Do Republicans here realize that this nation doesn't agree with them or their leader?
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The dems won a majority, not unanimously.\n\nNote to "Oh Yea":\nThis is not a democracy.  It is a representative republic (and only, according to Ben Franklin, "if you can keep it"). The ruling of the majority vote in a true democracy is equivalent to two wolves and one sheep taking a popular vote as to what is for dinner.  We are a nation of constitutional law which must be maintained no matter what the popular opinion is.
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I believe that being a leader of our country is a sacred duty and they should treat it like that.  \n\nThere are bad leaders in both the Republican and Democratic parties but the bad examples set by the leaders in this administration are particularly egregious.
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I see you adopted the maturity of others, "repug's"\nI guess the question is "do republicans follow blindly?"  I'd say no, there are issues that I disagree with republicans, gun control environmental policy, but they are coming around on the latter.  But they do represent me better than quasi-socialists, I mean liberals.  So there's my vote.\nPerhaps you can turn the question around and ask do liberals follow the platform in a dogmatic fashion?  I very rarely see a challenge from liberals on liberal position.  And some of their positions defy any reason.  There's blind faith.
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Republicans don't even trust Republicans
880417
I'm not a republican.  Every day I consider myself more of an independent.  Republicans do not have the corner on blindness.  Labelling is not helping anyone.  My guess is that many republicans truly wanted to improve the lot in life for many in the middle east and elsewhere.  They were frustrated and wanted to confront murderous fanaticism.  They, like many of the majority, were misguided and not well enough versed in history to understand what we were getting into.  The real question is how do we make something decent come out of this horrible situation?  Education,  focus, open discussion, sheer will and avoiding cynicism (like we're doing now).  Merry Christmas!
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well they might be condemners of usa or probably just don't like the government of feel that the nation is corrupt.\nor maybe bigots who don't believe that humans can do such a thing
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Republicans can't blame anyone for what is going on but themselfs! They have full control and this is the first time in the history of the us that they do. THIS IS A FACT, Most things are voted out if a Repub does not want it. So who is to blame the repubs this is why every thing is so wrong in our country. It is time for change and I don't know who can change this but anyone would be better then who we have now. The country is a mess and who is to blme the repubs no one else!!!
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Good Question !\nNot ALL republicans do however. Sweeping generalizations will not help us unit our country.\n\nTo be totally fair - every past president has something to do with our current state of affairs.\nThat being said, most of the past presidents were GOP : Reagan - Bush - My favorite Liberal - bush jr.
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no  don't believe  a word they say i have heard these speeches and not for a minute do i think that the rest of them wouldn't jump on that band wagon . i don't think its in our best interest to trust them ,they have shown no interest in assimilating to our land ,they even had the nerve to change our national anthem and make demands .they take no responsibility for their actions nor do they try to change their own land , and they defend their countries actions regarding how things are done there . so to trust them would be STUPID!!
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There are as many good republicans out there as there are "good democrats". If no democrats are good in your eyes, maybe no republicans are good in a democrat's eyes.\nAnd the democrats aren't always the ones pointing fingers. There could easily be a case for the republicans doing that.\n\nSpeaking of childish, isn't it kind of childish to threaten to move if things don't go just how you wanted them to?
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He stumbled over his words, and he's apologized for it. But some people like beating a dead horse, because they think it makes them look smart. Or that attacking a Democrat for a slip of the tongue against soldiers will make people forget that Republicans have consistently voted against raising troop wages, have cut funding for veterans hospitals, and can't even make sure that the troops have adequate armor, not to mention continually extending soldier's tours of duty and keeping them in a dangerous war that is going nowhere.
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Oh, there's nothing wrong with Republicans. Not real ones, anyway. The Republican Party of today has been infected with a problem: not Conservatism, but extreme Conservatism. It's only the Neocons, as they are also called, who still support Bush, depsite everything he has done, or lacked to do. It's not Cons I have a problem with, it's sheep.
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I'm not a Republican myself, but I know several people who are deeply upset that their party is responsible for causing so much harm.  The problem is, they're not too thrilled with the alternatives either.\n\nPeople who still support Bush, at this point, are either painfully ignorant or pathologically delusional.  Maybe they're caught up in the gamesmanship of it; it's like rooting for a sports team and they'll keep rooting for their team no matter what, without thought. Or maybe they're motivated by hate and fear.  Or maybe they were raised with certain alliegances and now they would feel disloyal if they changed.\n\nBottom line is, they're misinformed, uninformed, prejudiced or just plain stupid.
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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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Ignorance and/or stupidity, just by reading the answers posted thus far is SCARY stuff, this is the mentality present in much of the criminal republican party. Remain focused "N", change is just around the corner and WE can start being America again; tolerant, inclusive, compassionate, and free thinking.
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Your question presupposes that party affiliation demands loyalty to the party, not truth and justice.\n\nAnd if that's how the Republicans are operating, well that's just scary (but maybe I knew that already).
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Like I've said before, there is nothing wrong with the Republican party. Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower are proof. It's the virus of Conservatism that is pulling it's name into the mud. Have you noticed that the word "repug" wasn't used to describe Republicans until people like the Bushes, Reagan, and Nixon got into office?