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Republicans don't actually stand for anything, other than "do the opposite of what Democrats want"

by jliptzin 6y ago

bbrree66 6y ago
What a pea brained response.
justaman 6y ago
Comments like this add nothing. By this logic, the inverse is also true.
- stu2b50 6y ago
  Not really, the very idea of conservatism is based around not doing new things. Without passing judgement on whether or not that's a good policy standpoint, it's clear the parties are asymmetrical - one wants to pass new policies to change something , the other oppose that. The GOP policy website this election was literally copy pasted from 2016 - it infamously contained references to how they need to change things the incumbent president did.
  - free2OSS 6y ago
    Democrats want less tariffs? I would love a Neoliberal Democratic party.
- chillwaves 6y ago
  Republicans literally did not run a platform in the year 2020. They did not have one. Democrats did. It's easy to say "both sides" but the facts don't match that platitude.
  - ceejayoz 6y ago
    That's not quite true. They just renewed the 2016 platform. Their resolution states "without adopting a new platform" and then attaches the full 2016 one below it.
- titzer 6y ago
  It is actually true that in 2020 the RNC didn't even bother to adopt a new platform [1] but instead pledged fealty to Donald Trump and explicitly, in their own words, "reject the policy positions of the Obama-Biden Administration,as well as those espoused by the Democratic National Committee today". In their own words they define themselves by their opposition to democrats. [1] https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/docs/Resolution_Platform_2020.pdf https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/docs/Resolution_Platform_202...
- anon73044 6y ago
  >By this logic, the inverse is also true. Except, it isn't. in Obama's memoir, he recalls he and Biden trying to explain the policy merits of a bill to Mitch McConnell, who responds "You must be under the mistaken impression that I care” https://mobile.twitter.com/jonmladd/status/1327652287519596549 https://mobile.twitter.com/jonmladd/status/13276522875195965...

Republicans don't actually stand for anything, other than "do the opposite of what Democrats want"

bbrree66 6y ago

What a pea brained response.

justaman 6y ago

Comments like this add nothing. By this logic, the inverse is also true.

stu2b50 6y ago
Not really, the very idea of conservatism is based around not doing new things. Without passing judgement on whether or not that's a good policy standpoint, it's clear the parties are asymmetrical - one wants to pass new policies to change something , the other oppose that. The GOP policy website this election was literally copy pasted from 2016 - it infamously contained references to how they need to change things the incumbent president did.
- free2OSS 6y ago
  Democrats want less tariffs? I would love a Neoliberal Democratic party.
chillwaves 6y ago
Republicans literally did not run a platform in the year 2020. They did not have one. Democrats did. It's easy to say "both sides" but the facts don't match that platitude.
- ceejayoz 6y ago
  That's not quite true. They just renewed the 2016 platform. Their resolution states "without adopting a new platform" and then attaches the full 2016 one below it.
titzer 6y ago
It is actually true that in 2020 the RNC didn't even bother to adopt a new platform [1] but instead pledged fealty to Donald Trump and explicitly, in their own words, "reject the policy positions of the Obama-Biden Administration,as well as those espoused by the Democratic National Committee today". In their own words they define themselves by their opposition to democrats. [1] https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/docs/Resolution_Platform_2020.pdf https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/docs/Resolution_Platform_202...
anon73044 6y ago
>By this logic, the inverse is also true. Except, it isn't. in Obama's memoir, he recalls he and Biden trying to explain the policy merits of a bill to Mitch McConnell, who responds "You must be under the mistaken impression that I care” https://mobile.twitter.com/jonmladd/status/1327652287519596549 https://mobile.twitter.com/jonmladd/status/13276522875195965...