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Articles Politics Newsgroups Usenet Usenet Newsgroups Newsgroups Server Colocation Music Lyrics RepublicansThe Republican Party is one of the two main political parties in the United States. There are some other countries, which have republicans in their political governments, but the meanings and what they stand for may be totally different. The Democratic Party is the other major party in the U. S. Government. Other parties not so well known are the Green Party, and the Constitution Party. The Republican Party was founded in 1854, by the anti-slavery expansion activists and modernizers. The party became popular with the election of Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln was the first republican president in the United States. He governed the country during the Civil War and the Reconstruction. The party supported the Civil Rights Act. Today the party supports a conservative platform, if you want to believe that, and believe in economic liberalism and social conservation.It is the opinion of many people that neither the democrats nor the republicans have the interest of the people at heart anymore. The constitution is being changed to favor the rich more and more everyday. The rich (including government officials) are lining their pockets and the poor are getting more dependent on the government because they have to, not because they want to. It looks more like a matter of control and power than it is welfare of the people and what is best for all concerned. It seems that what is good for some is not so good for others. Many people feel that the U. S. government is becoming more of a form of Dictatorship or Communism and less democratic rule. The people have less and less to say about the laws and passing bills and now the ordinary people have to just do as we are told with no freedom to give our opinions anymore. We can still speak out but it is on deaf ears so it does no good. The government is paying no attention to petitions being passed around online and signed by citizens of the U. S. The republicans and the democrats no longer stand for what they once did. The political parties were established by those who actually cared about the welfare of the people, and not just their power and wealth. Today it is a money and power situation and greed is at the center of it. In the United States, the Republican National Committee is in charge of promoting the republican activities. They have to develop and promote the republican platform, and seek fundraising for the elections of republican presidential candidates. The republican party supports issues of national security today, more than any other problem in the nation today. The only problem with this is that they are going overboard in some instances and infringing on the lives of people who are honest citizens of the United States. Politics |