I’ve recently been reading A Patriot’s History of the United States, by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen. When studying unrevised history……I was struck by a comment from the aforementioned in regard to the demise of the Whig party, “…unwilling to take a stand on the major moral issue of the day, and that was its downfall.” For the Whigs, the issue was slavery. The Democrats stood squarely in support of slavery. (Note to Black Americans: they remain the party of slavery; it just takes a different form). But, the Whigs attempted to take both sides of the issue. It remained for the new Republican Party, grown out of the void, to become the party of freedom.
Is the Republican Party preparing to repeat history? The major moral issue of our day is abortion. The GOP has been the party of life since Roe. Since then, it has always had a pro-life plank. But, its leaders have only paid lip service to the plank every election. They have never really tried to do anything about it. They just preach it for elections to get the evangelical vote. (You would think that their stand would earn Catholic support, but it never has, which is a whole different story that I addressed last week). After all, the evangelicals are the worker bees, invaluable for elections only. ..To Read More…..
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