To: Reagan Man
LMAO Old Abe was NO liberal. That is funny.
Lincoln was a classical liberal, like Rudy, and he certainly was more liberal (in the current sense) than the Democrats were back then. For example, he advocated that more public funds be used to build roads and other infrastructure (which the Democrats opposed).
26 posted on
07/08/2006 8:41:51 AM PDT by
AntiGovernment
(A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.)
To: AntiGovernment
The term applied to Lincoln was liberal. Its a contemporary political term. However, Lincoln was NO liberal. The closest thing to classic liberal in todays political environment is called a libertarian. Lincoln was no libertarian either. I'd say Lincoln was a classic Republican. Rudy Giuliani is a leftwing liberal.
37 posted on
07/08/2006 8:49:54 AM PDT by
Reagan Man
(Conservatives don't support amnesty and conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
To: AntiGovernment
I would buy the "classical liberal" argument for Rudy if he weren't a gun grabber.
524 posted on
07/10/2006 5:57:41 AM PDT by
RockinRight
(She rocks my world, and I rock her world.)
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