What is it about republicans??
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They are not, and you are obviosusly biased.  Speaking of voting the ticket, you do know about the general voting patterns of minority groups, Hollywood types, Soccer Moms, right?  \n\nIn the NY tri-state area, the mosy uninformed voters I have ever known are Democrats.  They tend to be naive idealists and don't educate themselves sufficiently to make informed decisions regarding issues having long term ramifications.\n\nThey will also never understand tax policy.
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Republican.  I do vote for the best candidate or issue based on their own merit.  I am not a "Party Line" guy.
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Do you think they care? Republicans are greedy, self-righteous, arrogant bastards who only care about their rich, corporate buddies, their superior morality, and money!  They believe the rich are important and the rest of us should just obey their every demand, because they know what is best. Hope for a Democratic victory this election in both houses of Congress, so we restore common-sense and concern for the average Joe.
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republicans are the Scum of the world.  Thats just how they are.\nThey hate America and they hate our freedom as Americans
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On social issues, Republicans are like introverts, they put themselves and their families above everyone else and don't think about how we have to work together as a society without it falling apart at some point... Democrats are like extroverts, caring about their own families, but also caring about other people, that might be why you always hear Republicans say things like "you feel too much for criminals" etc... There is probably some place in the middle that would work the best, you can't help everyone because not everyone wants to work, but you also can't force people to work for low wages like this administration does, just so some families can get richer... I might have voted for the old Ronald Reagan type of Republican, but this Nation has been way too far right for a lot of years... My opinion is that we need to let people see they can actually make something out of their lives if they work for it, and stop breaking apart our families, because the next thing to go is our nation... 8 million people in our prison justice system proves that we are out of time (it was 6.6 million about 5 years ago, I extrapolated)
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People I know say they vote Republican because they want morality and fiscal responsibility.   After a while they couldn't ignore the magnitude and the cynicism of the betrayal their elected official were perpetrating.
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For the same reason Republicans are, they're politicians.  Both sides need to get their heads out of their behinds and think about what's best for the people of this country, not their parties.
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I think the ideals of the Republican party are superior.  Unfortunately, they are not currently practicing these ideals.  So you want to vote Democrat to give Republicans a spanking for their corruption and ineffectiveness.  But you realize Democrats will cause problems for this country because they do not understand reality.  So for this election, you flip a coin and pray!
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If you think republicans are evil, why would you consider becoming one? (and yes I agree with you)  Nobody ever said you have to lean completely to the left or completely to the right.  There are a lot of people sitting in the middle of the fence.  Instead of worrying about that, why not worry about your stance on the actual issues behind everything?
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REPUBLICAN BABY!!!  :)
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There are many types of Republicans. My favorite is the Christian Coalition.\n\nIf any Democrat heretics are here, I will pray that you may repent, and become a saved Republican.\n\nCome to Jesus
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Democrat.  I believe in their values more than the republicans.  Also, republicans just whine about everything.  Also, Bush is the dumbest person on the face of the universe.  You could fit his library in a little corner.
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well there is not much differance/ Dems are for welfare for the poor and starving and the middleclass working man. Repulicans are for welfare for the RIch and not paying taxes even if they have to put all the dept on to there childrens back. \nIt used to be republicans were for fiscal responsibility they just want to elimate the bill of rights establish a state relgion and bring back slavery. I say this because that is what they say they want to do listen to them.
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republicans are only worried about making money. to make money, they like to use up all the earth's resources and etc. they will do anything to get money
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Politicians are politicians, so be skeptical no matter what.  However, someone is going to win so it's better to join in and vote than to sit on the sidelines.  As others have said, you basically have to shoot for the least worst.  Look at the party that most closely represents you; DON'T hang your vote on just one issue, like abortion, or capital punishment or whatever.  Look at the big picture.\nGenerally, Republicans think citizens can take care of themselves (financially) without federal input and they try to limit the amount of taxes forced on you.  They think businesses are good to have because they provide jobs to all of us and therefore we all have more money to spend in our society and this promotes even more businesses and makes the world go round.  Republicans do like there to be laws that maintain a certain minimum level of behavior and promote morals so that people aren't running around like animals.  Also, Republicans are not very forgiving of people who are criminals (especially violent criminals) and they are usually much tougher on crime than democrats.\nDemocrats, on the other hand, would like everyone to be at the same level.  They don't think it's fair if you are smarter than other people and work harder and make more money.  They want to take your money from you and give it to the weaker, less hard-working people so that everyone is equal.  They want the government to collect all the money and then dole it out as it sees fit (after taking out enough to keep the government people fat and happy).  They don't care what you do to yourself or other people.  They think all businesses are evil and yet they like them around so they can tax them, however their laws and taxes are the very things driving businesses away from the United States.  They think the government knows best.  They think criminals are all victims and can't help what they do so that we shouldn't punish them.
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This is actually close to the description I use to illustrate the basic difference between Republicans and Democrats:\n\nDemocrats will help feed the people fish.\nRepublicans will teach people to fish.\n\nThis philosophy is kind of a touchstone on how to think about the parties. Democrats are all about the individual, providing for one person at a time, reading to them. Republicans want to help the larger class of people, thus will provide teaching to help the people make their own way.
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Thats what republicans do!