Things you must believe to remain a Republican today:
a. Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime
Some Republicans believe that, others do not. I think its a crime in the sense that it is illegal, but I don't really think the "war on drugs" has turned out to be a good thing. On libertarian principle I'd normally be against laws against drugs. If making them illegal had huge benefits I might be willing to go along with it but it appears that the costs probably exceed any benefit.
b. The United States should get out of the United Nations, and our highest national priority is enforcing U.N. resolutions against Iraq.
Most Republicans don't think the US should get out of the UN. Even for those who do, they could support enforcing the UN resolutions because they support the ideas behind them not because they support whatever the UN says just because the UN says it.
Government should limit or totally eliminate legal liability of corporations
"eliminate" isn't an issue for almost anyone. Limit yes.
"Standing Tall for America" means firing your workers and moving their jobs to India
No real connection from this idea to the Republican party.
A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body
and someone else's
multinational corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind without regulation.
Nope. Republican does not equal libertarian, and even libertarian does not equal anarchist.
Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals
Being against same sex "marriage" isn't the same thing as hating homosexuals.
g. The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay.
You'd have to look pretty hard to find anyone that would support that statement. Also veterans benefits have not been slashed.
HMOs and insurance companies have the interest of the public at heart.
As much as politicians do...
Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy.
Please point me to the Republican party statement that the US should fund a socialized national health care system for Iraq.
Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools.
Nope. Global warming isn't junk science (although "Massive increases in temperature do to CO2 emissions are going to happen any day now and cause a horrible disaster unless we implemented the Kyoto treaty" is). Tobaccos link to cancer is very solid science. Creationism isn't science.
Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him
Nope, neither was Stalin when the US provided a much larger amount of aid to him.
A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense.
No but a president committing perjury is.
Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which include banning gay marriages and censoring theInternet.
Clever. The government doesn't have the power under the constitution to sanction gay marriage either... Also the courts are part of the government. The real question is should the legislature make laws on such social issues or should it be decided, perhaps for the whole country, by state judges. As for censoring the Internet. I'm strongly against censorship in general. OTOH most liberals and even many libertarians would support censorship of things like kiddy porn.
The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George Bush's record of intimate dealings with Enron, Halliburton and the Carlyle Group is none of our business
Hillary's "trades" look more like a bribe then anything Bush did. Also "intimate dealings" begs the question, unless your asserting you already have the information.
What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the '80s is irrelevant
No
Tim
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