Why do modern day Republicans cling to the myth that tey are the party of Abe Lincoln?

[soybean]

Why does this myth persist? Do they not know, and understand, history? It is not uncommon to hear a right wing jabberwocky spout this nonn-sense about the GOP and the use the N word, or worse, in the next sentence. I don't understand them. They are quick to push aside their former heroes like Reagan and both Bush the Elder and Bush the Younger, in order to elevate the traitorous convicted sex and business criminal. I've grown a pretty good beard in these past couplethree months and I'm pulling on it this early afternoon.

 

[McLovin32]

Why does the myth persist? Easy. To make them feel better about themselves when they support a shit candidate.

 

[LunchBox50]

“This is Donald Trump, hopefully your favorite president of all time, better than Lincoln, better than Washington,” Trump said in a video in December 2022.

 

[cigaretteman]

Lincoln would be rolling over in his grave if he knew what his once proud party has become.

 

[Funky Bunch]

They are the real RINOs

 

[joelbc1]

Lincoln would be rolling over in his grave if he knew what his once proud party has become.

You don’t think ol’ Abe never grabbed Mary Todd by the pussy?

 

[Scruddy]

Why do modern day democrats pretend their party didn't found the kkk?

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

Why does this myth persist?

Probably because he was a Republican. Just spit balling here....

 

[McLovin32]

Why do modern day democrats pretend their party didn't found the kkk?

Ku Klux Klan not founded by the Democratic Party

The Klan first emerged after the Civil War in an effort to intimidate Southern blacks to stay out of politics and to exploit their labor.

apnews.com

Edit: The one time I view ignored content from Scrud he's being an idiot. What are the odds.

 

[joelbc1]

Why do modern day democrats pretend their party didn't found the kkk?

They did! However, why do folks like you understand the two political parties we have today have basically reversed their political platforms and social program positions in the past 50 years? I would love to vote for folks like Ike and Bob Ray…..but they are both Democrats in today’s world of politics. George Wallace is the new standard bearer of the GOP……and George is no Abe Lincoln!

 

[noStemsnoSTICKS]

This always baffles me too, but sadly not surprising.

A number of people on this board would benefit by educating themselves on the policy switching that took place between parties, especially during FDR's time. I've provided a link below that gives a few basic facts about this matter.

The Great Switch (Link)

 

[MichaelKeller99]

Why would anyone want to be the party of Lincoln? He believed the ‘Negro’ to be inferior to his white race and treated the law to be used at his every whim.

Clinton Rossiter writes, “[Lincoln’s] amazing disregard for the...Constitution was considered by nobody as legal.” James Ford Rhodes in his History of the United States [1900] wrote, “never had the power of a dictator fallen into safer and nobler hands.” James Randall in Constitutional Problems Under Lincoln wrote, “If Lincoln was a dictator, it must be admitted that he was a benevolent dictator.”

Now why are these scholars all calling Lincoln a dictator? Well, he launched a military invasion without consent of Congress. He suspended habeas corpus, which ended up with at least 13,000 Northern citizens imprisoned without a warrant being issued. (There was a prison in New York Harbor that became known as the American Bastille—Fort Lafayette.)

He censored all telegraph communication, nationalized railroads, and ordered federal troops to interfere at Northern elections. David Donald writes that the Republic Party won New York State by 7,000 votes in 1864, “under the protection of Federal bayonets.”

The Real Abraham Lincoln: Events: The Independent Institute

www.independent.org

 

[jonesy5960]

Why do modern day democrats pretend their party didn't found the kkk?

Aww.. Trump loves you Scruddy.

 

[DeangeloVickers]

Why does this myth persist? Do they not know, and understand, history? It is not uncommon to hear a right wing jabberwocky spout this nonn-sense about the GOP and the use the N word, or worse, in the next sentence. I don't understand them. They are quick to push aside their former heroes like Reagan and both Bush the Elder and Bush the Younger, in order to elevate the traitorous convicted sex and business criminal. I've grown a pretty good beard in these past couplethree months and I'm pulling on it this early afternoon.

Hey look, another soybean work of fiction!
Let's assume you aren't just making this up (which you clearly are) where exactly are you conversing with goper's that are casually dropping the N word?
My social circle for the past 30 years has been probably 70% republican leaning people. They don't use the N word. Ever.
The last real N word using racists I was around were democrat voting union member industrial construction workers in the Chicago area in the 1990s. It was eye opening for sure.

 

[Scruddy]

They did! However, why do folks like you understand the two political parties we have today have basically reversed their political platforms and social program positions in the past 50 years? I would love to vote for folks like Ike and Bob Ray…..but they are both Democrats in today’s world of politics. George Wallace is the new standard bearer of the GOP……and George is no Abe Lincoln!

The political parties of today have reversed position from where they were in the 90s even so you're back to square 1, comrade.

 

[Scruddy]

Ku Klux Klan not founded by the Democratic Party

The Klan first emerged after the Civil War in an effort to intimidate Southern blacks to stay out of politics and to exploit their labor.

apnews.com

Edit: The one time I view ignored content from Scrud he's being an idiot. What are the odds.

Imagine my surprise to see you quote associated propaganda on one of the weakest (and most inaccurate) "fact checks" ever.



You need to educate yourself.

 

[soybean]

It is as if they are somehow stupid or something.

 

[goldmom]

Probably because he was a Republican. Just spit balling here....

Facts are stubborn things.

 

[Thunderlips71]

You don’t think ol’ Abe never grabbed Mary Todd by the pussy?

I thought I read somewhere that Mary Todd had a penis.

 

[goldmom]

I thought I read somewhere that Mary Todd had a penis.

She was not a mentally well individual to begin with but when their son (Thad?) died she went fully around the bend.

 

[joelbc1]

She was not a mentally well individual to begin with but when their son (Thad?) died she went fully around the bend.

She was kinda like Martha Mitchell in the White House……she was a loose cannon for sure.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

Imagine my surprise to see you quote associated propaganda on one of the weakest (and most inaccurate) "fact checks" ever.

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You need to educate yourself.

LOL...saying the KKK was started by the Democratic Party is just f'n stupid. There were no parties in the South during the Civil War. No Democrats...no Republicans...no anything. It was started by "Democrats" because just about every post-war southerner was a "Democrat" - for obvious reasons. Do you disparage white men since they - exclusively - started the KKK?

 

[RicoSuave102954]

Why does this myth persist? Do they not know, and understand, history? It is not uncommon to hear a right wing jabberwocky spout this nonn-sense about the GOP and the use the N word, or worse, in the next sentence. I don't understand them. They are quick to push aside their former heroes like Reagan and both Bush the Elder and Bush the Younger, in order to elevate the traitorous convicted sex and business criminal. I've grown a pretty good beard in these past couplethree months and I'm pulling on it this early afternoon.

Not a myth because todays GOP is still the party of Lincoln, your ill-conceived notions are obviously a product of CNN or MSNBC.

 

[hexumhawk]

This must be the new chapter in the lets rewrite history book.

 

[abby97]

LOL...saying the KKK was started by the Democratic Party is just f'n stupid. There were no parties in the South during the Civil War. No Democrats...no Republicans...no anything. It was started by "Democrats" because just about every post-war southerner was a "Democrat" - for obvious reasons. Do you disparage white men since they - exclusively - started the KKK?

Genius, the Republican Party was founded to end slavery, so no, there were not a lot of Republicans in the south before the Civil War. The Dems did start the KKK, so own or shut up, even though you do wear ignorance well.

 

[IIowaFarmBoy]

The political parties of today have reversed position from where they were in the 90s even so you're back to square 1, comrade.

On different things. Maga and non Maga conservatives are basically what Dixiecrats were.

When Lloyd Benson said "You're no Jack Kennedy", he could have easily expanded to include Dems weren't either.