What is advantages and disadvantages of being a Republican?
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Advantages: We are open-minded to different ideas.\nWe defend ourselves, instead of taking hits without reacting.\nWe are accountable for our own actions.\nWe know the logical and rational way of thinking.\nWe help everyone, not just the rich.\n\nDisadvantages: We have to deal with liberals who complain about nothing important, yet do nothing about it.
275097
pros- protects America from those whom want to destroy us and our way of life. Only negatively affects those who have something to hide.\n\ncons- none.
119996
We all know the disadvantages are death, misery,repression, fright, bodily injuries, rampages, evilness.\nThe advantages would be population control, improved economy for many, advances in technology, employment, nationalism( may unite people who have a common enemy), education about other societies, spreading of ideas.
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This might help:\n\n\nRules for being a Republican\n\n1. Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you are millionaire conservative radio jock, which makes it an "illness" and needs our prayers for your "recovery".\n\n2. You have to believe that those privileged from birth achieve success all on their own. \n\n3. You have to believe that the US should get out of the UN, and that our highest national priority is enforcing UN resolutions against Iraq. \n\n4. You have to believe that government should stay out of people's lives but it needs to punish anyone caught having private sex with the "wrong" gender. \n\n5. You have to believe that pollution is ok, so long as it makes a profit. \n\n6. You have to believe in prayer in schools, as long as you don't pray to Allah or Buddha. \n\n7. "Standing Tall for America" means firing your workers and moving their jobs to India. \n\n8. You have to believe that a woman cannot be trusted with decisions about her own body, but that large multi-national corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind with no regulation whatsoever. \n\n9. You have to believe that you love Jesus and Jesus loves you, and that Jesus shares your hatred of AIDS victims, homosexuals, and Hillary Clinton. \n\n10. You hate the ACLU for representing convicted felons, but they owed it to the country to bail out Oliver North. \n\n11. You have to believe that the best way to encourage military morale is to praise the troops overseas while cutting their VA benefits. \n\n12. You believe that group sex and drug use are degenerate sins that can only be purged by running for governor of California as a Republican. \n\n13. You have to believe it is wise to keep condoms out of schools, because we all know if teenagers don't have condoms they won't have sex. \n\n14. You have to believe that the best way to fight terrorism is to alienate our allies and then demand their cooperation and money. \n\n15. You have to believe that government medicine is wrong and that HMO's and insurance companies only have your best interests at heart. \n\n16. You have to believe that providing health care to all Iraqis is sound government policy but providing health care to all Americans is socialism personified. \n\n17. You believe that tobacco's link to cancer and global warming are "junk science", but Creationism should be taught in schools. \n\n18. You have to believe that waging war with no exit strategy was wrong in Vietnam but right in Iraq. \n\n19. You have to believe that Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney was doing business with him, and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion. \n\n20. You believe that government should restrict itself to just the powers named in the Constitution, which includes banning gay marriages and censoring the internet. \n\n21. You have to believe that the public has a right to know about the adulterous affairs of Democrats, while those of Republicans are a "private matter". \n\n22. You have to believe that the public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades but that Bush was right to censor those 28 pages from the Congressional 9/11 report because you just can't handle the truth. \n\n23. You support state rights, which means Ashcroft telling states what locally passed voter initiatives he will allow them to have. \n\n24. You have to believe that what Clinton did in the 1960's is of vital national interest but what Bush did decades later is "stale news" and "irrelevant". \n\n25. You have to believe that trade with Cuba is wrong because it is communist, but trading with China and Vietnam is good business.
1027040
The Republican part is torn up by people like you who are socially liberal and economically conservative.  Your unwillingness to tax and spend won't make you welcome in the Democratic party though.  Libertarians are moderating some of their views - give them a second chance....
288517
Disadvantage is that some people are becoming more rich while others are becoming more and more dependent on them. Advantages- those rich people can help others, the standard of living must increase for all people.
830313
If you value morals and family, vote Republican.
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This might help:\n\nRules for being a Republican\n\n1. Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you are millionaire conservative radio jock, which makes it an "illness" and needs our prayers for your "recovery".\n\n2. You have to believe that those privileged from birth achieve success all on their own. \n\n3. You have to believe that the US should get out of the UN, and that our highest national priority is enforcing UN resolutions against Iraq. \n\n4. You have to believe that government should stay out of people's lives but it needs to punish anyone caught having private sex with the "wrong" gender. \n\n5. You have to believe that pollution is ok, so long as it makes a profit. \n\n6. You have to believe in prayer in schools, as long as you don't pray to Allah or Buddha. \n\n7. "Standing Tall for America" means firing your workers and moving their jobs to India. \n\n8. You have to believe that a woman cannot be trusted with decisions about her own body, but that large multi-national corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind with no regulation whatsoever. \n\n9. You have to believe that you love Jesus and Jesus loves you, and that Jesus shares your hatred of AIDS victims, homosexuals, and Hillary Clinton. \n\n10. You hate the ACLU for representing convicted felons, but they owed it to the country to bail out Oliver North. \n\n11. You have to believe that the best way to encourage military morale is to praise the troops overseas while cutting their VA benefits. \n\n12. You believe that group sex and drug use are degenerate sins that can only be purged by running for governor of California as a Republican. \n\n13. You have to believe it is wise to keep condoms out of schools, because we all know if teenagers don't have condoms they won't have sex. \n\n14. You have to believe that the best way to fight terrorism is to alienate our allies and then demand their cooperation and money. \n\n15. You have to believe that government medicine is wrong and that HMO's and insurance companies only have your best interests at heart. \n\n16. You have to believe that providing health care to all Iraqis is sound government policy but providing health care to all Americans is socialism personified. \n\n17. You believe that tobacco's link to cancer and global warming are "junk science", but Creationism should be taught in schools. \n\n18. You have to believe that waging war with no exit strategy was wrong in Vietnam but right in Iraq. \n\n19. You have to believe that Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney was doing business with him, and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion. \n\n20. You believe that government should restrict itself to just the powers named in the Constitution, which includes banning gay marriages and censoring the internet. \n\n21. You have to believe that the public has a right to know about the adulterous affairs of Democrats, while those of Republicans are a "private matter". \n\n22. You have to believe that the public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades but that Bush was right to censor those 28 pages from the Congressional 9/11 report because you just can't handle the truth. \n\n23. You support state rights, which means Ashcroft telling states what locally passed voter initiatives he will allow them to have. \n\n24. You have to believe that what Clinton did in the 1960's is of vital national interest but what Bush did decades later is "stale news" and "irrelevant". \n\n25. You have to believe that trade with Cuba is wrong because it is communist, but trading with China and Vietnam is good business.
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Republican because they most accurately reflect my conservative values.\n\nAnd I'm sick of Americans saying "I'm sick of how things are going." ... what exactly do they mean by that?  They hate waking up every day in a great country, with the freedoms to do whatever they please that day?  They hate not being persecuted for their beliefs?  Quit hopping on the bandwagon and look how well you have it.\nThen, go ahead and vote for a liberal hippie and watch your money fizzle away and burn why the lazy people eat more McDonalds and drink more booze and Japan buys the whole country. :P
962460
Well, since you are evidently a career criminal, why not?  Think bigger, though--run as a Republican for public office.
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1.) Bush and all republicans for that matter promote social darwinism. \n\n2.) Reps also promote inequality.  They want the rich to get richer, the poor to get poorer and the middle class more vulnerable as they fall into poverty.  \n\n3.) Republicans stand for unequal results and unequal assets\n\nPlutarch once said "an imbalance in the rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics."
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I'm a republican.\n1. GOP pushes non-issues like abortion and gay marriage to energize and get out the vote of the religious ...it works.\n2. Democrats criticize everything the GOP does to energize and get out the vote of the uninformed....it works.\n3. Both parties will be united WHEN we are attacked again. But it will be temporary. \n4. I think ONE term limits and NO compensation of ANY kind (no free golf etc.) would be a good start. Then only patriots would apply.
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There are two types of Republicans in my opinion- those who are Republican because they are rich and enjoy the way our economy works, and those who are Republican because of their moral beliefs.  I think that when deciding which party to belong to, many Christians try to pick the lesser of two evils (ah, the irony).  They choose the Republican party because of their moral beliefs and then, with the other side of the Republican party's ideas in mind, spend their money to help the poor through their church rather than through their government.  There's far less bureaucracy if done this way, and you know your money will be going towards its intended use.  I also think there's more emphasis on homosexuality and abortion because for one, the government has many services in place to help the poor and impoverished (redundant?), so their efforts are placed elsewhere.  I also don't think that in the time Revelation was written that abortions were as prevalent as they are now.  It's become a bigger issue, so people have made it a greater cause.  \n\nHowever, you pose an extremely valid question.  I've become increasingly fed up with the way big business works in this country (and others), and I really SHOULD do something about it.  I think you've just indirectly encouraged me to give more to Christian charities and pay way more attention to candidates and stuff.  I might even take up reading the paper again.  :P
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Democrats tend to think about what is best for the average citizen, Republicans favor corporations and the wealthy who can buy influence.   Also Republicans like wars.
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There are no real advantages, only perceived ones! \n\nThere isn't enough space to list all of the disadvantages.\n\nIf some one was to do an honest cost/benefit analysis, very few would own one.
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Support the Death Penalty\nJustify Torture\nHate Gays\nSupport a war\nFight in a war\nOwn a weapon\nOppose Welfare\nOppose Foreign Aid\nOppose Third World Debt Forgiveness\nDenounce Environmentalists\nOppose Healthcare for All\nComplain about the "Undeserving Poor"\nVOTE REPUBLICAN
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Nothing!  Except, of course, that you threaten the Republican's notion of how to run a country.  That's not very hard to do.