At 01:27 PM 9/3/2004 -0500 Horn, John wrote: >Thought experiment: Hearing Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln >repeatedly mentioned in the same breath has been making my skin >crawl. Sure, Lincoln was a Republican. If he were alive today (or >if the parties at the time were reflective of the parties today), >would he be a Republican or a Democrat? Or something else >altogether?
Republican. Lincoln believed in the virtue of sticking to principles, even when it wasn't expedient. Very similar to the pro-life position of the Republican Party today (also worth noting that the Republican Party is not actively seeking to force liberation of unborn children on pro-choice States today as well - another policy Lincoln would have approved of.) JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
