2006-10-30 04:40:40 · 8 answers · asked by buffman316 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
conservative morals???? I am guessing.
2006-10-30 04:42:25 · answer #1 · answered by Reported for insulting my belief 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Republican Party traditionally has supported laissez-faire( meaning policey of minimun government interference on economic status of indviduels and/or society. capitalism, low taxes, and conservative social policies.
Conservatives have the political philosophy that emphasizes the value of traditional institutions and practices.
Conservatism is a preference for the historically inherited rather than the abstract and ideal. Conservatives prefer institutions and practices that have evolved gradually and are manifestations of continuity and stability. GOP means GRAND OLD PARTY.
Although you could fool with Bush and is cohorts, if they cherished our history so much, they would stop watering down our ammendment rights.
2006-10-30 12:58:52 · answer #2 · answered by JC J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of the biggest conflicts I have in the republican ideology is their stand against abortion but being in favor of war.
Both are murder.......so it's very bad to kill little fetuses before they are born but it's ok to women, children, and innocent civilians when they are fighting a war that was waged on information that was false.
I am a democrat, and when I asked most republicans why they are republican, the first thing out of their mouth is being against abortion. I too happen to be against abortion, and if I thought for one minute that voting republican would change abortion laws, I would become a republican tomorrow......but it won't. The abortion laws currently in place are here to stay whether a democrat or a republican are in office.........so, stop using that as an issue........a republican has been in office 18 out of the last 24 years and nothing has changed in abortions, so stop using that as an issue in elections.
Democrats, however, are for peace INSTEAD of war. While we would go to war if we absolutely had to, we would try all means to avoid it if possible, and we would certainly try to get the blessing from the United Nations before going.
2006-10-30 12:52:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Republicans stand for killing other people in WAR
2006-10-30 12:49:12 · answer #4 · answered by mystery t 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The outstanding difference between the mind set and political ideals of the Republican and that of the Democrat is that the Republican tends to put forth the ideal that all things are earned and nothing is owed. The Republican Party holds the mindset that anything can be achieved but nothing is given. This mindset is seen most often in the party's push for equal tax rates despite income, as well as minimized social assistance programs. This is fought for in an attempt to treat all citizens equally despite income, race, sex, or religion. Meanwhile Democrats seek to raise taxes so that government can provide services such as health insurance and housing assistance to everyone. Republicans wish to minimize these socialist ideals, because of the modern failure of governments that attempted to invoke them. Republicans also show concerns about having big government in charge of such vital issues as food, shelter, or health care, as they believe the private sector and/or the individual are better suited to control their own lives. The much revered president Ronald Reagan was a Republican and has been quoted as saying "Government is not the solution, it is the problem."
The party tends to hold both conservative and libertarian stances on social and economic issues respectively. Major policies that the party has recently supported include a neoconservative foreign policy, including War on Terror, invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, strong support for democracy especially in the Middle East, and distrust of the United Nations due to the organization's incompetent bureaucracy, anti-capitalist undertone and lackadaisical approach to issues such as fighting terrorism. It has demanded radical reforms in the UN and opposes the Kyoto Protocol due the protocol's unfair application to certain countries (especially the United States) and that it prevents economic growth and slows the reduction of poverty.
It generally supports free trade, especially NAFTA. It boasts that a series of across-the-board tax cuts since 2001 has bolstered the economy and reduced the punitive aspect of the income tax. It has sought business deregulation, reduction of environmental restrictions, and other policies that are pro-capitalism. It supports gun ownership rights, and enterprise zones. Its national and state candidates usually favor the death penalty, call for stronger state-level control on access to abortion, oppose the legalization of gender-neutral marriage on a nation-wide level, favor faith-based initiatives, support school choice and homeschooling, and social welfare benefit reform.
The party has called for much stronger accountability in the public schools. The party is split on the issue of federally funding embryonic stem cell research, with many seeing it as unethical to force tens of millions of tax payers who believe this type of research is morally wrong to finance it. Historically Republicans have had a strong belief in individualism, limited government, and business entrepreneurship.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Republican_Party
2006-10-30 12:47:38 · answer #5 · answered by obsolete_allurement 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Republicans stand for staying the course even if it's not working. Buttman
2006-10-30 12:45:31 · answer #6 · answered by courage 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Power, Money, Control, Old Fashion Lifestyles
but I am sure there are some good points too
2006-10-30 12:43:12 · answer #7 · answered by Star 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
they have a plan for 1923, just in case that year ever comes back...
2006-10-30 12:45:27 · answer #8 · answered by spike missing debra m 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋