has everyone reviewed the 2008 platform

[scandinaviany3]

I must have missed the old posts on this

Did everyone review the platform and decided on the goods and bads?

http://www.gopplatform2008.com/thankyou.htm

[IPSecure]

More propaganda...

911, terrorists, blah, blah, blah...

[TastyWheat]

2008 GOP answer to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid: Keep them and improve them. I haven't read the 2008 Democrat platform but I'd bet $200 they feel the same way.

[freelance]

Making
the best talent part of our team is the rationale
for the H-1B visa program, which needs
updating to reflect our need for more leaders
in science and technology while we take the
necessary steps to create more of them in our
own school systems. By complementing the
U.S. work force with needed specialists from
abroad, we can make sure American companies
and their jobs remain here at home.


P.27

What the HELL kind of Republican voted for this? And, that's just one of many, many examples.

[liberteebell]

I just scanned it; it's a sickening huge load of Big Government BS.

[cswake]

It's funny though, because you definitely see snippets of issues near and dear:

"Our strong ties with Canada and
Mexico should not lead to a North American union
or a unified currency."

"We will hold the VA accountable for tangible
results and steady improvement of its services."

"We oppose reinstituting the draft, whether directly or
through compulsory national service."

"At the United Nations, our country will pay a
fair, but not disproportionate, share of dues, but we
will never support a UN-imposed tax. The UN must
reform its scandal-ridden and corrupt management
and become more accountable and transparent in its
operations and expenses. As a matter of U.S. sovereignty,
American forces must remain under American command."

"In any fundamental restructuring of federal taxation,
to guard against the possibility of hypertaxation
of the American people, any value added tax or
national sales tax must be tied to simultaneous repeal
of the Sixteenth Amendment, which established the
federal income tax."

Their foreign policy has some interesting tidbits:

"We support sanctions against this government, free elections, and the
restoration of civil government in Zimbabwe."

"Israel is a vigorous democracy, unique in the
Middle East. We reaffirm America’s commitment to
Israel’s security and will ensure that Israel maintains
a qualitative edge in military technology over any
potential adversaries."

"We express our respect for the people of Iran
who seek peace and aspire to freedom. Their current
regime, aggressive and repressive, is unworthy of
them."