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Originally posted by shakran
The 1860's republican was very different from today's republican. Remember, Lincoln was a republican who pushed for one of the biggest changes ever in this country. Back then, the republicans were much more like the democrats are today.
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I understand the statements alone, but when you string them together like that they stop making sense.
Democrats and Republicans of today are anti-change. They want campaign finance reform .. as long as they can get around it. They want universal healthcare .. as long as they don't actually have to use it. They want to throw our money at a broken public school system .. they send their kids to private schools anyways. The last major bills that I've seen have seen (from both Dems and Reps) are about buying votes, not bringing about positive change in this country. As much as they seem to hate each other sometimes, the DNC and RNC are both very interested in stone-walling any third-party from their shared spotlight.
Politicians should want to empower the people to govern themselves, not seek to increase their own political power and line their own pockets.