The Republican Party Began as a Tea Party Movement
by Michael ZakRepublicans should welcome a comparison of their party’s history with that of the Democrats – the party of slavery and socialism, Big Government and the Ku Klux Klan.
As Republicans try to repel the socialist onslaught, the way to win – and to deserve to win – is to embrace our party’s original reform agenda. The patriots who created our Grand Old Party did so in order to preserve the vision of the Founding Fathers. And the way they did it has valuable lessons for us today.
Let’s first look at the party currently in power. Democrat ties to the legacy of Thomas Jefferson are negligible. In fact, the Democratic Party was established in 1832 at a national convention organized by Cabinet secretaries and other prominent supporters of the Andrew Jackson administration. From the start, the Democratic Party was a top-down organization. Submission to the grand leader and astroturfing – that is, fake grassroots activity – for the Democrats it’s the same old same old.
In contrast, the Republican Party began as a truly grassroots movement very similar to the Tea Parties now sweeping the nation. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things – that’s what created the GOP. For example, at the famous meeting in Ripon, Wisconsin that named the party “Republican” there were no politicians at all, just fifty-three men and women who took a stand. The first Republican state convention, in Jackson, Michigan, was attended by thousands of farmers and laborers and small businessmen. From the grassroots upward, that’s the Republican Party at its best.
The Republican Party was born as a civil rights movement.
Our party began as a protest against a very specific outrage perpetrated by the Democrats, a law they passed in 1854 that allowed slavery to expand into the western territories. The Democratic Party chose to promote slavery, and the police state and economic stagnation that went with it.
Amid the intense reaction, opponents of slavery united with a single purpose: “Enough concessions to the ‘Slavocrats’ – that’s what they called Democrats in those days, Slavocrats – “Enough concessions to the ‘Slavocrats.’ We draw the line right here. NO SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES!” Over the next few months, these groups coalesced into our Republican Party.
The Republican Party was phenomenally successful from the very start, growing swiftly into one of the country’s two major parties. The Whig Party had disappeared because they refused to take a stand on THE issue of the day: slavery, yes or no. Let’s not forget that slavery is the biggest big government program of them all.
Today, the question is… socialism, yes or no. So that the Republican Party does not go the way of the Whigs, we must take a stand on the issue of the day. We must say NO to all things Obama.
Republicans achieved a synthesis of the best of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, combining Jefferson’s appeal for “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” with the Whig Party’s Hamiltonian agenda for economic growth.
In time, established political figures, such as Salmon Chase and William Seward, joined the Republican Party. Nonetheless, rank-and-file Republicans were the core of this Grand New Party and many achieved leadership positions. In a similar way, Sarah Palin and other influential politicians are contributing their talents and prestige to the Tea Party movement, but they are not in control.
Instead of trying to co-opt the Tea Party movement, Republican leaders should recognize that it is in the best tradition of our Grand Old Party. Tea Party activists are championing the original agenda of the Republican Party: free minds, free markets, free expression and unlimited opportunity.
Here then is our chance to re-establish the Big Tent, but it won’t be done by reaching out to Democrats, compromising on this or that issue. On the contrary, we must remain resolutely opposed to the Democrats. When, back in the 1850s, the Democratic Party tried to promote slavery, people of honor and common sense realized that the minor issues that had been dividing them just did not matter. The only issue that did matter was stopping the expansion of slavery.
And so once again, our Grand Old Party is poised to attract a broad range of moderates and independents, who, whatever their differences, will come to understand that the only issue that does matter is stopping the expansion of socialism. Yes, millions of Americans are going along – for now – with the President. But, as the Obama administration becomes ever more disastrous, the Republican Party will be the political home of everyone who cherishes the American way of life.
Throughout his political career, Frederick Douglass appealed for Republican unity, in what he knew to be “the party of freedom and progress.” He speaks to us today.
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Thanks for the reminder of the party's roots.
"…that the only issue that does matter is stopping the expansion of socialism."
This I agree with whole heartedly.
We can and should take back the party. It's the best option, a third party will just guarantee Democrat victories.
If the Republicans didn't suck so bad, we wouldn't even have to wonder if they will go the way of the Whigs. Maybe they should have stuck to their principles. The republicans blew it, and, quite honestly, I don't really care what happens to them… especially if they keep endorsing candidates like Dede Scuzzyfella… I've had it with the Progressives.
…..The Republican Party was born as a civil rights movement.
Our party began as a protest against a very specific outrage perpetrated by the Democrats, a law they passed in 1854 that allowed slavery to expand into the western territories…..
So, by that reasoning the Republican Party was born out of an anti-state's rights movement? All this idiotic historical spin gets you nowhere. Look at how things are now. The GOP has become a wholly run subsidiary of Israel wasting American blood and treasure on these foreign parasites. The Tea Party movement is 100% from the Ron Paul movement that OPPOSES these foreign wars for Israel, Big Oil, and the Military Industrial Complex. (cont…)
Very well put!
The Republicans have moved too much to the center in order to be "main stream" instead of taking a stand and doing the right thing. This has moved the party away from where it belongs. If it was where it belongs, I'd be a Republican… As it is, I'm a Libertarian.
Whatever our background, we need to focus on the end goal! Stop Socialism.
The RNC should get behind the Tea Party movement in order to get back to where it belongs.
The establishment Republicans are headed in the same direction as the Democrats, one’s just moving a little faster than the other. In my mind the importance of the Tea Party is to bring austerity, and conservative principles back to Washington as a whole. We must have a real debate in the primaries then coalesce behind our newly minted conservatives, and hold them to it. Socialist/progressives/statist are all enemies of this great country, in whatever party we find them. We have much work to do.
Ohhhh Mikatollah………
" When, back in the 1850s, the Democratic Party tried to promote slavery, people of honor and common sense realized that the minor issues that had been dividing them just did not matter. The only issue that did matter was stopping the expansion of slavery."
The issue that should be drawing US together now, is the expansion of the Federal Government, and its ever intrusive power in our daily live. Big government is not the panacea, it is not the answer.
This story is disingenuous in that it does not point out how the party ideals have changed. Just as in the past people were slaves and the republican party rose to free them and give them access to a better america, the tea party of today would be against that because of the so called 10th amendment violation. They are completely state rights people and not for creating a system that gives more access to health for its citiens. Besides the original republicans wanted the federal government to act.
So today the tea party is nothing but prejudice republicans, not racist, but prejudice bigots. How do I know this, well the only support republicans for one,why does that matter, well they support Brown, a pro-choice, liberal, health care for all supporter, yet the tea party rejects a blue dog pro-life democrat like Nelson. See more proof
http://bit.ly/charliechoco
see why the tea party hates Gov. Charlie Crist
Socialist/Progressives?Statist are all meat on the same bone, and that bone needs to be buried, once and for all.
The best way to get right wing white people angered up is to label all government action as socialism and then put a black face on it. Well done zak, mission accomplished.
<We shovel money at Israel while we go in to debt.
We guarantee Israel's oil supply, even if it means shortages for Americans!
We are fighting two wars for Israel and if it was up to nutballs like McCain we would be fighting more.>
It It was the strawberries I tell ya the strawbwrries. There all against me….. Get some counseling OK..LOL
Let's see if the Tea Party will practice what it preaches when it comes to energy taxes.
http://www.greenchipstocks.com/articles/tea-party...
"people of honor and common sense"… Progressives, who were mostly part of the Republican party in the middle of the 19th century. They began to lose their way in the 20th century when they became a corporate vehicle. Then of course they had to absorb all those racist southern Democrats fleeing the party after they were betrayed by Democratic support for civil rights.
"Slavocrats." Slavocrats." "Slavocrats."
I've been saying for years that the Republicans fought to end slavery and the democrats are fighting to bring it back. Institutional (governmental) dependence is the same as slavery, and that is the life blood of the democrat political machine.
I will therefore, from this day forward, forever refer to the adherents of the current, leftist, "progressive," democrat, socialist agenda as Slavocrats.
Let's say it together;
nancy pelosi: Slovocrat.
harry reid: Slovocrat.
barry obama: Slavocrat.
They are completely state rights people and not for creating a system that gives more access to health for its citiens.
Well yeah duh!. Times change and I doubt the Feds were so intrusive into the states rights back then. As far as the health care thing if it means my family having to go hat in hand to the idiots in DC to get health care screw them I don't want it. If you want to help someone empty your own pockets not mine you Marxist.
feed me, feed me, feed me…
LOL
As Joe Wilson said – YOU LIE.
Tell me, which party fought for and achieved the 14th Amendment. Then tell me why they did so.
Let's hear it Mr. Race baiter.
The only attempt to defend the Democrats' actions is to point at anything and everything else – no matter how nonsensical it is.
put enough food in a stomach and it explodes…….
apparently when you're an anti-Semite, everything comes back to Israel and the Jews… nuts.
Ironic isn't it? Those who demonize insurance companies and their profits seek to mandate that each person must purchase their products. And the sheeple just lap it up like gravy on a biscuit.
Thats fine that we are given some history here BUT what repubs do not realize is the Tea Party movement (and please lets push to rename it Patriot Party) IS NOT ABOUT THEM, IS NOT THEIRS to take advantage of. The GOP for some reason does not get it that they too are in the crosshairs of Americans. The republicans are just as guilty as the dems for the direction America is headed. both of course infiltrated by the Progressive movement that is showing its head once more of the 2 faced 1 party system.
Fellow patriots do not allow the GOP to hijack OUR movement and campaign on it, they are only saying they are part of it to get re-elected. Same goes for anyone in the DNC claiming to be conservative dem. how many are there really? Enough is enough they all have to go! They all have to learn that they cannot claim to be part of something they are not to save face. Time is now to bring these people to their knees expose them for the corrupt they are.
Your being pulled once again into their rules of the game… STOP and play your game through http://www.savingtherepublic.com
Is it 'Open Season' on RINOs yet? To make this refounding work; they must become extinct.
We've had this conversation many times before. You can look it up in my archives.
"The issue that should be drawing US together now, is the expansion of the Federal Government, and its ever intrusive power in our daily live."
That is, indeed, the defining issue of our time and I'll be doing all I can to fight against it.
If the GOP cannot move back to their Reagan roots, then the heck with them. I'll stay a member of the American Conservative Party.
I will NOT LONGER violate my principles by voting for a RINO/CINO.
In fact, I voted for Barr vice McShamnesty.
http://noliberalspin.blogtownhall.com/2010/02/16/...
The Anti Liberal Zone
Mr. Zak I certainly agree with your analysis that the GOP ought not to
'co-opt the Tea Party movement, Republican leaders should recognize that it is in the best tradition of our Grand Old Party. Tea Party activists are championing the original agenda of the Republican Party: free minds, free markets, free expression and unlimited opportunity.'
"…and ship them back to Africa."
At a time when slaves were still being shipped from Africa to the United States; sending them back to Africa would have been seen (in many cases) as sending them back to their homelands. That's not how we might see it today; but it very well could be how it was seen then.
Good overall theme, i.e. TEA Party movement can be a revival of principles for a GOP that lost its way after Reagan. (And a little bit before Reagan, too. Hmmmmm…)
http://libertyatstake.blogspot.com/
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Amen!!
You took the time to write words, but you didn't answer the questions asked of you.
Why is that?
Liberia.
You're so right… and i love pointing it out to my libertard friends and watch them squirm and change the subject.
Yo0u stole my thunder on that one. I agree wholeheartedly. The Repubs shot themselves in the foot with some of their compromises to the conservative way of life. Big spending, big government Repubs need to be kicked from the "Big Tent" and true conservatives need to be given the helm once again, or I will not shed one tear when the "R"s become "D"s and the Republican party is no more. Conservatism is the way, some folks just need a reminder on occasion.
I am glad the anti-Semite is against us.
That bone needs to be cremated, I don't want anybody digging it up again.
Quite so. And Sierra Leone.
Let's just say that the Republican party of today is not the same as the one in 1850.
You will at least agree with me that the 11 states that formed the Confederacy were a solid voting block for the Democrats during Reconstruction?
I've given that position a lot of thought, too, but I continue to reach the conclusion that voting for a Republican of any stripe will be better than not voting or voting Democrat. At least there is a chance that some conservative ideals will be hand from a Republican and it mitigates being stuck with another 4 of Obama.
I find that I can excuse much to avoid another round of Obama, Pelosi, and Reid.
That said; yes, my first choice will always be a strong conservative candidate.
I am for federalism, states rights and Property rights. That sure as hell does not mean I am for slavery.
My family has been in Wisconsin since the 1830's. Dread Scott sued to be freed from slavery on the basis that he lived in Wisconsin for a time. The Slavocrats in the supreme court ruled against him and said Wisconsin can't ban slavery. Boom! that leads right to the civil war.
Great Great Granddad Anton served in the Wisconsin 9th infantry Regiment.
No, your quite wrong.Compromise, consensus and bridge-building are the hallmarks of cowards and is not what America stands for. Where did the FF's compromise their beliefs in order to build a bridge of consensus with King George? Nowhere, that's where.
Moral Relativism runs rampant in America's Socialist and 'Moderate' circles. Why don't you forward John McCain as the official, perennial poster boy for "Centrists"? You are playing right into the hands of the Progressives.Are you serious in your attempt to compromise with ideologues who have absolutely NO intention of compromising their political agenda?
Your appeal smacks of supreme political naivete or perhaps your group is merely a front for political appeasers, or worse, a front for Progressives.To approach the Progressives with a nambly-pambly posture, to look into the face of perfidy and say "We want to compromise" is political suicide and the end of Freedom.
You and your ilk can run off the cliff like a herd of Lemmings, as for me and mine, we'll atick with the TPM.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
How about if we just answer honestly?
The Republican party fought for the 14th to stop abuses, violations of rights, by states against freedmen.
You scream racist every two seconds, and when you get something factual put right to you, you make every attempt to avoid dealing with it.
See this. in a Republic, the rights of the Minority are paramount. In a Democracy, majority rules and that;s it. Democracy, unchecked, is the mindset that led to slavery in the first place.
Maybe someday you will understand that. As for what I will agree with you about, I am not optimistic about that happening very often.
Then join the Socialist Party.
Republicans Party has always supported the Canary in the Muslim Coal Mine.
The article says the Republicans ended Slavery. Racism is a different story.
Just my humble opinion and no offense intended, but if you view people who ardently believe in the Constitution, very small limited government, etc. as extreme, you are probably out of your element here.
We got a real Jacobite here.
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Hanzo I didn't know you cared…
LOL
Some one mentioned Perot. He is the all time best reason not to have a leader. Ros Perot has got to be the all time worst political leader. He took the frustration with Bush Sr and the dislike of Democrats fanned the flames. Then drove it into the ground.
Perot is a major POS.
Did your principles include , in essence, helping a Progressive win election to POTUS?No offense intended, but not voting for McCain because he's a RINO/CINO and watching BHO win is asinine and makes absolutely no sense.Thanks, Comrade.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
I am my own Tea Party. I join like minded individuals that protest the inane fiscal irresponsibility of each stage of government. Your assertions that "the Tea Party" should support this ridiculous green agenda is hilarious. Check out the photos of the post September 12th rally on the mall and compare it to any other mall demonstration and see who picked up THEIR OWN TRASH. No one wants to live in dirt and pollution. It doesn't take an all controlling state to take care of the environment. If we were to supply our own oil, the sand covered fields of the Mid-East would be far less relevant today. The environazis continue to cost the average guy a bundle of cash with zero benefit because of their ignorance of the natural forces that will win out despite the attempts to federalize sophomoric ideas.
We should also look in the mirror at a simple fact…..since T. Roosevelt….no Republican President has lived up to the promise of debt reduction…..
Only IKE…..ONLY IKE…..reduced our debt….
If we want to be a strong party…..We must learn to do what we say……
That's right, the Slavocrats(party of the KKK) maintaining a stranglehold on segregation and Jim Crow policies until Republicans ended segregation and instituted Civil Rights.Not even a nice try, simply juvenile and very petulant.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
The party of Lincoln did all those things. Then you lost your way and are now a vehicle for groups like the teaparty movement.
I don't know where you come up with this stuff. A democratic republic is still governed by the majority. The only thing guaranteed for the minority is that their constitutional rights are not violated. There seems to be plenty of disagreement as to what those rights are.
The Progressive movement and the Republican party was one and the same until 1913…..and facts are facts…..our first motto was a demand to the government to give the people FREE land….
How well would that go over today if the DEMS gave away free government land?
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, BMartin.We need to co-opt the GOP, not let them co-opt us.In the current political atmosphere, with the 2-party system and it's lock on politics, especially on the National level, a 3rd party, at this time, is political suicide, guaranteeing a Prodressive/Democratic win.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
mika this "the republicans are a racist party" shtick is OVER… unlike the AGW debate.
Take a deep breath and look at reality, Senator Byrd a Dem (KKK affiliation), didn't the democrats shut down school vouchers? because it seems to me that most people using the vouchers were minorities hoping to give their children a better shot at life…
there is nothing in Democrat's policies that tells me that they are actually helping the poor… unless helping the poor staying poor is help.
as much as I respect one of the greatist Presidents in our history….the fact is Reagan was troubled by the fact he expanded government and increase our debt like no other….
So if you want to go back to the Reagan years….then expect for increased government and larger debts….
Do you ever try to make sense? Guess not.The fact that you continually play the race card is overwhelming proof that you judge people by the color of their skin.YOU are the Racist scumbag.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
His votes got Clinton elected…
Senator Byrd has repented. He has apologized both for his opposition to civil rights and his affiliation with the klan. I hope the Dems can shut down school vouchers. If you want your kids to go to private schools get out your checkbook and pay for it.
We'll just to have to disagree about the poor.
You are for both, Federalism and States Rights? Hmm. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
I am that exactly. As is the Constitution.
I am for the States exercising their due powers, I am for the Federal government exercising it's due powers and I am for the people exercising their natural rights.
Aren't you Hanzo?
While I agree with you, let's be realistic here. There resides in our country, currently, a 2-party system of politics, particularly at the National level, that's not going anywhere anytime soon.Even though the Republicans draw the ire of Conservatives, what, pray tell, is the alternative?
3rd party candidates, unfortunately, have a snowballs chance in hell.That leaves the Democrats. Which party do we have the best chance of changing from within?We need to advance our agenda and remold the GOP from within.The GOP has always been the only chance for Conservatism.Let's work toward returning the GOP to its Conservative roots.The TPM is perfectly suited to accomplish the task. I wish we could do it without the GOP, I just can't envision a realistic alternative.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
Kudos! I agree to the nth degree.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
Ever hear of homesteading Sean?
Yes, I certainly am. However, the Federalist Party, when first evolved, was the party of Alexander Hamilton, who advocated a strong central government along with a central banking system. Perhaps I was being too literal here. ;^) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
This Constitutional Republic is to be governed, via consent, by the Supreme Law of the Land. Notice how that document guarantees a REPUBLICAN form of government to each state? No we are not governed by the majority nor were we meant to be.
Tell this gun owner in Illinois that my rights are protected. HA! Tell me what happens if I carry a gun. Uh, I go to jail on a felony. The Second Amendment is clear.
Who controls all the state constitutional offices AND the legislature AND the executive here? Oh yeah, DEMOCRATS.
Tell me all about Lincoln, as I sit here in the land of Lincoln.
Ha ha … ;^) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
There are no constitutional guarantees that people will vote the way you like. When you cast your vote it is an unspoken contract that you will abide by the results of the election. To do otherwise would violate the spirit of the election process.
I find it quite troubling that so many of the commenters seem to expect the GOP to be the PERFECT party. For those who are disappointed by the GOP, keep in mind what happened in 2008. This country elected a Congress and a President that is sooooooooooooo far to the left of every one of the GOP/Tea Party politicians. The two groups need to meet and discuss individual candidates in each district in the country. Hopefully, they will be able to agree on a candidate. If not, that candidate should know that there could be a third party candidate in the race and THE DEMOCRAT WILL PROBABLY SLIP IN THE BACK DOOR. Wouldn't that be good for the country???
A third party would not guarantee victory to the Slavocrats today, any more that it did way back when the GOP was the third party. Perhaps the current GOP should go the way of the Whigs.
Perhaps Mr. Dhasselhoff should jump back into Mr. Peabody's Way Back Machine and return to the death showers that he guarded in another life.
Excellent synopsis. Very factual. Thank you so much for sharing truth; so little of it going 'round these days. None the less, I feel for those "typical", moderate, Democrats (my mother has been one for 54 yrs) that are ashamed & embarrassed by what has happened to their party. She's an unabashed Tea Partier & Fair Taxer.
Why didn't we support Apartheid South Africa, then? Oh, btw, they were Israel's ally.
You are factually incorrect re the origins of today's Tea Party. Most of us never were Ron Paul supporters, nor did, nor do we, support most of the issues he supports. Understand & research the truth. Thank you.
You know, as much as i love the fact the Republican party started out as a Tea Party, it's as big government and big spending as the rest of them. Unless the party listens to the people, it's going to die a death like the Whigs did.
Incorrect. You failed to note the section in the article that emphasized we were the first civil rights movement. Supporting the 10th amendment does not supercede basic civil rights. And BTW, Scott Brown is about the best we could hope for in a state like MA. Sad, but true.
Urgh, another we have no point of view talking shop. I'm sure Obama and Sarah Palin will give you a listen….
If the majority voted to enslave anyone it would be unconstitutional.
I think Dhass could turn an article on gluten-free cooking into an anti-Zionist tirade.
Get rid of the Dems first, then work on getting rid of RINOs, then get more conservatives in.
We can improve our way to a conservative, Constitution-honoring Republic again.
Reagan reduced the debt. Reagan's policies gave Clinton his deficit-free terms.
I would disagree with that Hanzo.
As it stands today, a Liberal Progressive is in the drivers' seat and thus unable to blame anyone else for what he does.
Remember, it took a Carter to get a Reagan.
Hard to dispute the truth . . . especially dispute it with facts. Democrats wanted to expand slavery . . . the new Republican party opposed it. Amazing what can be found in real history books. Standing on principles is not one of the better traits of a politician though. It's hard to stand up straight when you don't have a spine. Hence the reason for the original Republican party.
Sean, understand this, President's do not spend.
Congress does.
Great article! Thanks!
This story is a good example of an important principle — that it is adherence to principles that brings power, NOT seeking for power itself!
When Republicans compromise their principles for the sake of obtaining power first, they shoot themselves in the foot. Seek to stand firmly by principles, and the power will come as the American People rally to those principles. Once the GOP seeks to build "coalitions of power" (as Obama calls it), they have lost their way, because their principles have been abandoned.
Perhaps this is why John Quincy Adams said, "Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." –Thomas Jefferson. It seems that in recent years, Republicans forgot this wise counsel!
I can't imagine a better way to waste my vote than to give it to a person, even a Republican, who won't support those principles once in office!
That's just it, "way back when". That was a time of a much different political landscape than today. With the 2-party system in place, a 3rd party stands little to no chance of rising to national prominence. How far have 3rd party candidates risen in more modern times? ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hanzo
lol
And the patriots who created the GOP are, of course, still in charge…
Let's face it folks, the GOP of the 21st century is a hillbilly, war-mongering, religious gathering of savage ideas- financed through tons of cash that egoists are too greedy to spread among fellow citizens . While I believe that Dems rather from representing a 'good' option in politics, as long as the party of fear and obstruction exists, I don't have to make choices at the polls.
You have your facts wrong….Reagan increased the debt and grew government….look at the graph data on the net about our national debt….Reagan was a spend-a-holic.
Sure…..go look into our history and you will find that the REPUBLICANS ASKED the government to release all the land to the people…..THIS IS A GOVERNMENT program that is socialistic based….plain and simple.
There is nothing liberal or democratic about draining money out of the public school system to give to private and parochial schools. We need to provide the best education we can for all children, and if you have the means and desire to put your kids in private schools then go ahead. It is a free country… but you still have to pay your property taxes.
If you read my comment, I specifically mention Progressives. Progressivism is the problem, and it infests both democrats and republicans. So, I would say that a non-progressive candidate/party would be ideal. That could be the republicans, I don't know… but, if they are going to be supporting people like Dede, I won't be jumping on the R bandwagon.
The republicans need to do some stuff to prove they're serious… I will be sure to keep an open mind and ask some honest questions.
And are coming to an end as Socialists. So sad.
just another jew hating leftist…ignore him.
dhass, spoken like a true national socialist!
Bush got Clinton elected. And then, they became very good friends. How convenient.
There are no comparable facts in history to support this flawed belief that is being peddled by the GOP loyalist. Perot is not a comparison at all. There has never been a time in history that compares to the state of the nation today. This is important to consider when you buy into the "split the vote" tactic. This presumes there are not enough disenchanted voters to carry the vote, and thus, is not fact based.
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