How in the modern Republican Party different from the one in Lincoln's days?

[Mark]

I've heard that it has changed.
@Emperor Augustus: Are you really still upset about that?

[Emperor Augustus]

It has! This modern Republican didn't raise an Army to compress their own fellow citizens. I'm not sure what Lincoln did was Constitutional....

[Grillparzer]

The 1860 Republican platform was anti-slavery and pro-western expansion. Compare to the modern Republican platform of anti-health care reform, repression of minorities and gays, restriction of benefits for the underprivileged, pro-Christian theocracy and pro-war.

[Huh]

We booted the nut jobs (the philosophy that encouraged Lincoln to rape the constituton for his own purposes). AKA progressivism. The left frequently says we switched parties. This is an outright lie. It is used only for them to allow themselves to claim the Republicans noble history against slavery, it's fights for civil rights etc...


In Lincoln's day Republican ideology included fiscal conservatives, social conservatives, neoconservatives, moderates, and libertarians. Prior to the formation of the conservative coalition, which helped realign the Democratic and Republican party ideologies in the mid-1960s, the party historically advocated classical liberalism, paleoconservatism, and progressivism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism
Classical liberalism
Classical liberalism is a philosophy committed to the ideal of limited government and liberty of individuals including freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and free markets.[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleoconservatism
Paleoconservatism
(sometimes shortened to paleo or paleocon when the context is clear) is a term for a conservative political philosophy found primarily in the United States stressing tradition, limited government, civil society, anti-imperialism and anti-federalism, along with religious, regional, national and Western identity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_progressivism
Progressivism in the United States is a broadly-based reform movement that reached its height early in the 20th century and is generally considered to be middle class and reformist in nature. It arose as a response to the vast changes brought by modernization, such as the growth of large corporations and railroads, and fears of corruption in American politics. In the 21st century self-styled progressives continue to embrace concepts such as environmentalism and social justice.[1] Social progressivism, the view that governmental practices ought to be adjusted as society evolves, forms the ideological basis for many American progressives.

[tfoley5000]

It was like that 30 years ago they way of lincoln moderate centrism not liberal and not conservative because If they did that It would Insult and depress the middle class Eisenhower and Nixon and ford fit the same mold of lincoln It was reagan who decide to go to the right and move the party with It too.

So things are different today because the party Is too far to the right and attacking the middle class proven fact.

[spirit_of_tom_joad]

Here's one huge example: Lincoln, a good repub, said that labor was superior to capital. No modern repuib politician would ever say that...at least, not if he wanted the corporate contributions he needs to get reelected.