Political Parties
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In looking at the three Web Sites of the primary political parties (Democrat, Republican, Reform), we learn a great deal about partisan politics in America. The Web Site Homepages of the Democrats and Republicans resemble battle zones against dreaded enemies more than they do informative avenues of issue exploration. The top three links on the Republican National Committee’s Homepage consist of two attacks on democrats and one for attending a meeting of the Republican state chairmen. One attack on the Democrats is entitled “Gore’s Risky Tax Policies” while the other one is headlined with “Senate Democrats Kill Marriage Tax Relief” (RNC 1). The Democratic National Committee Homepage is not much better than this. It has five links to the “Latest News” down the center of the page. It should come as no surprise that three of the five articles are undermining the Republicans: “Bush as Tax-Cut-and-Spend Republican”; “What You Won’t Hear at George W. Bush’s Meeting with Log Cabin Republicans”; and, “Bush’s Health Commissioner Insults Latinos” (DNC 1). In other words, both of these sites spend a majority of their Homepage space attacking the other dominant party in American politics. Ironically, the one party who labels itself the Reform Party does not do this on its web site Homepage. While there are links to news releases and opinion pieces, the Reform Party’s Homepage is designed to inform us about t
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n’t hike.” The Reform Party offers few issues in their news articles, and the ones there are primarily center around their own infighting and attempt to win equal representation with the other two major parties. Nonetheless, there are some issues for comparison. While Gore and the Democrats are pro-choice, Bush and the majority of Republicans are not. The Reform Party is pro-choice. While the Reform Party does not counter-attack the other parties on issues outside of finance reform and world trade, the other two do. In one press release available on the DNC Web Site, DNC General Chair Governor Roy Romer says of Bush’s views on abortion “Bush has supported numerous anti-choice measures during his four-and-a-half years as governor. When you hear Bush talk about his views on choice, remember it’s just talk. His anti-choice actions speak louder than words” (Backus 1). The Republican Web Site boasts a different George Bush, one who insists he will not impose a litmus test on judicial nominees where their stance on abortion is concerned, but he does say he will ensure they subscribe to his overall philosophy.
Another issues that is a source of conflict between the Republicans and Democrats is gun control. It is obvious to an
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