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To: epicure who wrote (11083)	2/8/2006 12:13:51 AM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541403

re: "Meet Miller Freeman- republican (hardly a liberal or progressive- but good try. You get an A for effort, and an F for content." I'll defer to you when it comes to Miller Freeman, I don't know if he was a Progressive or not. But in the early 20th Century, one could very well be a Progressive or a Liberal and still be a Republican. Roughly the same time that Washington passed its Alien Land Law, a woman (and I believe, Republican) was elected the Mayor of Seattle - it wouldn't surprise me if she was a Progressive (Bull Moose) Republican. In fact Progressive Republicans (Bull Moose) were at one time an important part of the Republican Party. Earl Warren was a liberal Republican, and strongly the supported Internment of Japanese Americans during WWII - an order signed by a liberal Democratic President. Hiram Johnson was was a Republican, a Progressive, and Governor when California's Alien Land Law became law. Can you honestly say that Republican Miller Freeman's view toward Asians were so much worse than those of Samuel Gompers or Terence Powderly? I once read something to the effect: That the only difference between the right and the left is which branch they choose to hang you from.