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

[Aldy]

you do know that the democartic party of old has switched its stances with the republican party. and you do know that the republican party was the party of the liberals for most of thier history.

[ScubaSteve]

The Republican Party of George W. Bush is not the Republican Party of Abraham Lincoln.

They are a new phenomenon which really should be called the Conservative Christian Party, but that would make it too obvious that they have no regard for the Constitution and separation of church and state.

The Republicans of Lincoln's day are now Libertarians.

[Jessica]

why should the democratics of today get blamed for what their ancestors did? that's like saying white people should be blamed for what they did to the aboriginal population.

[LiberalAssKicker]

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

[grob]

Yes.

You do know what the Southern Strategy is right?

Probably not because fake conservatives don't have a clue.

[ArmBar]

I was a Republican before Bush, but him and his cronies twisted and ruined the GOP in way that will take a decade to repair until they are back to being the real Republican Party again-

[CarolA]

This is true. Lincoln was a Republican, and the Democratic party was once an entity that harbored intolerance. However, over the decades, especially since the 1960's civil rights movement, the two parties have transformed into polar opposites of what they used to be. If Lincoln were alive today, he would no longer recognize nor want to be a member of his marginalized Republican party.