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[[Image:Cjjfdjfty.png|right|thumb|250px|Official logo of the Republican Party.]]

[[Image:Cjjfdjfty.png|right|thumb|250px|Official logo of the Republican Party.]]

The '''Republican Party''' is one of the two major political parties in the [[United States]]. The current [[President of the United States]], [[George W. Bush]], is a member of the party – and by rules common to both major U.S. parties, its head. Of the two major U.S. parties, the Republican party is the moderate/center-right party. The party has been very successful in Presidential elections: 18 of the 27 US Presidents since 1861 have been Republicans and since that same year a Republican has won 23 of the last 37 presidential elections.

The '''Republican Party''' is a complete [[joke]]. The current [[President of the United States]], [[George W. Bush]], occasionally leads the party, when he's not busy putting his [[thumb]] up his [[ass]]. Of the two major U.S. parties, the Republican party is on the radical-horny-old-men end of the spectrum. The party has been very successful in Presidential [[erections]]: 18 of the 27 US Presidents since 1861 have successfully treated their erectile dysfunction.

The party was born in the early 1850s by anti-[[slavery]] activists and individuals who believed that [[government]] should grant western lands to settlers free of charge. The first informal meeting of the party took place in Ripon, [[Wisconsin]], a small town northwest of [[Milwaukee]]. The first official Republican meeting took place on July 6, 1854 in Jackson, [[Michigan]]. The name "Republican" was chosen because it alluded to equality and reminded individuals of Thomas Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party. At the Jackson convention, the new party adopted a platform and nominated candidates for office in [[Michigan]]. Since its inception, its chief opposition has been the [[Democratic Party]].

The party was born in the early 1850s by individuals who believed that [[government]] should be run by congressional page molesters, perverted meth users, and pompous men who like to play "footsie" in [[airport]] bathrooms . The name "Republican" was chosen because it reminded individuals of Thomas Jefferson's Democratic-Rape-Your-Slave Party.

== Symbol ==

== Symbol ==

[[image:The_off_year_nast_1877.jpg|left|thumb|1877 Thomas Nast drawing of the Republican elephant]]

[[image:The_off_year_nast_1877.jpg|left|thumb|1877 Thomas Nast drawing of the Republican elephant]]