Abraham Lincoln was a Republican who freed the blacks from slavery,
Democrats did not like that.
Henry Ford freed the mule, I'm not sure what his orientation was but he
did not like Jews.
The Dixiecrats did not support civil rights legislation but our very own
Ol' Strom had his own civil (or uncivil I suppose) relationships with a
black woman, and had a change of mind after admitting to Essie Mae.
So political labels are somewhat fluid and sorta meaningless.
--R
On 12/17/13 1:29 AM, Gary Hurst wrote:
not quite. the republicans had always been more aligned with business
interests whereas the dems were more about the common man in the
neighborhood
these terms "liberal" and "conservative" are not particularly meaningful
beyond just being polarizing TV sound bite jargon. the republican party
today is dominated by a super radical bunch known the world over as
"neoliberals" but are somehow in this country self classified as
"conservative" but they seem not to fit into any sort of american
conservative tradition. perpetual war, huge intrusive government giving
welfare to all, dual loyalty between the USA and israel, etc -- none of
this would have made any sense at all to robert taft or even barry
goldwater.
these people are not conservative in any american or european tradition.
really, what conflict there is (mostly manufactured) is between what could
be classed as progressive liberals and neoliberals, but not a conservative
in teh bunch. such a person as a traditional conservative has no voice in
america today.
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:14 AM, OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> wrote:
Weren't the alignments of the R's and D's reversed in the 1800's - with the
republicans being liberal and the Democrats conservative?
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:05 AM, Scott Ritchey <ritche...@nc.rr.com>
wrote:
Actually, this is part of a much longer list. Ah, I found it:
"In 1863 a Democrat shot and killed Abraham Lincoln, President of the
United States.
In 1881 a left wing radical Democrat shot James Garfield, President of
the United States, who later died from the wound.
--
OK Don
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