Vince wrote:
> The Republican party was founded in the 1850s NOT as >some Libertarian
thing. Never was. Never was.
> It was founded to assert federal soverignity over the states >and to free
the slaves. As Paul rightly noted, Lincoln would >rather go to war than to
allow the Union to break up. To >back up Paul and me on this, I suggest
reading Lincoln's >Second Ignuagural Address.
For the record, I agree. And I appreciate your summary of the evolution of
the two parties since the 19th century. It looks fairly accurate to me in a
general sense.
> What is hypocritical now is for G W Bush, who has picked >up the
Goldwater/Reagan understanding of the 10th >Amendment (under which one would
base states rights >claims) as part of the "original construction" of the US
>Constitution as dominent over the 14th (through which >expanded federal
role in the national life is justified) to file >suit to block the Florida
recount.
I'm not sure I follow this, though. He's not president yet and not acting
as an official of the U.S. to block state's rights. He is acting as an
individual who has a direct and personal interest in the way the process of
recounting (and re-recounting) ballots is taking place in Florida. Every
individual in this country has a right to appeal to a court of law if they
think they believe their rights are being violated. By the way, he is not
filing for injunction to stop the recount but rather to stop the second
recount by hand of certain ballots. Big difference.
Kakki
