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What You Must Believe to be a Good Republican

• Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a popular conservative radio host. Then it's an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery.

• The United States should get out of the United Nations, and our highest national priority is enforcing U.N. resolutions against Iraq.

• Government should relax regulation of Big Business and Big Money but crack down on individuals who use marijuana to relieve the pain of illness.

• "Standing Tall for America" means firing your workers and moving their jobs overseas.

• A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multinational corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind without regulation.

• Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.

• The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay.

• Group sex and drug use are degenerate sins unless you someday run for governor of California as a Republican.

• If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex.

• A good way to fight terrorism is to belittle our long-time allies, then demand their cooperation and money.

• HMOs and insurance companies have the best interests of the public at heart.

• Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy. Providing health care to all Americans is evil socialism.

• Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools.

• Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion.

• A president lying about an extramarital affair is a impeachable offense. A president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy.

• Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet.

• The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George Bush's driving record is none of our business.

• You support states' rights, which means Attorney General John Ashcroft can tell states what local voter initiatives they have the right to adopt.

• What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the '80s is irrelevant.

• Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.

Posted July 30, 2004 10:37 AM