[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......

[since 1854]

“Those who do remember the past are condemned to quote George Santayana.”

[Colonel Kangaroo]

The political descendants of worthless men like Alexander Hamilton and Henry Clay

"worthless" is an ironic adjective from one who seems to value the principles held by those who apparently couldn't even survive without holding their fellow men in bondage.

The Republicans were champions of the right of all men to provide for themselves which was obviously repellent to the Confederates' selfish agenda.

[since 1854]

Abraham Lincoln described Henry Clay as “the man for whom I fought all my humble life.”

[4CJ]

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......

That Republican Party is todays Dhimocratic party. The Democrats of that period are todays Reagan Republicans. Bump for honesty.