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« Reply #25 on: April 01, 2014, 02:06:51 PM »
No.
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« Reply #26 on: April 01, 2014, 02:15:52 PM »
No, even less so than the Democrats
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« Reply #27 on: April 01, 2014, 02:31:45 PM »
No GOP that I am a part of would favor "limited government". 
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« Reply #28 on: April 01, 2014, 02:40:00 PM »
Quote from: Del Tachi on April 01, 2014, 02:31:45 PM
No GOP that I am a part of would favor "limited government". 

At least you're honest. 
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« Reply #29 on: April 01, 2014, 02:52:22 PM »
Quote from: Del Tachi on April 01, 2014, 02:31:45 PM
No GOP that I am a part of would favor "limited government". 

Care to elaborate?
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« Reply #30 on: April 01, 2014, 03:10:37 PM »
Quote from: Senator Alfred F. Jones on April 01, 2014, 12:43:21 PM
The Republican party is a pro-business party, not an anti-government party.
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« Reply #31 on: April 01, 2014, 03:29:20 PM »
I sometimes think the GOP's ideal government is the government in this book:
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« Reply #32 on: April 01, 2014, 03:31:39 PM »
Quote from: Marnetmar on April 01, 2014, 02:52:22 PM
Quote from: Del Tachi on April 01, 2014, 02:31:45 PM
No GOP that I am a part of would favor "limited government". 

Care to elaborate?

He's our resident D.C. republican.
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« Reply #33 on: April 01, 2014, 03:37:17 PM »
No, just like the Democrats don't really care about civil liberties.
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« Reply #34 on: April 01, 2014, 05:31:54 PM »
Quote from: badgate on April 01, 2014, 03:29:20 PM
I sometimes think the GOP's ideal government is the government in this book:



I don't think they'd care for the "NOT FOR SALE" aspect.
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« Reply #35 on: April 01, 2014, 05:41:12 PM »
I think that line refers to this cover being the book club edition. I didn't notice it when I posted it.
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« Reply #36 on: April 01, 2014, 06:05:36 PM »
Most of the base of the GOP isn't.  When the Republicans start getting worked up and calling for the government to require electric companies to offer free opt-out options to consumers from smart meters or requiring telecommunications companies to continue providing landline services (both of which are bills that Michigan Republicans have introduced), that's not "limited government".
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« Reply #37 on: April 01, 2014, 07:24:51 PM »
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« Reply #38 on: April 01, 2014, 08:22:44 PM »
Of course not. They only say that as a buzz word when they know the government will do something they don't like that the private sector can't take care of. (helping the needy, anti-discrimination laws)

If they really cared about less government, they would want:

- freedom in relationships and sexuality (even if anti-abortion can be spun as protecting the fetus, the GOP still wants more control over anything related to sexuality)
- no corporal punishment for schoolchildren
- no death penalty in cases with any reasonable doubt (Troy Davis)
- less power for police

and so on...
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« Reply #39 on: April 02, 2014, 12:43:49 AM »

That's true on a certain level.
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« Reply #40 on: April 02, 2014, 03:49:30 PM »
Not if they feel "limited government" wouldn't keep the wealth in their hands. 
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« Reply #41 on: April 02, 2014, 03:51:01 PM »
Quote from: Senator Goldwater on March 31, 2014, 12:27:57 AM
Ah, another anti-Republican circle jerk thread. We clearly need more of those...

Despite being one of the good ones, AuH20... your party deserves all the piling on they get. 
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« Reply #42 on: April 06, 2014, 01:35:59 AM »
Of course not. They aren't even pro-Constitution on anything except the 2nd Amendment.
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« Reply #43 on: April 06, 2014, 07:21:01 PM »
Some of the party is.

Obviously, that doesn't matter though because it's a monolith. (Can you sense the sarcasm?)
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