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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 12:58 AM Original message |
This may have been asked before, but can the repukes really claim Abraham Lincoln as one of theirs? |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. I believe that he either founded the Republican party... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 01:02 AM Original message |
Hi Peggy |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. My dear Straight Story... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I hope we can meet up soon |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I am really, really glad to hear that! |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
30. no, not a founder |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. He was a liberal. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Exactly. But since when does the truth matter to the Bushies? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. The early Republicans were essentially composed of abolitionists |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. As far as I know, the parties have sort of swapped in ideology over the years |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
5. Lincoln would be a raging liberal today |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Yes, it's a well-known fact that corporate attorneys are the most liberal people in our society. . . |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 01:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. different time |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 01:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Am I supposed to be elsewhere? Or are you implying I need your permission to be here?. . . |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 02:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. oh yes that's the implication |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 02:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Then I haven't a clue what you're referring too. . . |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. history for dummies |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
7. All things are relative |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 02:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Mary Richards drove a 1970 Mustang |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 02:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Uh-oh.. I coulda sworn it was a Beetle |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. MTM was smoking hot back then!... |
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trusty elf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Shakespeare drove a DeSoto |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
9. He was their second |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. yes |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. They like him because he talked about god or something. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 02:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. don't think he ever did |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. of course not |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
22. Not today's Repukes. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
23. They can't even bring themselves to admit the nation's founders were liberals |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:17 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. WHAT?????? WHAT????? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:23 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Hey, don't laugh -- a friend of mine said that to someone and they were stunned |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:33 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. They aren't? Well shush mah mouth and heat up the kettle, Martha! |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
24. Depends on how you define it. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
33. I dunno, but most people I've known who are Confederate Flag display enthusiasts |
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noel711 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
34. Political parties, like all things, change with time. |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
35. If Lincoln were alive today, there'd be a special unit of the RNC devoted to smearing him. |
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