Why I was raised a Republican

Riot · #1 03-16-2011, 08:15 PM

Oh, BTW, this thread isn't about me, it's about the Republican Party , and how the GOP has changed - no matter what 3kings thinks

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PHILOSOPHY: "Our great President Dwight D. Eisenhower has counseled us further:
"In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. Government must have a heart as well as a head. "

LABOR: "Workers have benefited by the progress which has been made
in carrying out the programs and principles set forth in the
1952 Republican platform. All workers have gained and unions
have grown in strength and responsibility, and have
increased their membership by 2 millions. "

EDUCATION: "Republican action created the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare as the first new Federal department in
40 years, to raise the continuing consideration of these
problems for the first time to the highest council of
Government, the President's Cabinet."

FOREIGN POLICY: "We shall continue vigorously to support the United Nations."

SAFETY NET: The Federal minimum wage has been raised for
more than 2 million workers. Social Security has been
extended to an additional 10 million workers and the
benefits raised for 6 1/2 million. The protection of
unemployment insurance has been brought to 4 million
additional workers.

ENVIRONMENT: "We recognize the need for maintaining isolated wilderness
areas to provide opportunity for future generations to
experience some of the wilderness living through which the
traditional American spirit of hardihood was developed.
Added more than 400,000 acres to our National Park system,
and 90,000 acres to wildlife refuges."

From the Republican Party Platform, 1956

3kings · #2 03-16-2011, 08:28 PM

Great thread!

Please tell us more about you. Why you are so over bearing. Why you think your opinion is always right. Why you think you are smarter than everyone else.

Everyone on this site is surely interested.

Riot · #3 03-16-2011, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by 3kings

Great thread!

Please tell us more about you. Why you are so over bearing. Why you think your opinion is always right. Why you think you are smarter than everyone else.

Everyone on this site is surely interested.

Ah, yes: the essential difference between what type of person makes up the current political parties. How the political GOP has changed. How it used to be a party with greatly different values than the corporate apologists they are today. How it used to be a political party one could be proud of belonging to. That is the point of this thread - not me.

Guess you missed that understanding? I'll change the title of the thread for you

Funny, I've never said my opinion is always right, or that I think I'm smarter than others, in fact I've literally said the opposite - multiple times. I guess that makes you ... ignorant? Or just stupid? Personal issues? Trying to start a fight?

dellinger63 · #4 03-17-2011, 09:14 AM

This was huffington's take on the Republican platform of 1956. She conveinantly left out 25 and 1/2 of 26 pages out. Some other tidbits include:

America's trust is in the merciful providence of God, in whose image every man is created ... the source of every man's dignity and freedom.

"In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with people's money, or their economy, or their form of government, be conservative."

We shall continue to oppose the seating of Communist China in the United Nations.

Restoration of integrity in government has been an essential element to the achievement of our unparalleled good times. We will faithfully preserve the sound financial management which already has reduced annual spending $14 billion below the budgets planned by our Democratic predecessors and made possible in 1954 a $7.4-billion tax cut, the largest one-year tax reduction in history.

The Eisenhower Administration has brought to our people the highest employment, the highest wages and the highest standard of living ever enjoyed by any nation. Today there are nearly 67 million men and women at work in the United States, 4 million more than in 1952. Wages have increased substantially over the past 3 1/2 years; but, more important, the American wage earner today can buy more than ever before for himself and his family because his pay check has not been eaten away by rising taxes and soaring prices.

among other things

#5 03-17-2011, 09:32 AM

We'll all die of radiation poisoning and the know-it-all thread-starter will still be here with the cockroaches.

geeker2 · #6 03-17-2011, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by dellinger63

This was huffington's take on the Republican platform of 1956. She conveinantly left out 25 and 1/2 of 26 pages out. Some other tidbits include:

America's trust is in the merciful providence of God, in whose image every man is created ... the source of every man's dignity and freedom.

"In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with people's money, or their economy, or their form of government, be conservative."

We shall continue to oppose the seating of Communist China in the United Nations.

Restoration of integrity in government has been an essential element to the achievement of our unparalleled good times. We will faithfully preserve the sound financial management which already has reduced annual spending $14 billion below the budgets planned by our Democratic predecessors and made possible in 1954 a $7.4-billion tax cut, the largest one-year tax reduction in history.

The Eisenhower Administration has brought to our people the highest employment, the highest wages and the highest standard of living ever enjoyed by any nation. Today there are nearly 67 million men and women at work in the United States, 4 million more than in 1952. Wages have increased substantially over the past 3 1/2 years; but, more important, the American wage earner today can buy more than ever before for himself and his family because his pay check has not been eaten away by rising taxes and soaring prices.

among other things

gtfo...she never quotes huffy

Riot · #7 03-17-2011, 11:39 AM

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Restoration of integrity in government has been an essential element to the achievement of our unparalleled good times. We will faithfully preserve the sound financial management which already has reduced annual spending $14 billion below the budgets planned by our Democratic predecessors and made possible in 1954 a $7.4-billion tax cut, the largest one-year tax reduction in history.

Wow, if only they still followed that one, right?

What do you think of the change the GOP has undergone in the past 50-60 years, specifically in regards to social issues? You think it's been a positive or negative change?

I miss that Republican party - which was still around until the late 1980's or so.

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Originally Posted by dellinger63

This was huffington's take on the Republican platform of 1956. She conveinantly left out 25 and 1/2 of 26 pages out. Some other tidbits include:

No, that was not written by Arianna Huffington. That is a real person, you know, so don't say it's a quote when it isn't.

It's not someone's "take", it's direct quotes from the Republican platform. And no, I never said or implied it's the entire platform - obviously it is not. I only posted the social issues part, which is so different than today.

What do you think about those changes?

Riot · #8 03-17-2011, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by geeker2

gtfo...she never quotes huffy

Actually I've quoted the HuffPo many times. And AP, Daily Beast. Even National Review and Wall Street Journal. Do you read?

Riot · #9 03-17-2011, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Coach Pants

We'll all die of radiation poisoning and the know-it-all thread-starter will still be here with the cockroaches.

And the website loser will still be alone, looking at pictures of mock-ups of women's genitalia and trying to figure it all out.

somerfrost · #10 03-17-2011, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Riot

And the website loser will still be alone, looking at pictures of mock-ups of women's genitalia and trying to figure it all out.

you took the bait again.....

Riot · #11 03-17-2011, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by somerfrost

you took the bait again.....

Sometimes it's fun to laugh at him. It's too easy. He doesn't contribute much.

And thinking about it, being around after a nuclear disaster with cockroaches will mean that Keith Richards is still here, too. Not too shabby!

somerfrost · #12 03-17-2011, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Riot

Oh, BTW, this thread isn't about me, it's about the Republican Party , and how the GOP has changed - no matter what 3kings thinks

I remember those days as well....

Riot · #13 03-17-2011, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by somerfrost

I remember those days as well....

Ah HA ! I knew I wasn't crazy

I talk to lots of friends who had always been Republican, too. There's been a definite shift in what the party stands for in the past 10 years. I wish they'd go back more towards what they used to be.

Now, the GOP has a "purity test" for candidates that not even Bush or Reagan could pass

miraja2 · #14 03-17-2011, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 3kings

Great thread!

Please tell us more about you. Why you are so over bearing. Why you think your opinion is always right. Why you think you are smarter than everyone else.

Everyone on this site is surely interested.

It seems to me like the thread is actually about how the Republican Party has changed their positions on some issues in the last half century. Of course they have. So have the Democrats.
New issues arise, new political coalitions form, etc. For decades the base of the Dempcratic Party were conservative white southerners. Now conservative white southerners are the base of the Republican Party. Things change.

Riot · #15 03-17-2011, 12:52 PM

For comparison, here is the Democratic Party Platform for 1956:

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/in...#axzz1GstPasRE

And this is awesome: every party platform our country has ever had

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/in...#axzz1GstPasRE

miraja2 · #16 03-17-2011, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by dellinger63

Some other tidbits include:

America's trust is in the merciful providence of God, in whose image every man is created ... the source of every man's dignity and freedom.

Good point.
This is an important exception to the "things change" rule.
The bizarre belief in fairy tales seems to be a remarkably resilient feature of all major American political parties.