# What has the Republican party accomplished?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000
**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
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### Author:  [@GloryDays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GloryDays)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/81 "2016-03-06T22:48:01Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> So you’re against the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees freedom of religion.
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> 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.
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Christians did not cause a 15-year war in the Middle East. Christians did not cost billions of dollars to the Northeast economy. Christians did not cause billions of repairs to Lower Manhattan’s subway and bus stops. Christians did not cause the creation of the Patriot Act, the D.H.S., and did nor cause sadness every September.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/82 "2016-03-06T22:54:30Z")
> [@GloryDays](#):
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> Christians did not cause a 15-year war in the Middle East. Christians did not cost billions of dollars to the Northeast economy. Christians did not cause billions of repairs to Lower Manhattan’s subway and bus stops. Christians did not cause the creation of the Patriot Act, the D.H.S., and did nor cause sadness every September.
George Bush is Christian, and he started a war in Iraq, which had nothing to do with 9/11. He also created the Patriot Act. And you seem to have ignored that twice as many Americans have been killed by Christian terrorists since 9/11 that have been killed by Muslim terrorists.
Also: You have not provided any proof that progressives think 9/11 was justified.
I will not recognise your attempts to avoid backing up your assertions. So until you provide the proof that has been asked for repeatedly, I will keep asking.
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### Author:  [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/83 "2016-03-06T22:55:13Z")
> [@GloryDays](#):
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> 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.
So I’m the enemy because I have Muslim friends? How about the Muslims I knew in the Navy – were they the enemy? And the Muslims who have died in the military in various wars and conflicts through our history?
Where do you get off calling people who have fought and died for the USA the enemy?
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### Author:  [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/84 "2016-03-06T22:56:19Z")
> [@GloryDays](#):
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> No, but why does government have to be involved? Why?
Because having an educated populace is necessary for a functioning democratic government.
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### Author:  [@GloryDays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GloryDays)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/85 "2016-03-06T22:57:09Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> So I’m the enemy because I have Muslim friends? How about the Muslims I knew in the Navy – were they the enemy? And the Muslims who have died in the military?
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> Where do you get off calling people who have fought and died for the USA the enemy?
They’re all complicit in what happened that day. Sick, demented fools. You are not an enemy. You’re a good friend. Why do you have Muslim friends, by the way? Don’t you understand the damage that they’ve cost over the past 15 years?
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### Author:  [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/86 "2016-03-06T22:58:47Z")
> [@GloryDays](#):
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> Christians did not cause a 15-year war in the Middle East.
Christians definitely caused the war in Iraq, since W. Bush is Christian and started that war for no reason.
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> Christians did not cost billions of dollars to the Northeast economy.
Christian Ted Cruz cost the economy 24 billion dollars by closing down the government for nothing more than a partisan tantrum.
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> Christians did not cause billions of repairs to Lower Manhattan’s subway and bus stops.
Yeah, 19 Muslims did that. And those 19 are beyond the reach of justice.
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> Christians did not cause the creation of the Patriot Act, the D.H.S.
Of course they did. Who do you think voted it in?
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> , and did nor cause sadness every September.
So, I’m gonna guess that you have no desire to be informed on these issues, right?
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### Author:  [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/87 "2016-03-06T23:00:30Z")
> [@GloryDays](#):
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> They’re all complicit in what happened that day. Sick, demented fools. You are not an enemy. You’re a good friend. Why do you have Muslim friends, by the way? Don’t you understand the damage that they’ve cost over the past 15 years?
I have Muslim friends because they are decent people who I enjoy spending time with. They (my friends) caused no damage, and those Muslims I knew in the Navy were patriotic Americans who saved lives and helped protect you.
If you believe that they are complicit in terrorism because of their religion, then that is a disgusting and bigoted belief.
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### Author:  [@GloryDays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GloryDays)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/88 "2016-03-06T23:00:40Z")
> [@Lobohan](#):
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> Christians definitely caused the war in Iraq, since W. Bush is Christian and started that war for no reason.
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> Christian Ted Cruz cost the economy 24 billion dollars by closing down the government for nothing more than a partisan tantrum.
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> Yeah, 19 Muslims did that. And those 19 are beyond the reach of justice.
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> Of course they did. Who do you think voted it in?
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> So, I’m gonna guess that you have no desire to be informed on these issues, right?
You’re right on this though. I just get worked up.
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### Author:  [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/89 "2016-03-06T23:01:23Z")
nm
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### Author:  [@GloryDays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GloryDays)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/90 "2016-03-06T23:02:46Z")
By the way, Cruz should not be running for office because he’s too dysfunctional. Good orator, I cannot see him winning a general election unless something changed in the presidential race.
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### Author:  [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/91 "2016-03-06T23:10:56Z")
I’m beginning to think he can win.
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### Author:  [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/92 "2016-03-06T23:44:27Z")
> [@adaher](#):
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> I’m beginning to think he can win.
[GOP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQJ2DlKfGuE)
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### Author:  [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/93 "2016-03-07T00:09:24Z")
> [@GloryDays](#):
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> By the way, Cruz should not be running for office because he’s too dysfunctional. Good orator, I cannot see him winning a general election unless something changed in the presidential race.
I am still waiting for you to back up your assertion that
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> “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 say you are wrong. Very, very, VERY wrong about this.
If you think you are right, offer up some proof that ANY progressives were happy on 9/11. You said “lots” were. Shouldn’t be hard for you to find some proof then.
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/94 "2016-03-07T00:40:59Z")
Well, I’m kind of a progressive, I guess… I won’t really know for certain until the term is defined. While I certainly wasn’t happy about the Sept. 11 attacks (I was actually kind of eager for a new Operation Overlord where American, Canadian and British troops smash their way into Afghanistan and get some massive payback), I can recall making a not-well-received comment a few years later along the lines of even if we could knew for certain the attacks would result, it was still worthwhile to arm the mujhadeen in the 1980s as it hastened the fall of the Soviet Union, i.e. trading an intense but limited amount of damage in exchange for greatly reducing the risk of the massive global damage that would result from World War III.
It was a casual cost-benefit analysis.
I suspect a more likely alternate explanation is that Glory Days is just making stuff up.
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### Author:  [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/95 "2016-03-07T02:07:31Z")
> [@GloryDays](#):
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> They’re all complicit in what happened that day. Sick, demented fools. You are not an enemy. You’re a good friend. Why do you have Muslim friends, by the way? Don’t you understand the damage that they’ve cost over the past 15 years?
This sort of hate filled nonsense damages our nation by showing disrespect for its ideals and for members of society:
[U.S. Muslim Servicemen who Have Died in the Service of Our Country](http://theislamicworkplace.com/2011/01/11/u-s-muslim-servicemen-who-have-died-in-the-service-of-our-country/)
It also shows that you have chosen to learn nothing in at least the past six years when the following report was published and you are continuing to contribute to this problem:
[Complications Grow for Muslims Serving in U.S. Military](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/us/09muslim.html)
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/96 "2016-03-07T02:19:09Z")
> [@GloryDays](#):
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> 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.
A friend of mine is a Muslim; he served with the US Army. I am, like I just said, his friend; I served in the US Navy. If I remember right, you never served.
Please explain how I’m aiding the enemy.
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### Author:  [@GloryDays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GloryDays)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/97 "2016-03-07T02:31:52Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#):
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> A friend of mine is a Muslim; he served with the US Army. I am, like I just said, his friend; I served in the US Navy. If I remember right, you never served.
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> Please explain how I’m aiding the enemy.
By being friends with them. The damage that they did is worse than World War II. They have to pay for the suffering that America faces.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/98 "2016-03-07T02:34:42Z")
> [@GloryDays](#):
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> By being friends with them. The damage that they did is worse than World War II. They have to pay for the suffering that America faces.
His friend in in the U.S. Army and is fighting for _you._
Think about it.
And the damage done here was done by cowardly, fear mongering politicians who used 9/11 for Party gain.
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/99 "2016-03-07T03:00:31Z")
> [@GloryDays](#):
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> By being friends with them. The damage that they did is worse than World War II. They have to pay for the suffering that America faces.
Okay, that’s it, I can never take you seriously again.
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### Author:  [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-republican-party-accomplished/748000/100 "2016-03-07T03:00:50Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> They’re claiming to be The Party of Lincoln even today. If they could point to a significant accomplishment in the last six or eight years, they would - but remember, to their base, resisting Obama is an accomplishment itself.
If we went with political philosophy, Lincoln would be a Democrat today. Of course, Andrew Jackson would probably be a Republican.
Didn’t that PPP poll find that 20% of Trump supporters (in South Carolina) believed the slaves should not have been freed?
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