# Say something good about Republicans. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 9, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805 "2011-04-09T22:34:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/21 "2011-04-10T02:24:14Z")
I’ve never personally witnessed a Republican garrote, disembowel or defenestrate someone. But it is only Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/22 "2011-04-10T02:29:07Z")
I admire the work ethic and desire to be self sufficient. Not too many slackers in the Republicans I know personally - they often go out of their way to pick up any slack in whatever they’re engaged in. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/23 "2011-04-10T02:30:47Z")
They stick to their guns. ---
**Author:** ![Sakuma\_Drops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sakuma\_Drops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sakuma_Drops)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/24 "2011-04-10T03:30:15Z")
Although he was politically active mostly before my time, from what I’ve read Barry Goldwater was a pretty reasonable guy, at least later in life. He had some libertarian leanings and stood up to Jerry Falwell and Ronald Reagan regarding social issues on several occasions. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/25 "2011-04-10T03:45:49Z")
> [@chacoguy](#): > > :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: See: Emancipation Proclamation 13th Amendment to the US Constitution ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/26 "2011-04-10T03:54:05Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Abe Lincoln was a good Republican. > So was Teddy Roosevelt, until they chased him out. > Eisenhower was OK. Agree on that, I like Ike nowadays for a curious reason, during his administration the research used to make the fist heat seeking missiles had a serendipitous result, scientists like Plass worked to find the background heat present in the atmosphere that could affect the missiles, it showed the specifics on how CO2 was absorbed and released layer by layer in the atmosphere, giving us the basis of why we should worry about Global Warming. (So no, global warming was not an invention of Al Gore) George Bush (the father) was then one of the last presidents to trust the scientists and followed their recommendations on issues like CFCs and early global warming treaties. Unfortunately virtually all current Republican leaders have turned against science. > **[Okies from Muskogee](https://initforthegold.blogspot.com/2011/04/okies-from-muskogee.html)** > > Sometimes, I feel it's all my fault, mine and the original gang's (Eli, James, William, BobG, and even on occasion RayP). We were on usenet ... > [@](#): > > As of today, it is official. The US House of Representatives today voted down 240-184 an amendment from Henry Waxman (D-CA) that stated: > > > [@](#): > > > > ``` > > Congress accepts the scientific findings of the Environmental Protection Agency that climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for public health and welfare. > > > > ``` > > This is to say that even the agreement in principle that there is a problem has been roundly defeated in the congress, 19 years AFTER the US agreed with the rest of the world on exactly this point, since which time North America has ignored the progress in the rest of the world in coming to terms with its implications. That is to say, the present Republican caucus voted nearly unanimously against the underpinnings a treaty signed by 2/3 of the senate and a Republican president in 1992, despite the fact that the supporting evidence is dramatically stronger than it was then, and that obvious, non-subtle consequences of climate change are starting to occur, just about on schedule. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/27 "2011-04-10T04:11:56Z")
Dubya put billions into fighting AIDS in Africa simply because it needed to be done. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/28 "2011-04-10T05:08:56Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > [ul] > [li]They’re generally pro-business (and even though they fail at free markets, they fail less than Democrats).[/li][li]At the non-national level, most Republicans still try to be fiscally responsible.[/li][li]At the non-national level, most Republicans still try to counter modern “progressivism” (yeah, that’s a good thing).[/li][li]At the non-national level, most Republicans still try to use their reason rather than react to sad kitty stories.[/li][/ul] Since this is IMHO rather than GD, I won’t debate the points above I disagree with, but I don’t think it oversteps the bounds of the forum to note that there is a debate to be had about bullet points 2 and 4. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/29 "2011-04-10T07:04:18Z")
I’m a staunch republican and I’m proud of it. Oops, are you talking about US politics? In that case I have many problems with them. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/30 "2011-04-10T12:29:18Z")
To the best of my knowledge, I’ve never seen a Republican saw a baby in half. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/31 "2011-04-10T13:06:26Z")
My uncle is a Republican city council member in my hometown, and by all reports does a great job for his district. His biggest project so far has been bulldozing a run-down “absentee landlord” section of town and having it replaced with attractive subsidized rental houses for low-income families. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/32 "2011-04-10T13:17:29Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > My uncle is a Republican city council member in my hometown, and by all reports does a great job for his district. His biggest project so far has been bulldozing a run-down “absentee landlord” section of town and having it replaced with attractive subsidized rental houses for low-income families. Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/33 "2011-04-10T13:18:58Z")
They don’t forget things when they go camping. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/34 "2011-04-10T13:21:00Z")
They make good NYC mayors ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/35 "2011-04-10T14:39:51Z")
[Sayeth Tom Coburn (R-OK)](http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/04/08/coburn_talks_about_obama.html) (of President Obama): > [@](#): > > I love the man. I think he’s a neat man. I don’t want him to be president, but I still love him. He is our President. He’s my President. And I disagree with him adamantly on 95% of the issues, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have a great relationship. And that’s a model people ought to follow. It seems that any further comments I formulate end up saying negative things about _other_ Republicans, so I’ll just let it speak for itself. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/36 "2011-04-10T15:29:52Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > I could as easily have said “Gerald Ford smells good”. Not any more. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/37 "2011-04-10T15:34:16Z")
Welfare refrom and accountability. Also they are not Nancy Pelosi. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/38 "2011-04-10T17:22:50Z")
They’re snappy dressers. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/39 "2011-04-10T17:31:13Z")
If I ever become rich, they’ll fight for me at the expense of everything else in creation. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805/40 "2011-04-10T18:37:13Z")
I may disagree with a lot of the party’s official positions, but by God they know what they want and they fight for it. To the point of insanity, sometimes, but I must credit them with that. The Dems lack that ability and it’s kicking their asses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-republicans/577805.md?page=3)