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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• Louisiana Lawmaker Elbert Guillory Explains Party Switch In Viral Video

  
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  Louisiana State Senator Elbert Guillory has switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican and in so doing he becomes the first black Republican in the Louisiana legislature since Reconstruction. He explained his decision in a video that has since gone viral. While the senator may be 100 percent sincere ...
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• Upton Sinclair had the Republican partys number decades ago.

  
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  Not an honest or ethical man among them. Like a whos who of "WTF?"
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• Congressman Michael Burgess(R-TX): ‘Masturbating’ Fetuses Prove Need for Abortion Ban

  
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  As the House of Representatives gears up for Tuesdays debate on HR 1797, a bill that would outlaw virtually all abortions 20 weeks post fertilization, Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) argued in favor of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Paul Ryan and Mark Levin: Immigration Reform (Audio)

  
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  I give Paul Ryan credit for agreeing to be a guest on Mark Levins radio program. Many politicians would have avoided the encounter. Last week, Levin ripped Ryan and other Republicans for their stance on immigration. Heres audio of Mark Levin and Paul Ryan discussing immigration reform, on Levins June 18th show: ...
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• 139 The LEFT Show – Malachi 3:5

  
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  “ Thou Shalt Not Be A Stack of Assholes! ” Jesus H. Christ Everything old is new again … and all that jazz … taking one from the Gipper … stitching time to save a penny for your thoughts. Or some silly shit like that. JC Carter, Forrest Shaw, and JM Bell are at it again – in the studio and up in your ...
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• ENDA Now Supported By Majority of U.S. Senate!

  
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  With the addition of Tom Carper  of Delaware , the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) now sports the public support of 51 Senators, a clear majority of the United States Senate. However, in order to become law, the measure will almost certainly need to clear a Republican filibuster, so the real level of ...
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• Does Big Data Give Democrats An Edge?

  
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  Big data has become the big new thing, discussed daily on television, online, and in the print media. (A recent book published by Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier called Big Data provides insights on how its use will help transform the future.) The government utilizes Big Data to predict and follow ...
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• Another right-wing legislative act in the House going nowhere after passage

  
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• Republicans on Parade–6/18/2013

  
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  Here is the sixth article in our Republicans on Parade series, featuring individuals who personify what the Republican Party has become. Today’s honoree is former WND writer John Derbyshire for blaming military women for being victims of sexual assaults. Fired former National Review writer John Derbyshire is ...
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• Will GOP Leave Common Sense at the Border?

  
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  It doesn’t matter whether the Republican-led House passes good, workable immigration legislation. The bill would have to go to a House/Senate conference committee, where Majority Leader Sen.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Menendez: GOP Path To White House Requires Amnesty Bill

  
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  Just what we need, electoral advice from a Democrat ( Politico ) Sen. Robert Menendez says Republicans need to accept a pathway to citizenship in immigration reform, or they’ll never take back the White House. Discussing the debate over border security measures in the bill, the New Jersey Democrat who chairs the ...
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• Graham Says GOP Is In a Death Spiral

  
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  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who helped write a bipartisan immigration bill under debate in the Senate, said "conservatives who are trying to block the measure will doom the party and all but guarantee a Democrat will remain in the White House after 2016s election," the AP reports. Said Graham: "If we dont pass ...
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  (CNN) - A Senate committee voted this week to move forward with a Democratic-backed education plan, but Republicans argue the proposal forces the countrys school systems to further rely on the federal government. "Over the last decade, the United States Department of Education has become so congested with federal ...
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• 138 The LEFT Show – Bad Sides

  
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  Sometimes you find bad things where once there were bright and shiny things. Sometimes you go back to a place – or a figurative, but not literal, time – you once loved, and certain fondnesses are founs long discarded and crumbling: forgotten and abandoned. Sometimes … Sometimes memory is just a total liar. The ...
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• Obama Trade Dilemma: Scant Support From Democrats

  
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• A Father’s Day BBQ–Washington, DC, Style

  
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• AP Tries to Frame NSA Surveillance Issue as Far Left and Right vs. Everyone Else -- Part 2 of 2

  
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  In an early Wednesday morning story which seems to have been a strategic trial balloon, Charles Babington at the Associated Press, aka the Administrations Press , ran a story trying to portray the NSA surveillance revelations by Edward Snowden and subsequent developments as matters which have only riled up people ...
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• Two Polls Show GOP Is In Real Trouble

  
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  It would be an understatement to say the Republican Party is in disarray. There is currently a war going on for the soul of the party -- a war between some of their more moderate national leaders (who see the party slipping into irrelevance because of their move to the far right and refusal to compromise), and the ...
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• 8 Most Un-Christian Things the Christian Right Has Done Recently By Amanda Marcotte

  
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    By Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet When it comes to using religion as a weapon to push hard-right ideology, un-Christian behavior runs rampant. June 11, 2013 Christianity is a faith that professes to defend the meek and the humble, but many Christians—at least of the more fundamentalist stripe—tend to ...
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• Are Pro-Amnesty Republicans Stupid, Or Do They Just Hate The Base Of The GOP?

  
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  Jeb Bush said at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference that we need immigration reform because immigrants are more fertile. That’s almost as stupid as Marco Rubio saying illegal immigrants will pay fines to help pay for a new border fence. Ann Coulter wondered on Thursday how dumb Republicans were on ...
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