# What has the Republican party accomplished? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 5, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000 "2016-03-05T15:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/61 "2016-03-06T21:32:08Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Well, there’s repealing Obamacare, for one. And that was a full-time job. They hardly had time for anything else, except bringing government to a halt. They had to work overtime to make the government do nothing, bless their dedicated little hearts. ---
**Author:** ![GloryDays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GloryDays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GloryDays)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/62 "2016-03-06T21:48:53Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > You don’t think it’s important for kids to learn critical thinking? Civics? Differences between the many world governments? How about reading comprehension? Spelling and grammar? Algebra? Where do you draw the line? Of course. You absolutely need civics. What I don’t want from civics is our children learning about how bad America is like how some progressives have done and justifying events like 9/11 because of America’s past. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/63 "2016-03-06T21:49:27Z")
> [@GloryDays](#): > > I think education should be left to the states in certain aspects. You cannot have standards for the nation. Period. You just want a large government. This post is incoherent. What are the certain aspects? Why can’t you have standards for the nation, period? Why would the desire to have standards for the nation mean someone just wants large government? Maybe they want standards because they don’t want the center of the country to be filled with delusional, uneducated people. Your thinking on this is mushy. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/64 "2016-03-06T21:55:48Z")
> [@GloryDays](#): > > Of course. You absolutely need civics. What I don’t want from civics is our children learning about how bad America is like how some progressives have done and justifying events like 9/11 because of America’s past. I am not aware of any ‘progressives’, other than the left wing equivalent to Westboro Baptist Church, who justify events like 9/11. Anyone who believes progressives think and teach this has been brainwashed by the right wing hate machine. As for ‘how bad America is’, our government has done some pretty heinous things. Should that information be suppressed? ---
**Author:** ![GloryDays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GloryDays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GloryDays)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/65 "2016-03-06T22:00:52Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I am not aware of any ‘progressives’, other than the left wing equivalent to Westboro Baptist Church, who justify events like 9/11. Anyone who believes progressives think and teach this has been brainwashed by the right wing hate machine. > > As for ‘how bad America is’, our government has done some pretty heinous things. Should that information be suppressed? No, it is fact that some progressives justified 9/11. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/66 "2016-03-06T22:02:38Z")
> [@GloryDays](#): > > No, it is fact that some progressives justified 9/11. No doubt. Do you have any cites for any progressives that matter, as opposed to some homeless guy who’s off his meds, or Conspiracy Theorists? ---
**Author:** ![GloryDays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GloryDays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GloryDays)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/67 "2016-03-06T22:05:56Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > No doubt. Do you have any cites for any progressives that matter, as opposed to some homeless guy who’s off his meds, or Conspiracy Theorists? Lots. The fact is a lot of progressives were happy on 9/11 because they felt that the “evil white man” was getting what he deserved. I’m an independent and I’m saying this. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/68 "2016-03-06T22:07:43Z")
> [@GloryDays](#): > > Lots. The fact is a lot of progressives were happy on 9/11 because they felt that the “evil white man” was getting what he deserved. I’m an independent and I’m saying this. But you don’t have any cites. I thought not. ---
**Author:** ![GloryDays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GloryDays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GloryDays)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/69 "2016-03-06T22:09:53Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > But you don’t have any cites. I thought not. New York, L.A., Chicago, etc. I know for a far that some progressives beamed on 9/11. It made them happy. That’s why some of them are so complicit with radical Islam. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/70 "2016-03-06T22:10:57Z")
> [@GloryDays](#): > > New York, L.A., Chicago, etc. I know for a far that some progressives beamed on 9/11. It made them happy. That’s why some of them are so complicit with radical Islam. But you don’t have any cites. I thought not. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/71 "2016-03-06T22:13:37Z")
> [@GloryDays](#): > > I think education should be left to the states in certain aspects. You cannot have standards for the nation. Tell us how you can have standards for a whole state, then. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/72 "2016-03-06T22:24:13Z")
> [@GloryDays](#): > > New York, L.A., Chicago, etc. I know for a far that some progressives beamed on 9/11. It made them happy. That’s why some of them are so complicit with radical Islam. Prove it. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/73 "2016-03-06T22:25:50Z")
> [@GloryDays](#): > > Lots. The fact is a lot of progressives were happy on 9/11 because they felt that the “evil white man” was getting what he deserved. I’m an independent and I’m saying this. That’s not a fact. It’s a guess based on your ideological position. ---
**Author:** ![GloryDays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GloryDays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GloryDays)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/74 "2016-03-06T22:28:30Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > Prove it. They think it was justice for slavery. They’re complicit in it. And they have this love for Muslims while bringing down Christians and Jews. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/75 "2016-03-06T22:32:50Z")
> [@GloryDays](#): > > They think it was justice for slavery. They’re complicit in in. And they have this love for Muslims while bringing down Christians and Jews. I’m a progressive, and I, for one, think all the Abrahamic religions are stupid nonsense. I don’t support Muslims over Christians, however, I do think we should treat religions equitably. No one is persecuting Christians in this country, but plenty of people are persecuting Muslims. I guess what I’m trying to say, is that you don’t appear to be basing your opinions on observed reality. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/76 "2016-03-06T22:37:28Z")
> [@GloryDays](#): > > They think it was justice for slavery. They’re complicit in it. And they have this love for Muslims while bringing down Christians and Jews. That’s your **opinion**. Got any actual facts? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/77 "2016-03-06T22:37:36Z")
> [@GloryDays](#): > > They think it was justice for slavery. They’re complicit in it. And they have this love for Muslims while bringing down Christians and Jews. > [@Lobohan](#): > > I’m a progressive, and I, for one, think all the Abrahamic religions are stupid nonsense. > > I don’t support Muslims over Christians, however, I do think we should treat religions equitably. No one is persecuting Christians in this country, but plenty of people are persecuting Muslims. There, **GloryDays** ; by your own logic, absolute proof that you are wrong. You have been asked for citations. Perhaps believing you don’t understand what a citation is, **Mind’s Eye, Watering** put it another way: ‘Prove it.’ You still have not provided _any_ evidence to support your assertion that progressives believe 9/11 was justified. ---
**Author:** ![GloryDays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GloryDays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GloryDays)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/78 "2016-03-06T22:39:27Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > I’m a progressive, and I, for one, think all the Abrahamic religions are stupid nonsense. > > I don’t support Muslims over Christians, however, I do think we should treat religions equitably. No one is persecuting Christians in this country, \*\*but plenty of people are persecuting Muslims. > \*\* > I guess what I’m trying to say, is that you don’t appear to be basing your opinions on observed reality. Muslims caused it on themselves. If they didn’t hijack planes into a commercial business area, no one won’t be picking on them today. They need to go. Anyone that is friends with them are aiding the enemy. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/79 "2016-03-06T22:42:43Z")
> [@GloryDays](#): > > Muslims caused it on themselves. If they didn’t hijack planes into a commercial business area, no one won’t be picking on them today. They need to go. Anyone that is friends with them are aiding the enemy. No one is “picking on” the Muslims that did that. Nor is anyone “friends with them,” either. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/80 "2016-03-06T22:42:51Z")
> [@GloryDays](#): > > They need to go. Anyone that is friends with them are aiding the enemy. So you’re against the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees freedom of religion. Given that since 9/11 more Americans have been killed in this country by Christian extremists than have been killed by Muslim extremists, all Christians need to go. Anyone that is friends with them or siding with them is aiding the enemy. . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000.md?page=5)