Historical Flaws of the US Democrat and Republican parties..

[El Jefe]

Anyone up for it!?

Not in order of importance or chronological…

Republican

1. Abraham Lincoln continuing the Civil War(States Rights Issue) rather than negotiating a finacial separation(Texas owed for the Texas-Mexican War.)

2)Allowing the Democrats and News Media to control the “War of Words” for most of the 1970’s-1990’, defining the issues and labeling things(e.g.,“cuts” that are reductions in the upcoming %age increases in the budget, “Nazis” referring to Republicans(Sen. Hollings, of SC, I think.)

Democrats

1. The Poll Tax instituted in the South after the Civil War to stop the Negroes(and the poor whites) from voting.

2. Voting against Civil Rights. Though most people do not know/recall that the Republicans helped LBJ push it through. It will come back to haunt them.

Just two examples for now.
Anyone else?

[Guest]

@El:

Anyone up for it!?…Anyone else?

US “history”? Naaaa…. not me

[TG Moses VI]

Republicans

1. Impeaching Andrew Johnson
2. Watergate

Democrats

1. Gray Davis
2. Cruz Bustamante

US “history”? Naaaa…. not me

Me thinks F_alk didn’t get very good grades in foreign history… :roll:

[Janus1]

US “history”? Naaaa…. not me

Falk, not eager to pounce on the US and blame it for the death of the dinosaurs, the fall of the Roman Empire, and the Black Plague? nah…couldnt be

[Guerrilla Guy]

why would you blame your country when you live in the best 8)

[Grigoriy Ivanovitch]

Because F_alk is German…

[El Jefe]

Methinks that we have seen the shadow of a F_alseF_alk.

But neverfear! All is well.

GG has opened the door…
@GG:

why would you blame your country when you live in the best 8)

for the return of…

SuperF_alk!

Didja note the shadow under “the shadow”? Hunh!? Didja? Hunh!? Didja?

[sherman28]

2 off the top of my head:

GOP:
Coming up with the Contract with America, passing
7 of 10 items then letting President Clinton take Credit for it.

Dems:
1968 Convention in Chicago

[El Jefe]

I see…

Teej is leaning a little to the left(coast that is.)

Good ones Sherm!

[Guest]

@El:

Methinks that we have seen the shadow of a F_alseF_alk.
…for the return of…
SuperF_alk!

lol

[Yanny]

Just keep in mind, up until Teddy Roosevelt switched everything around, the Republicans were the Liberal party and the Democrats were the conservative party.

Mistakes by Democrats:

The Civil War
Reconstruction

Mistakes by Republicans:

Andrew Johnson’s impeachment
The 1920s

[Janus1]

The 1920s

LOL Yanny, I know what youre saying, but be more specific.

[Grigoriy Ivanovitch]

@Yanny:

Mistakes by Democrats:

The Civil War
Reconstruction

Are we talking about the Congress, the Southern Democrats, or who here? This part of US history I’m a little fuzzy on…

[TG Moses VI]

The Civil War? Where are the democrats in this?

[Grigoriy Ivanovitch]

I’m not sure…I know that by 1860 we had Democrats and Republicans because Lincoln was the first Republican president, so there were Democrats, I’m just trying to figure out why it was the Democrats’ fault.

[Janus1]

i dont know what yanny is trying to say, but the majority of southerners were democrat, so that might be what he means

[TG Moses VI]

I see.

[Yanny]

The Democrats basically went “Don’t elect us and we leave the Union”, causing the civil war.

The Republicans during the 1920s set up the Great Depression.

[El Jefe]

Go on.

[Yanny]

Reconstruction - Southern Democrats basically worked to counter anything the Northerners tried to build. Especially when it came to civil rights. We could of ended 1866-1970 style racism right there, but we didn’t.