.....

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to The REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Answer 6

Oh, such semantical nonsense questions.

Of course, right wingers have the benefit, actually, of being right most of the time. But that would take an open mind to actually see the truth and sanity to actually agree that the truth is true.

Answer 7

This is what is wrong with today's system.The republicans attack and critcize the democrats and the democrats attack the republicans .The party has become the focal point and not our country.The politicans have to get their act together and start solving problems instead of playing games like they are now.

Answer 8

When I was in college, the rule of thumb in answering questions, was to watch for words like "always". No one is always wrong.
They may be doing to wrong deed for the right reasons. But that is another matter.

Answer 9

Wht can't we all just get along? The world was messed up way before there was a Republican in office. Get over it folks it will all end soon enough. Why bicker about it?

Answer 10

Well, by now you have been educated in the historical origins of right and left wing. Next time, try opening a book before opening your mouth.
Yes, I said it too!

Answer 11

To gauge politics there is the terms "left and right". Right not meaning correct. Far left means hard communism and extreme
right could be renamed facism (nazi). Hence "centre", politically may be ideal but to most citizens it is the comfort zone.