A quick guide to our political parties
June 01, 2010
Posted by kris at June 1, 2010 03:40 PM
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James was wondering what the GOP even stands for anymore, so I thought I'd make this handy chart that covers each of our major political parties.
| Issue |  |  |
| Favorite Constitutional Amendment | 2nd | 1st |
| Least Favorite Constitutional Amendment | 4th | 2nd |
| Big Business | Big business are good, but small businesses are better. | Big businesses are bad, unless they support our campaigns, in which case they're good. In all cases, small businesses are better. |
| Taxes | Taxes are too high. Taxes should be lower. | Your taxes are too high. Other people should pay higher taxes. |
| Spending | We spend too much, we should cut back on government waste. | We spend too much, we should cut back on defense and government waste. |
| National Defense | The best defense is a good offense | The best defense is not needing a defense |
| Foreign Relations | It's better to be feared than loved. | It's better to be loved than feared | Entitlements | We will never touch entitlements | We will never touch entitlements |
| Government Intervention | The government shouldn't interfere with the individual, unless that individual wants gay marriage or abortion | The government shouldn't interfere with the individual, unless that individual wants to own a gun or not carry health insurance |
| Special Interests | Government shouldn't be beholden to special interest groups unless they're oil companies, huge financial institutions or defense contractors | Government shouldn't be beholden to special interest groups unless they're insurance companies, huge financial institutions, teachers or unions |
| God | America is a Christian nation | America is a Christian nation, unless we're talking to non-Christians, in that case we're all about diversity |
| Immigration | Doing something about the border is too hard, but illegals are bad. Bad! | Doing something about the border is too hard, but illegals are kinda bad. |
| Race | Overrated | Underrated |
| Environment | Overrated | Underrated |
| Family Values | Underrated | Overrated |
| General view of America | America: F*ck Yeah | America: The slouching tall girl |
I hope this helps.
Posted by kris at June 1, 2010 03:40 PM
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| # June 1st, 2010 4:39 PM themandownthehall |
| That's great. I would dispute a couple points though. Under favorite amendment, I don't think the democrats like the first amendment based on all their speech codes and trying to shut people down.
Under spending, remove And government waste from the democrats side. Under immigration, under reps add, besides we want the cheap labor, under dems add besides we want the illegal votes. |
| # June 1st, 2010 11:29 PM kris |
| Oh no, both parties decry government waste - just ignore the fact that neither party has ever actually done anything about it. |
| # June 2nd, 2010 5:29 PM themandownthehall |
| I'll concede that point. Well put. |