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If Andrew Jackson for president in 1828, ran to call his opponent to him as “donkey” for his populist views and tried his motto: “Let’s rule the people. ” Jackson, however, removed from their insults and he turned to his own advantage with the donkey on his campaign posters. During his presidency, the donkey was represented to Jackson’s stubbornness when he again refused chartering the National Bank.

In 1880, the donkey was well established as a mascot for the Democratic Party. A cartoon on the Garfield-Hancock campaign in the New York Daily Graphic showed the Democratic candidate on an ass, what a procession of crusaders.

The Democrats think the elephants clumsy, stupid, pompous and conservative think -. But the Republicans, it is dignified, strong and intelligent. On the other hand, consider the Republicans the donkeys stubborn, stupid and ridiculous -. But Democrats say he is humble, simple, intelligent, courageous and lovable provided

Adlai Stevenson one of the smartest descriptions of has “The elephant, a thick skin, a head full of ivory, and as anyone who has seen a circus parade knows, the best product by grasping the tail of its predecessor: the Republican symbol, he said. “

Republicans control a slim majority in the House of States United States, has several important provinces (including New York, TX, OH, GA, MA and FL), the White House in 2000 and took again the narrow Senate majority status in the United States in 2002. traditional conservatives (President George W. Bush, Denny Hastert, Bill Frist, and the Club for Growth), the religious right (Trent Lott, John Ashcroft, the National Federation of Meetings: Republican leaders are split into several different ideological factions Republicans and Christian Coalition), the old Nixon / Rockefeller “centrist” or “moderate” wing (Colin Powell, George Pataki, the Republican Main Street Partnership, the Republican Leadership Council and the Republican Mainstream Committee) and libertarians (Ron Paul and the Republican Caucus of freedom).

The Republican Party was born in the early 1850 by anti-slavery and people, the government should western countries, believed to grant the settlers free of charge. The first informal meeting of the party took place in Ripon, Wisconsin, a small town northwest

Milwaukee. The first official meeting

Republicans held July 6, 1854 in Jackson, Michigan. The name “Republican” was chosen because he equality played, and reminded individuals of the Democratic Party of the Republican Thomas Jefferson. adopted. At the Jackson convention, the new party with a platform and nominated candidates for office in Michigan

The Civil War broke out in 1861 and continued trying for four years. During the war against the advice of his Cabinet signed Lincoln the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves. The Republicans of their daily work, go to the Thirteenth Amendment, which prohibits slavery, the Fourteenth, which the same protection under the laws and the Fifteenth, which offers secure voting rights

guarantees helped African-Americans. The Republican Party

also played a leading role in securing women the right to vote. In 1896 the Republicans were the first major party to favor women’s suffrage. The 19th Amendment was finally the Constitution, 26 of the 36 state legislatures selected to be ratified under Republican control was added. The first woman elected Congress was a Republican, Jeanette Rankin of Montana in 1917.

Republicans have a long and rich history with basic principles. human, not the government can make better decisions, all people entitled to equal rights and decisions are best made close to home.

For years the Republicans as “GOP” have known A and party faithful thought it meant, but apparently the original meaning (in 1875) was “gallant old party . And when automobiles were invented it was also to say “get out and push.” It’s still a pretty good slogan for Republicans who depend every campaign year on the hard work of hundreds of thousands to choose from volunteers to go out and push people to support the causes of the Republican Party.

Origin Of The Republican Elephant

This symbol of the Republican Party was in the imagination of cartoonist Thomas Nast was born and appeared the first time in Harper’s Weekly November 7, 1874.

p <> A crazy animals in the cartoon was an elephant who vote in the Republicans – vote and not the party that the Republicans -. frightened of normal relations with the fake crisis of Caesarism In a subsequent cartoon November 21, 1874, after the election in the Republicans have played poorly followed Nast the idea by the elephant in a trap, illustrating how the Republican vote had moved from its normal allegiance. D Other artists picked up the symbol and the elephant soon no longer be the voice and the party itself was. the donkey, the donkey now, represented a natural transition from representing the Herald made to the Democratic Party who is afraid of the elephants was

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America First Party

The America First Party founded in 2002 by a large group of deserters who broke off from Buchanan Brigade down Reform Party to form the new party, without compromise of fair trade and social conservatives (with a solid foundation in the religious right movement). The views of far echo those of the commentator Pat Buchanan during his presidential bid three instead. AFP is dedicated to “protect our people and our sovereignty … Promote economic growth and independence … Promote the traditional values of faith, family and responsibility … Equality before the law for the protection of these rights by the Creator … [And] for the clean up our corrupted political system. “Less than a month of the establishment of the AFP, ten chapters former state Reform Party broke formally with the RP and a member of the AFP through the National Convention in August 2002, AFP offices in 20 countries -. And they hoped, in almost all 50 States by be carried out in late 2003 now those hopes shattered seem the national president of the AFP, the vice president and treasurer all resigned mid .. 2003 after a group of hardcore with extreme right-wing militia leader Bo Gritz movement associated seized allegedly denied control of the important role. Other AFP , said the complaints were Gritz an excuse to hide serious financial problems and divisions of the personality in the party that really the collapse of the reason Sun -. -. AFP obviously has a lot of parties, the National Party for the same reason AFP National Convention next – Events for July 2003 -.. canceled the party was leaving the same chances of a presidential candidate in 2004, presenting a Buchananite AFP Group, said they try to reorganize the mid-2003 meeting – more emphasis on violence Party State Building

American Party

. The AP is a very small, very conservative, Christian splinter party after a break of the American Independent Party in 1972 formed. U.S. Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) and Governor Mel Thomson (R-NH ), both flirted with presidential candidacy of the American party in 1976, but both finally rejected, the party won its largest arrival of the presidential election of 1976 -. candidate Tom Anderson carried out 161 000 votes (6th place) – but has now largely disappeared in almost complete darkness 1996 The party presidential candidates -. anti-gay rights activist and lawyer Diane Templin – just 1900 votes Former GOP State Senator Don Rogers of California. – The candidates for President in 2000 – did even worse, because he is not entitled to vote in all countries of the party -. on the field was a considerable amount of local and national candidates in the 1970s – rarely more fields in a handful of candidates at national level in recent years, even if they claim to local branches in 15 states . resisted publicly Beyond Pro-life, pro-gun and anti-tax views that you expect, the American party also advocates an end to price supports / subsidies, privatize the U.S. Postal Service Farm Federal involvement in education, support the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency, supports the repeal of NAFTA, rejects minimum wage laws, as opposed to using zoning ordinances country and the convening of a Constituent Assembly. Of course the AP also against the United Nations, New World Order, Communism, Socialism and the Trilateral Commission.

American Heritage Party

Affordable Housing Program, formerly Washington Group subsidiary USTP / Constitution broke with the group in 2000 for religious reasons (for example, while the PC is clearly religious right party, it is not explicitly Christian party). Thus, the PLA described as “a political party that accepts the Bible as its policy manual and shamelessly explicitly Christian … [And] whose principles are drawn from the Scriptures. “.