Why are repukes Republican?

[FREEWILL56]

While doing some research on the rnc leadership I ran across something I found to be interesting. Some of you may have seen this also, but it's worth thinking about this and adding comment to it. Anyway, the link is here if you really want to go there.
http://www.gop.com/About/AboutRead.aspx?Guid=08d7338a-14c8-4488-a1e1-8735ed21c500

Here is what I found there.
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I'm a Republican Because...

I BELIEVE the strength of our nation lies with the individual and that each person’s dignity, freedom, ability and responsibility must be honored.

I BELIEVE in equal rights, equal justice and equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, creed, sex, age or disability.

I BELIEVE free enterprise and encouraging individual initiative have brought this nation opportunity, economic growth and prosperity.

I BELIEVE government must practice fiscal responsibility and allow individuals to keep more of the money they earn.

I BELIEVE the proper role of government is to provide for the people only those critical functions that cannot be performed by individuals or private organizations, and that the best government is that which governs least.

I BELIEVE the most effective, responsible and responsive government is government closest to the people.

I BELIEVE Americans must retain the principles that have made us strong while developing new and innovative ideas to meet the challenges of changing times.

I BELIEVE Americans value and should preserve our national strength and pride while working to extend peace, freedom and human rights throughout the world.

FINALLY, I believe the Republican Party is the best vehicle for translating these ideals into positive and successful principles of government.

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I read that and said to myself, "WTF" as that's as far from what they do as you can get on most of the points listed. What hypocrites they are! What I believe is they do what's good for themselves and rules don't apply to them let alone laws. Shall we pick this apart? Have at it.

[Mimosa]

1. But..but..but...they don't do any of that!

Republicans after Eisenhower have never ever stood by those principles.

[FREEWILL56]

2. They might go with the free enterprise thing, but selectively.

I can see why so many republicans have defected just by what they are supposed to stand for as they really don't stand for these things as we agree on that. Each part of this can be sliced and diced with full proof of their hypocrisy. I rolled my eyes seeing financial responcibility by government for that was better accomplished by a democrat named Bill Clinton. Look how far they've taken us. Don't you just want to be a repuke too?:sarcasm:

[elshiva]

3. "I BELIEVE in equal rights, equal justice and equal opportunity for all........."

Unless of course they are those damn homoseckulars. :sarcasm:

Nope, the GOP does NOT believe in equal rights for all. They anti-homosexual and think that homosexuals are out to "destroy the family." :(

[Beregond2]

4. Ah, but we want "special rights," haven't you heard?

[Jamastiene]

5. I still firmly believe it is nurture, not nature, although this op-ed suggests nature:

NEWS FLASH - LNN - Labrador New Network -
Dateline, Arima, Labrador -

The discovery that affiliation with the Republican Party is genetically determined was announced by scientists in the current issue of the journal NURTURE, causing uproar among traditionalists who believe it is a chosen lifestyle.

Reports of the gene coding for political conservatism,
discovered after a decades-long study of quintuplets in Orange County, CA, has sent shock waves through the medical, political, and golfing communities.

Psychologists and psychoanalysts have long believed that Republicans' unnatural disregard for the poor and frequently unconstitutional tendencies resulted from dysfunctional family dynamics -- a remarkably high percentage of Republicans do have authoritarian domineering fathers and emotionally distant mothers who didn't teach them how to be kind and gentle. Biologists have long suspected that conservatism is inherited.

"After all," said one author of the NURTURE article, "It's quite common for a Republican to have a brother or sister who is a Republican."

The finding has been greeted with relief by Parents and Friends of Republicans (PFREP), who sometimes blame themselves for the political views of otherwise lovable children, family, and unindicted co-conspirators.

One mother, a longtime Democrat, wept and clapped her hands in ecstasy on hearing of the findings. "I just knew it was genetic," she said, seated with her two sons, both avowed Republicans. "My boys would never freely choose that lifestyle!" When asked what the Republican lifestyle was, she said, "You can just tell watching their conventions in Houston and San Diego on TV: the flaming xenophobia, flamboyant demagogy, disdain for anyone not rich, you know."

Both sons had suspected their Republicanism from an early age but did not confirm it until they were in college, when
they became convinced it wasn't just a phase they were going through.

The NURTURE article offered no response to the suggestion that the high incidence of Republicanism among siblings could result from their sharing not only genes but also psychological and emotional attitude as products of the same parents and family dynamics.

A remaining mystery is why many Democrats admit to having voted Republican at least once -- or often dream or fantasize about doing so. Polls show that three out of five adult Democrats have had a Republican experience, although most outgrow teenage experimentation with Republicanism.

Some Republicans hail the findings as a step toward eliminating conservophobia. They argue that since Republicans didn't "choose" their lifestyle any more than someone "chooses" to have a ski-jump nose, they shouldn't be denied civil rights which other minorities enjoy.

If conservatism is not the result of stinginess or orneriness (typical stereotypes attributed to Republicans) but is something Republicans can't help, there's no reason why society shouldn't tolerate Republicans in the
military or even high elected office -- provided they don't flaunt their political beliefs.

For many Americans, the discovery opens a window on a different future. In a few years, gene therapy might eradicate Republicanism altogether.

But should they be allowed to marry?

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-316975.html

Also, a quote:
"The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it."