Posted on 01/11/2005 10:00:38 AM PST by kattracks
The liberals certainly aren't happy in this situation.
However, 140 years ago the Democratic party was the conservative party, before being taken over by the socialists in the 20th century. Back then, the Republican party of Lincoln was the big government,anti-states rights party.
Of course, not long before the war, the liberals in the northeast threatened secession then, too.
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