republicans

Republicans believe that the best form of government is one in which decisions are made by a a council of citizen representatives. Classic historic examples of republican government include pre-imperial Rome and renaissance period Venice. In both cases the governing body was filled by a combination of heredity and appointment, representing not only the citizens but also powerful political and economic interest groups.

The most notable contemporary republic is the government of the United States of America which has a bicameral legislature selected by popular election under the rules established in its written constitution. The constitution is considered a republican document because it establishes a specific hierarchical process which minimizes direct popular involvement in the mechanisms of government and formalizes the delegation of policy making to elective representatives. The US constitution is available for reference from the National Archives.  In the modern context one of the best explanations of republican government is found at the University of Chicago Press constitution resource site.

Republicans can also refer to members of the Republican Party, a political party which advocates republican government.

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• 5 Ways To Talk With Conservatives About Climate Change

  
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  By Laura Michelle Burns In a survey by the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies of 726 Republicans or Republican-leaning Independents, it was found that a slim majority of the participants (52%) believe that climate change is real. As a Conservative Republican, this statistic makes me sad because it ...
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• Hemp Coming?

  
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  Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul Push For Hemp Legalization In Senate Fight : Kentuckys two senators, Republicans Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell, have been working to include a provision that would legalize industrial hemp into the farm bill, according to Senate and Kentucky sources, an effort that is likely to result in a ...
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• White House knew extent of IRS scandal in April, says report

  
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  Wall Street Journal says counsel learned of targeting of conservative groups on 22 April, 18 days before president Barack Obamas hopes of moving beyond the scandals that have dogged his administration were dashed on Monday, when it was disclosed that the White House had been informed last month about the details of ...
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• Congressional Republicans To Investigate EPA Freedom Of Information Requests Scandal

  
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• Talk Radio Host Wants to Shoot Hillary Clinton ‘Right in the Vagina’

  
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  No, the attack on the Benghazi consulate that resulted in the deaths of four Americans has not sent Republicans into an unhinged spiral of insanity, why do you ask? Oh, the talk radio host who said he wants to shoot then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the vagina? Oh, right, well … “I want to shoot ...
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• Dem/WaPo attacks on Jackson dishonest, unbecoming, and wrong

  
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  In any election year, you get dirty pool and negative attacks. It’s not right, and it turns people off from politics in general, but this is…
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• Candidate for Lieutenant Governor E.W. Jackson: Hell Defend Babies Waiting to Be Born

  
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  And hes not shrinking from the reality that black babies are murdered at much higher rates than whites relative to their numbers in the population. Listen to this man and see why Im thrilled at the nomination of E.W. Jackson!: The Democrat Party has created an unholy alliance between certain so-called civil rights ...
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• Very clever, pretty subtle 2

  
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  Jeffrey Lord : According to the White House Visitors Log…the president of the anti-Tea Party National Treasury Employees Union, Colleen Kelley, visited the White House at 12:30pm that Wednesday noon time of March 31st…The very next day after her White House meeting with the President, according to the Treasury ...
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• First Your Taxes, Then Your Health

  
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  The Patriot Post  ~ The Foundation “The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” –James Madison Government “It turns out that Sarah Hall Ingram, who served as head of the IRS office handling tax-exempt organizations ...
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• Mia Love Seeks Re-Match Against Blue Dog Democrat

  
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  Just months after a tough loss in her bid for Utah’s Fourth Congressional District, Mia Love announced this weekend that she would seek a re-match against Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT) in 2014: Saturday, Mia Love announced her second candidacy for the 4th Congressional District. Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love ...
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• CNN’s Crowley Adopts False Right-Wing Claim That Obama Didn’t Call Benghazi A Terrorist Attack

  
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  Via Media Matters . What a shame. It was Candy Crowley who courageously committed an act of journalism in the middle of a presidential debate, daring to fact-check inveterate liar Willard (“Mitt”) Romney in real time. I suppose her standing at CNN has suffered, because truth-telling just isn’t appreciated ...
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  WaPo : When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of classified information about North Korea in 2009, investigators did more than obtain telephone records of a working journalist suspected of receiving the secret material. They used security badge access records to track the reporter’s ...
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• Rush Limbaugh Does Live in Obama’s Head

  
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• CNN poll: Republicans only ones wrapped up in scandal

  
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  Something about Democratic presidents drives Republicans nuts President Obamas net approval rating in CNNs latest poll has gone from -3 in March (47 percent approve, 50 percent disapprove) to to +8 in May (53 percent approve, 45 percent disapprove), a gain of 11 points. Yeah, you read that right. According to CNN, ...
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• Nontroversies and backlash

  
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  Shorter Question Everything Republicans are being told by political leaders with an ear to history to tamp it down, but I don’t think they WANT to tamp it down, which is why you’re seeing this dissonance in their public statements. They’re being warned that all this scandal-mongering is actually hurting the ...
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• Obama advisor always looking for someone else to blame

  
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• McConnell Calls Obamacare the Biggest Issue for 2014

  
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• SNL Mocks TEA Party For Not Anticipating Government Intimidation Tactics

  
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  Saturday Night is still on, even though they stopped being funny about the time John Belushi died.  Apparently theyre settling for being political hacks: Actually, Amy, the courts have held that you cant be pulled over just for having a license plate or bumper sticker that arouses suspicion. ...
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• GOP Gone Wrong: “The Virginians”

  
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  David Boaz at The Cato Institute makes an interesting point this week about the extent to which “Republicans” campaigning for higher office in the state of Virginia are adopting positions on social issues that could prove very costly to their electability.“Last week I reported that 40 percent of Virginia ...
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• I Suppose When Our Border Agents Say This, It’s Important … AMNESTY SCHEME

  
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