Why are so many Americans openly hostile to the Grand Old Party? The GOP has a long, strong, history of being the party of the people. While the Democratic party pretends to be the party of the people, they are the party of the Ku Klux Klan, big government, racism (through the use of entitlement programs to keep people down), inequity (by doing all it could to stop the civil rights movement) and eugenics (by using Planned Parenthood to remove those they see as less desirable from society). The public education system is partially to blame, as they do not teach the truth, nor encourage the search for it. The Ministry of Propaganda, aka the state run media, is partially to blame, for painting the Democrats with white wash, while tarnishing the Republicans. But, the American people also take some of the blame, as the Democrats have ignored the parties actions and the Republicans have not taken care to teach their illustrious history.