The political landscape can be confusing for the uninitiated, and I thought it might be useful to explain a few things to you folks that might have just stumbled onto this site by accident. The following guide is offered as a way to tell if you are in the wrong place. We have certain standards here.
You are in the wrong place if you like the same things Republicans like, or if you dislike things that Republicans dislike.
Things that Republicans like:
Lower taxes (but, selective)
Government regulation of sex
Government regulation of reproduction
Men in charge of everything
Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum
The smartest man in the room -- Newt Gingrich
Oil companies
The Second Amendment
The word "conservative"
Money -- in the right hands
Taxing the poor
Anybody named Bush
The Tenth Amendment
Rich people
"Death tax" "Right to Work" "Job creators" & other mindless sound bite slogans
Handguns
Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Geraldo Rivera, Glenn Beck
Voting rights for the right folks
The Heritage Foundation or the Cato Institute
Mandatory vaginal probes if you want an abortion
K street
People like Mitt Romney who are "successful"
Wisconsin Governor Walker
Rush Limbaugh
The Koch brothers
Taxing the middle class
Anything that restricts access to abortion
Fundamentalist religion
Wealthy people
Faux news
Things Republicans dislike
Women's rights
Poor people
Entitlements
Workers (i.e. the people who actually do things)
Minimum wage laws
Medicare
Barack Obama
Gay and lesbian citizens
Any taxation of capital gains
Health care for those who cannot afford it
The First Amendment
Contraception
Social Security
Women in charge of anything
Taxes on the wealthy
The Fifteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment
Planned parenthood
Traitors like Warren Buffett
The labor movement
Chris Matthews, Al Sharpton, Rachel Maddow
Traitors like George Soros
Comedians
Liberal religion
Women
Taxing capital gains. Did I mention that?
Evolutionary science
The poor
Barack Obama
Climate change science
Civil rights for real people
Government regulation (except for sex and reproduction)
Barry Lynn
Nancy Pelosi
Non-Christians
Labor unions
Government in general
Voting rights for the wrong kinds of folks
MSNBC
The ACLU
Science in general
Women who think
Well, I hope this clarifies things for you new guys. I may have left out a thing or two from each list, but maybe some of the regulars here can fill in the blanks. A happy April fool's day to all, particularly you Republicans. This is your day -- enjoy it!