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Let's Look at GOP Priorities & Their Actions


I've been an active voter for about 15 years now and I've always felt that the GOP doesn't really have any interest in solving any of the problems that they campaign on because then they couldn't campaign on them anymore I guess. So let's look at the main national level domestic issues that the Republicans have focused on for the last number of years and please provide additional examples if I miss something.
Stated Priorities (not in any particular order):
  • Outlaw Abortion
  • Ban Gay Marriage
  • Privatize Social Security
  • Privatize Medicare
  • Tax Cuts
  • Drill Baby Drill
  • Illegal Immigration
  • End Affirmative Action
  • Prescription Drugs
Now which of these items have they actually focused on and accomplished anything?
  • Tax Cuts
  • Prescription Drugs (and we all know how that turned out = Billions to drug companies)
Wow, that's it?  Please help me out if there is anything else that they actually said they wanted to do domestially and actually did?  This kind of shows where their real priorities are and anyone who thinks that Republicans politicians want to solve these problems is blinded by partisanship or stupidity.  

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No you just about covered it all. Except of course patriotism. repubs sure do not like, for the most part to go to war, but if you are against one...well you are not a patriot.

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You forgot protecting stem cells, particularly relevant this anniversary of 9/11 as George Dubya was working on exploiting stem cells as a partisan issue most of August 2001 while on vacation in Crawford.

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Thanks for the reminder on Stem Cells! Good Call!

I keep looking at how the GOP has tried to tie immigration issues to this Health Care bill and its a rediculous argument that our Health Care laws should be based on the idea that its OK to let people die in the street if they don't have proper documents.

If immigration laws need to be fixed so badly; how about oh I don't know, an Immigration Bill to deal with it?

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