Comments on: Happy 200th Mr. Lincoln. http://www.nextgengop.com/2009/02/12/happy-200th-mr-lincoln/ Political Commentary and Analysis from the GOP's Future Leaders and Visionaries Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:04:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: LibertyNow http://www.nextgengop.com/2009/02/12/happy-200th-mr-lincoln/comment-page-1/#comment-1111 LibertyNow Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:48:30 +0000 http://www.nextgengop.com/?p=1086#comment-1111 Texas Conservative pretty much summed up my exact feelings. Lincoln was a mini dictator. He ripped the Constitution to complete shreds, on an order that would make even FDR blush. Not to mention Lincoln could have cared less about slavery. His nationalistic ferver, bent on preserving the Union at all cost to maintain tariff collection from the seceded southern states, did nothing but add fuel to the fire, sparking the war that brought the death of 350,000 Americans. If the Republican party still considers themselves the party of Lincoln, then I want to be completely opposed to EVERYTHING they advocate. Texas Conservative pretty much summed up my exact feelings. Lincoln was a mini dictator. He ripped the Constitution to complete shreds, on an order that would make even FDR blush. Not to mention Lincoln could have cared less about slavery. His nationalistic ferver, bent on preserving the Union at all cost to maintain tariff collection from the seceded southern states, did nothing but add fuel to the fire, sparking the war that brought the death of 350,000 Americans. If the Republican party still considers themselves the party of Lincoln, then I want to be completely opposed to EVERYTHING they advocate.

]]> By: Texas Conservative http://www.nextgengop.com/2009/02/12/happy-200th-mr-lincoln/comment-page-1/#comment-1106 Texas Conservative Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:16:49 +0000 http://www.nextgengop.com/?p=1086#comment-1106 George W. Bush is a great example of modern Republicans attempting to live up to Abe Lincoln's legacy: starting unnecessary wars, usurping the power of the states and centralizing it in the federal government, suspending habeus corpus, spying on his own people, and increasing the size and power of the executive branch. Lincoln was also a mercantilist who advocated increased taxes and regulation, and viewed the federal government as a tool to redistribute wealth to favored classes. Sound familiar? In order to move this party forward, we need to move as far away from Lincoln as humanly possible. George W. Bush is a great example of modern Republicans attempting to live up to Abe Lincoln’s legacy: starting unnecessary wars, usurping the power of the states and centralizing it in the federal government, suspending habeus corpus, spying on his own people, and increasing the size and power of the executive branch. Lincoln was also a mercantilist who advocated increased taxes and regulation, and viewed the federal government as a tool to redistribute wealth to favored classes. Sound familiar?

In order to move this party forward, we need to move as far away from Lincoln as humanly possible.

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