[don-o]

Would that be the Republican Party that set out to enlarge federal power, to the benefit of the manufacturing north, and laid on the tariff to burden the south?

The Republican party that raised an invasion army to set off the bloodiest conflict ever on our land?

That Republican Party?

[since 1854]

No.

[billbears]

Would that be the Republican Party that set out to enlarge federal power, to the benefit of the manufacturing north, and laid on the tariff to burden the south? The Republican party that raised an invasion army to set off the bloodiest conflict ever on our land? That Republican Party?

Why yes, it would be that Republican party. The political descendants of worthless men like Alexander Hamilton and Henry Clay. The supporters of 'internal improvements' that had been outlawed by most states because of the insolvency it caused. The ones that invented 'greenbacks' and introduced the citizens of the sovereign states to a whole new form of slavery and forced subservience to the central State. The supporters of federal subsidies for favorite industries. It is that Republican party. I know I'll be tuning in....oh wait, I have to watch paint dry this afternoon. Hmmmm......

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Would that be the Republican Party that set out to enlarge federal power, to the benefit of the manufacturing north, and laid on the tariff to burden the south?

The Democrats/Confederates didn't mind enlarged government power when and where it benefited them. There was no principle involved other than the principle of grabbing all the power they could for themselves to promote slavery. Look at the secession declarations of the rebelling states and I don't think you'll find a single noble sentiment in them.

The Republican party that raised an invasion army to set off the bloodiest conflict ever on our land?

A lot of southerners , black and white, saw that invading army as liberators from the tyranny of the plantation class.