[SeekAndFind]

RE: First, JC Fremont wasn’t elected.

I think the author’s point was that the founders of the GOP ( including Lincoln ) did not find Fremont’s birth circumstances to be a constitutional barrier to his becoming President of the USA.

[no dems]

I think the author’s point was that the founders of the GOP ( including Lincoln ) did not find Fremont’s birth circumstances to be a constitutional barrier to his becoming President of the USA.

So what? Don't you know that the bitter people here on Free Republic are smarter than Lincoln? What the hell did Lincoln know? What the hell does anybody know except the mean-spirited purists here on FR who've never made a mistake in their life and are not only the smartest people who ever lived, they are just damned perfect.

I wish to hell every purist here on FR would have their entire past actions, deeds and mistakes published here on FR for the world to see. It would not only be interesting to know if they themselves are a NBC, but, it would be interesting to know how many of them are not illegitimate.

[RobinOfKingston]

I think the author’s point was that the founders of the GOP ( including Lincoln ) did not find Fremont’s birth circumstances to be a constitutional barrier to his becoming President of the USA.

Nor presently does the establishment of the democrat party find obama's "birth circumstances to be a constitutional barrier to his becoming President of the USA."

All that means is that any political party would be happy to have a piss-fir stump elected, if he were their guy.

Political parties have the well-being of their parties at heart. The well-being of the Republic falls a distant second.