What are the 10 Commandments of the Republican Party?

[ck4829]

We hear a joke saying a commandment saying one of Raygun's commandments was "Thou shalt not attack another Republican". Let's run with that, what do you think the other Commandments are?

[zanne]

1. "Thou shalt not admit to wrongdoing". nt

[bryant69]

2. That was a famous "11th" commandment

Another famous one is "Thou Shalt not get Caught."

Bryant
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[Monkeyman]

3. Thou Shall Lie and Steal

[waiting for hope]

4. Thou shall commit adultary...

and enjoy being a hypocrite.

[racaulk]

5. Here ya go...

Ten Commandments, Republican Style

• Thou shalt talk about Christian principles, but not live by them.
• Thou shalt attack opponents personally when you can’t win on policies or integrity.
• Thou shalt call yourself pro-life, but be in favor of the death penalty.
• Thou shalt call yourself pro-life, and put guns in the hands of school children.
• Thou shalt give lip service to democracy while taking away civil liberties.
• Profit is the Lord Thy God, thou shalt not put the people’s interest above those of your corporate contributors or self serving neoconservative agenda.
• Thou shalt make sure fetuses have health coverage, but leave children and babies behind.
• Thou shalt bear false witness against your opponents and liberals, and demonize them along with truth and facts.
• Thou shalt run on a moderate platform, then enact right-wing policies as soon as possible.
• Thou shalt call the media liberal, so that people forget that the media is owned by corporations with a conservative fiscal agenda.

Source: http://www.floatem.com/wpblog/?p=32

:)

[AndyA]

6. Do unto others before they can do unto you.

If you get caught, blame someone else.

Say one thing, but always do another. Then accuse your opponents of doing the same thing, before they have the chance to call you on it.

[Hubert Flottz]

10. Do unto others as soon as they turn their backs!

They are backstabbers from the word go!

[PhilipShore]

7. The 10 Commandments of the Republican Party

Thou shall idolize the god of security
Thou shall idolize the god of Reputations
Thou shall idolize the god of power
Thou shall idolize the god of fear
Thou shall idolize the god of the fist to solve problems
Thos shall idolize the god of the handgun
Thos shall idolize the god of the machine gun
Thos shall idolize the god the conventional bomb
Thos shall idolize the god of the Atomic Bomb
Thou shall idolize the god of destruction (wars)


The gods of war

[winter999]

8. "Thos shall idolize the god of the Atomic Bomb"?

Sorry, my friend, I hate to say but Harry S. Truman, the only President to drop atomic bombs on another country was a Dem.

Try "corruption". Not only will it go nicely into the list, but will rhyme with "destruction".

[PhilipShore]

11. Power and Corruption

http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/92BRfreedom.html">Link

Published in Freedom, Vol. 53, No. 16, 8 August 1992, p. 4.


The Powerholders

David Kipnis
University of Chicago Press, 1976; second edition 1981

Technology and Power
David Kipnis
Springer-Verlag, 1990

"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." So said Lord Acton, and most anarchists would agree. Any hierarchical system provides positions of power which are sought by the worst sort of people, namely the ambitious, unscrupulous and ruthless. Furthermore, even if by some chance sensitive and honest individuals obtain positions of power, they can quickly become corrupted. This is the experience with governments, corporations, churches, political parties and other institutions.

But why does power corrupt? For the answer, it is worth consulting the excellent work by David Kipnis, a professor of psychology at Temple University. He has carried out numerous experiments showing just how power corrupts.

For a person to be autonomous is widely considered to be a good thing. It is a feature of being fully human. When a person exercises power over others, the powerholder gains the impression that the others do not control their own behaviour or, in other words, they are not autonomous. Hence, they are seen as less worthy. In short, a person who successfully exercises power over others is more likely to believe that they are less deserving of respect. They thus become good prospects to be exploited.

For example, Kipnis organised experiments in which a "boss" oversees the work of "subordinates" in a simulated situation. The experiment is contrived so that all subordinates do the same work. But the subordinate who is thought to be self-motivated is rated much more highly -- for exactly the same work -- than the subordinate who is thought to have done the work only under instruction. As well as laboratory studies, Kipnis examines the effects of power on the powerholder through studies of couples, managers and protagonists in Shakespeare's dramas. The results are always the same.

[whoneedstickets]

9. Don't do as I do, do as I tell you to...

To paraphrase Charles Barkley "We are not role models"

[dogday]

12. Thou shalt throw as much crap as possible at your opposition

and hopefully something will stick.....

[LeftishBrit]

13. Arthur Hugh Clough's (Victorian British) "The Latest Decalogue"...

seems pretty appropriate to Republicans:

The Latest Decalogue

Thou shalt have one God only; who
Would be at the expense of two?
No graven images may be
Worshipp'd, except the currency:
Swear not at all; for, for thy curse
Thine enemy is none the worse:
At church on Sunday to attend
Will serve to keep the world thy friend:
Honour thy parents; that is, all
From whom advancement may befall:
Thou shalt not kill; but need'st not strive
Officiously to keep alive:
Do not adultery commit;
Advantage rarely comes of it:
Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat,
When it's so lucrative to cheat:
Bear not false witness; let the lie
Have time on its own wings to fly:
Thou shalt not covert; but tradition
Approves all forms of competition.

-- Arthur Hugh Clough