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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bruwin who wrote (141846)	2/8/2014 7:12:46 AM
From: Metacomet	Respond to of 149317

OK, I'll take you at your word You are simply a student of government forms, and are particularly taken by the nominal democracy that is employed in the USA You are an admirer of Abraham Lincoln, as nearly all Americans are, and have read both the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address Since Lincoln was a Republican, it follows that the values he espoused are those that form the philosophical basis of the GOP Looking thru the wrong end of a telescope from South Africa, it is not hard to see how you have arrived at your views of matters political in the US, a topic of some fascination it seems, for some far away observers I can only offer a bit of guidance to help in understanding the nuances of American politics, circa 2014 First, although Lincoln was indeed a Republican, it is not a difficult exercise to see how the views he espoused are totally inconsistent with the values of todays Republican Party Wikipedia actually provides a good discussion of Lincoln, which I am sure being a fan of the website, as I am also, you have already perused, but in case you haven't en.wikipedia.org There is no doubt that Lincoln would not be welcome in the Tea Party dominated Republican Party of today, nor would Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan...etc None of these individuals, with the policies they advanced as elected leaders, would garner support in todays GOP Government of and by the people is not a value of todays Republicans A brief investigation into the concerted efforts of todays GOP to disenfranchise minority voters and gerrymander Congressional districts to defeat potential populist candidates, should convince any honest observer that they ain't the Party of Lincoln no mo... Todays GOP is dedicated to maintaining the skewed distribution of wealth in the US and can and will do anything possible to keep the reverse Robin Hoop syndrome going as long as possible That is the only thing that is on their agenda ..all else are simply means to that end The GOP has been reduced to an instrument of greed That is their only purpose and everything they say and do can be traced to this one driving force