[TheRealThing]

i can't believe you think the republican party today is the same party of Lincoln
especially in the south

a little history leason

https://www.history.com/news/how-the-par...atic-south

Mighty little.

No you're right. The Republican Party of today has changed. It's just that they're no where near condoning the anarchy for political gain that the Dems openly espouse. Nor would they outlaw our only real source of energy, which is or course the fossil fuels industrial complex-- America's only, and I mean only energy infrastructure is based solely on fossil fuels. As are the appliances in every home, hospital, educational building and every other major driver of this nation that one could mention. Not to mention the mainstay of the US military. Nor would they lead an in-country insurrection trying to disband our police forces. Nonetheless, I was there to watch the actions and listen to the comments made by LBJ. Please don't try and blow any smoke up me about him, I know better. But this idea that Dems defected to the Republican Party in the days of Lincoln is overwhelmingly untrue. Only a handful, (way less than 10) Democrats defected to the Republican Party.

You want a history lesson that isn't revisionist baloney? Here ya go.

Dinesh D' Souza --- https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dinesh-d...atic-party

Excerpt---
"The Democrats were also the party of slavery, and the slave-owning mentality continues to shape the policies of Democratic leaders today. The point isn’t that the Democrats invented slavery which is an ancient institution that far predates America. Rather, Democrats like Senator John C. Calhoun invented a new justification for slavery, slavery as a “positive good.” For the first time in history, Democrats insisted that slavery wasn’t just beneficial for masters; they said it was also good for the slaves.

Today progressive pundits attempt to conceal Democratic complicity in slavery by blaming slavery on the “South.” These people have spun a whole history that portrays the slavery battle as one between the anti-slavery North and the pro-slavery South. This of course benefits Democrats today, because today the Democratic Party’s main strength is in the north and the Republican Party’s main strength is in the South.

But the slavery battle was not mainly a North-South issue. It was actually a battle between the pro-slavery Democrats and the anti-slavery Republicans."