OUR REPUBLICAN HERITAGE

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[GirlNextDoor]

OUR REPUBLICAN HERITAGE

All cleaned up and looking fine. Hey, don't look under that rug...

rah, rah, rah !

[4CJ]

"I could have guessed that a post that referenced both Abraham Lincoln and George W. Bush in the same article would bring the Lincoln/Bush bashers out in force. Most of them are too busy still fighting the Civil War to provide any positive help in the political battles of 2002."

And the point being made was that the Republican party of today is not the republican party of 1850-1864. For the life of me I fail to see where I bashed President Bush, and I hadly think that posting the truth about an issue is considered to be "bashing". What I posted was that the economic position of the "Lincolnian" republicans was not the economics of the modern party, nor were the actions of Lincoln were found unconstitutional, not just once but twice (see ex parte Milligan, and ex parte Merryman).

We have a Bill of Rights that enumerates the protections afforded to all Americans, yet unfortunately a President thought himself above the law and Constitution. If you happen to be of the mindset that jailing dissidents for years without trial, and that suppression of freedom of speech and the press is not objectionable but also legal, then by all means we should cave in to the dims, and not waste our efforts on this forum (and elsewhere) defending the Constitution.

"[T]hat those limits may not be mistaken, or forgotten, the constitution is written. To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing, if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained? The distinction between a government with limited and unlimited powers is abolished, if those limits do not confine the persons on whom they are imposed, and if acts prohibited and acts allowed, are of equal obligation."
Chief Justice John Marshall, 1 Cranch 137, (1803).

No "living" Constitution for me.

[PhiKapMom]

LOL!!! Actually I really was freep mailed about this site!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Here's a bump for you with NO negative comments!

GO PUBBIES, GO!!

[billbears]

Uh, I hate to point this out but the Republican primary in NC has NOT happened. Jim Snyder and Jim Parker are also running on the Republican side. And I hate to be the one to point this out as well (since I'm always flamed for it), but unlike Giddy, they're actual conservatives

[billbears]

The Whig platform back in the 1840-1850s was simply this: national improvements, including a centralized banking system, construction of railroad networks (what you call "pork barrel" projects) -- whatever added to the physical and economic infrastructure of the nation to enhance the wealth of the nation. It was appropriate then, and put the US on a path which led to prosperity and the industrial revolution in the late 1800s, and made the US a world power by the turn of the Century

It WAS NOT appropriate back then nor is it appropriate now. lincoln's system was Clay's American System repackaged. Clay took his marching orders originally from the Hamiltonian school of thought. Hamilton wanted a President and Senate for life after election as well. Would you like that?

As a matter of fact, several northern states had tried these 'internal improvements' and had failed miserably. So much so that they were banned in most state constitutions by around 1850. So even then it was not an acceptable practive or a workable practice.

[HalfIrish]

The defection of Jeffords ruined any chance the suspicious conservatives had of telling the GOP to put up or shut up.

I'd like a GOP sweep just so the question could finally be put to rest: Would the Bush administration tilt more to the right and more towards smaller government with control of both houses?

I won't add my predictions since you asked for less negativism on the thread...

[Mo1]

More venom from Terry McAuliffe and his party


http://www.townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/dl20020814.shtml

[Mo1]

[July 4th]

Republicans championed equal rights for all Americans and, in particular, for African-Americans. The GOP passed the 13th amendment banning slavery, the 14th amendment extending the Bill of Rights to the states, and the 15th amendment according voting rights to African-Americans.

Think about how few people beyond Free Republic know this.

[Consort]

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for that positive posting! LOL!!!

[.30Carbine]

Bookmarking Bump!

[PhiKapMom]

Our Oklahoma primary isn't until the end of August either but here it is a good bet that corrupt Walters will get the RAT nod and Senator Inhofe is our Republican conservative candidate who will be sent back to D.C.

I figured that this was a done deal in NC -- thanks for posting!

[Mo1]

Democrats Plot November Strategy

http://www.gopusa.com/news/2002/august/0812_democrats.shtml

WASHINGTON (GOPUSA News) -- With President Bush's popularity still riding high and with the war on terror dominating the news, Democrat strategists appear to be up against the wall with the November elections just around the corner. Faced with a lack of critical issues, they are turning to James Carville and his Democracy Corps for help.

[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for the link to David Limbaugh's excellent column. I saw that on Jewish World Review this morning when I got their update and went to read it.

And I love your little moto! Made me laugh!

[PhiKapMom]

You are so right -- that information and message seems to get lost! Think our candidates should be reminding voters about that!

[PhiKapMom]

LOL!!! You guys are good!

[PhiKapMom]

Thank you!

I agree with you -- put the Republicans in charge and see what happens -- I predict turn to the right!

If I am wrong about a tilt right then I will be glad to do a mea culpa but I am positive that I am right from everything I have heard and read.

[Mo1]

Have ya heard this news?? ... Do ya think Holy Joe will be asking any questions??

Union Leaders Accused of Profiting From Insider Trading

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=\\Nation\\archive\\200208\\NAT20020814c.html

Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - A non-profit group that fights forced unionization and illegal political uses of union dues filed an unfair labor practices complaint this week against a company that provides life and health insurance products to union members.