Originally Posted by kane

Repubs talk about a lot of stuff, but don't actually do it when they are in power.

The standard issues republican platform is: cut taxes, reduce the size of the government, reduce the debt and spend money wisely, cut/curb entitlements and fight the culture war (IE abortion, education, religion etc.)

Yet none of them ever actually do that. They increase the size of the government, they increase spending, they don't come anywhere near balancing the budget. Bush at least cut taxes. They don't wage the social war. They promise and promise and don't deliver and yet when they are out of power and running again they break out the same platform and the same people believe that this time it will be different.