You people do know that Abraham Lincoln was a republican right?

[MreBadDay]

Lincoln was hardly hard right wing, at least by our current definition.

Lincoln opposed the states' rights to determine for themselves whether to allow slavery, and the amendments he supported removed other privileges that the states enjoyed.

And while the Democratic Party once had a large amount of people who supported slavery and/or Jim Crow laws, those "Dixiecrats" eventually quit the party, and aligned themselves with the Republican party.

Not that any of that matters- What matters is how the parties act NOW.

[Depressed]

You do know that the Republicans were liberal back then, right?

@LiberalCusser: "Democrats actually CREATED slavery (which was against federal law), and the republican party was created almost exclusively on the issue of abolition."

Sectional politics also played a role in the antebellum years. You know, as almost everyone does, that the politicans that opposed the abolishment of slavery were Southern Democrats and not nothern Democrat because they had little to no interest in Southern politics. The Radical Republicans who favored for absolute rights for African Americans were feared by the border states

[exile]

Abraham Lincoln also deported an "anti war" politician also and arrested the Maryland Legislature for voting to succeed from the union and the remainder who voted to stay in the union did not satisfy the "quorum" requirement. NTM he threatened to arrest the Supreme Court if they crossed him.

[Morganie4]

History is something to be rewritten to marxists.

[arusegeo]

and what does that have to do with anything? did you know that there are many republicans who support ProChoice despite the "national" party belief to be against abortion?

[toffy]

if you did your homework you would understand that the parties have changed over the years and both parties do what they think is best for the country that's why people chose because their is different opinions

[graywolf]

The Democratic party did NOT defend slavery, idiot! Slavery wasn't a team sport. Your attitude of liberal vs. conservative is what is helping to cave in this country. Try opening your mind and placing people and facts first and stop showing your ignorance and childishness in print.
My Gawd, when are adults going to take over this site!

[PolarBear]

And do you know that it was LIBERALS that started the anti-slavery movement???

[Kyrix]

Actually, I did know that. Thanks for asking.

[Josiah]

That doesn't mean anything. The South seceded from the nation, but that doesn't make them secessionist today. That's history. Besides, look at what the Republican party has been up to more recently!