Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Our Newest Op Ed...
Making the GOP Conservative Again, Vote Against Them
- By Warner Todd Huston
To start off with the first part of the title of this piece is a lie. Well, more an untruth than an intentional lie. You see, the Republican Party has never been a "conservative" Party, so we cannot make it conservative "again". In this age of the wild spending GOP controlled Congress I am seeing all sorts of Op Eds presenting ideas and plans to "return" the GOP to its conservative status. But, it just isn't true that it ever was a solidly conservative Party. With that being true, there is nothing to "return" it to. Rather, we need to make conservative principles more viable, more pervasive within the Party.
Let's face it, Lincoln's GOP was definitely not a conservative Party. In fact, it was rather radical. The 1850's and 1860's GOP wanted to divert tax money to improve roads and canals, were heavy on protective tariffs, and wanted to eliminate slavery which was a constitutional right previous to the Civil War. They wanted a more vigorous Federal government in an era of heavy interests in State's Rights. Lincoln's GOP had an agenda that is anything but conservative in the context of its time...............................
Click HERE To Read On
- By Warner Todd Huston
To start off with the first part of the title of this piece is a lie. Well, more an untruth than an intentional lie. You see, the Republican Party has never been a "conservative" Party, so we cannot make it conservative "again". In this age of the wild spending GOP controlled Congress I am seeing all sorts of Op Eds presenting ideas and plans to "return" the GOP to its conservative status. But, it just isn't true that it ever was a solidly conservative Party. With that being true, there is nothing to "return" it to. Rather, we need to make conservative principles more viable, more pervasive within the Party.
Let's face it, Lincoln's GOP was definitely not a conservative Party. In fact, it was rather radical. The 1850's and 1860's GOP wanted to divert tax money to improve roads and canals, were heavy on protective tariffs, and wanted to eliminate slavery which was a constitutional right previous to the Civil War. They wanted a more vigorous Federal government in an era of heavy interests in State's Rights. Lincoln's GOP had an agenda that is anything but conservative in the context of its time...............................
Click HERE To Read On
# posted by Publius @ 5/10/2006 12:43:00 AM 
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