“But I think he’s got a stance that can be argued ... certainly doing away with slavery - the founding goal of the Republican Party - was a progressive effort and the Democrats - on that issue - held a more conservative position.”
I would love to flame this but you make a point. The Civil War essentially ended Federalism and the Republican party is to thank for that. In the years after the civil war, the Republican party was the one of big government and federal intervention, essentially crushing states rights.
If you really want to whittle it down, the effects of slavery is destroying the country. The Republic could not survive with slavery and it could not survive Reconstruction as a true Republic. For the record, it is my opinion Reconstruction ended in the ‘70’s after the civil rights movement.
Where did we as a nation go wrong? We imported slaves. It will be our ruination.
LOL ... thanks!
“Where did we as a nation go wrong? We imported slaves. It will be our ruination”
It will be if we can’t get over white guilt and the idea that multiculturalism is a strength. Western culture didn’t happen by accident nor is it just only an “idea” as Mr “We are all bigots” Graham would have us believe. If the people themselves don’t make a difference then we are just widgets good only for shopping and working. A large part of all this illegal immigration push is strickly financial. They don’t give a damn about how it effects our culture only the dollar bill.