Would Abraham Lincoln be a republican today?
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I believe he would be a skeleton.
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It was, like, Abraham Lincoln.
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No. It's a far cry from his day. He'd be shocked at how the constitution has been slaughtered and reinterpreted to fit the desires of a fickle society. I'm sure, if he were alive, he'd be explaining what our forefathers were thinking when they wrote our constitution. <*)))><
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Either Lincoln or Kennedy
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I would like to tell Lincoln not to deliberately start the civil war by senting a resupply ship to Ft. Sumter, because he knew this would provoke the South to  fire on Ft. Sumter. this would have saved 600,000 lives, then to use his negotiating skills to work out a solution to the problems of the time.The south would be alot better off today, because if you live in the south, black or white ,you have suffered ever since the civil war, the federal government not sending the funds to the southern schools, for example in 1867, two years after the civil war, the state of georgia reciieved like 13000 in federal funds and the state of michigan recieved like 18 million.What the south has today, is what the South has built itself. the federal government did not help rebuild the south like it did Germany and Japan after world war 2. this is why the southern states are like 30 to 40 years behind the their northern counterparts. the south suffered the most damage from the war (Atlanta burned to the ground,etc.) and recieved nothing to help rebuild it. So Black or White , if you live in the south ,you are still paying for that war that happened over 140 years ago.
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Republicans. He didn't take a party label, but his principles were clearly Federalist. He certainly believed in a strong defense. I don't think any of our founding fathers would support most of the Dem social positions such as gay marriage & abortion.
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I vote Republican almost no matter what.  Even though things may ~appear~ bad today, think about America had John Kerry won...  insurgency in iraq would be out of control as we pulled out...  taxes would be higher (someone has to pay for the extra benefits he'd offer to illegals)...  the Supreme Court would be so liberal, it'd make FDR happy - free speech would be gradually limited, but hey, you wouldn't even need to be a doctor to perform an abortion anymore...  I think of the alternatives, and make my mind up well before any election.
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I believe that he would.  Jesus was a definite  liberal of his time.  In my opinion, the introduction of the words sin, hell, and satan did not come from the man, Jesus.
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no barack obama is not a republican he's a democrat
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No, he was a republican\nif you want to find out more, try this website:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison
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is John Kerry a Republican now?
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NO! He's a traitor to the Democratic Party.  The Republicans can have him since they love traitors.
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If you did your research, then probably. I looked around a month ago, and found out he was a Liberal back when he was alive. But as for today, I really dunno b/c I'm not sure what's the difference with today vs. 50 years ago.
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We pay taxes and our Government is "We the people,  By the people, For the people," not we the Republican Party. Abraham Lincoln said that when he freed the slaves.
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Makes sense to me since most of the people who voted to get him elected were apparently conservative Christians. I don't see a problem with that.\n\nPopularity doesn't determine right or wrong. Abraham Lincoln was so unpopular that half of the United States seceded from the union. Adolf Hitler (initially) was very popular in Germany.
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No! The last generation of democrats were a lot closer to the center, whereas republicans truly were the rich upper crust.  That has all changed.  The John Kennedy democrat would be a republican today, except for Teddy, of coarse. Back then, the democratic party had morality, ideals and an honest message.  Today it is a play on words.  A game to catch the opposition failing to dot an I or cross a T.  They seem to wait in the wings, watching for the opposition to make a mistake so they can pounce on the situation in hopes of gaining support.  They react instead of act!  Today, my parents would have changed ideology, they could not align themselves with the likes of Clinton, Pelosi, Kennedy, Durbin, Gore or Kerry.
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yes and it will be a republican