The Republicans are often called “the party of Lincoln” by their Northern supporters. We have an excellent recent example by a writer at the Peoples Press Collective (PPC) that the GOP, founded in 1855 as an openly anti-Southern party, is true to its roots. The PPC says of itself:
The mission of People’s Press Collective is to provide a forum for citizen journalism in support of three core ideas: Individual rights/personal responsibility, small/limited government, and capitalism.
Despite the Socialist-looking symbolism used by the site, these ideas sounds like they are in line with the traditional values of the Southern people, do they not? Liberty, responsibility, small government and economic freedom – these are the traditional politics of Dixie. And yet, a writer who goes by the name Rossputin, writes in a piece praising the recent Republican debate in New Hampshire:
Another thing which occurred to me during Monday’s Republican presidential debate… is that the strength of the GOP field, the quality of the debate, and the physical and philosophical diversity among the candidates, is a major positive for the Republican Party.
It’s not just the party of old white southern guys.
Question: Where do the Republicans get most of their support? Answer: From the South, the West and rural, mostly White areas of the United States (areas which are shrinking due to massive demographic change brought on primarily by unchecked Third World immigration). With that in mind, one would think that Republicans would be friendly to the traditional South and to White people in general being that they get very little support elsewhere. And yet, you can see the special hostility they have for Southern White men. This is the same bias and hatred of the “Progressive” Left. It’s pervasive throughout the US political system – a system that Uncle Sam forced on the defeated South at the point of a gun.
Dear Sirs; I think that any person white or black, Northern or Southern, is saying that when they do not think that the flag of the Confederate Nation, are showing how little they actually know about the history of this country. And I also that instead of trying to keep our country united, the chance of us becoming divided is becoming greater. “DEO VINDICE”.
Gentlemen, three points to make:
1) My remark about the GOP as the party of old southern white men is the argument that Democrats make against the GOP. It’s not my own bias, and I thought that would have been fairly clear from the article.
2)The reason PPC uses a socialist-looking logo is…well, let’s just say there is a reason, but we’re all free-market capitalists to the core.
3) Southerners can be a little (too) sensitive on these issues. Obviously, if the South were only the home of Republicans, we wouldn’t have the KKK.
4) I think anyone who believes that flying the Confederate flag is a sign of independence or some sort of misunderstood wisdom should have his head examined.
And my responses, Ross, point by point:
1) If that is really the message you meant to convey, then you used the worst possible language to convey it, as in the first paragraph you tout the diversity of gender and philosophy in the GOP’s current slate of contenders and then immediately follow that in the next paragraph with the statement, “It’s not just the party of old white southern guys.” Your explanation here seems disingenuous to me.
2) Whatever your reason, as I’ve written elsewhere, I just have to laugh at the use of that symbol, as it is an attempt at political theater that simply falls flat.
3) Another cheap shot. Surely you know that since GOP and the Democratic Party have exchanged places as the “conservative” party in the nation, the only difference being that the GOP isn’t truly a conservative party, as the old Democratic Party was. Remember, for instance, that Mr. Duke’s base was Republican, not Democrat. Regardless, your comment about the KKK is almost certainly informed by simplistic understanding of what occurred in the aftermath of Mr. Lincoln’s War.
4) It is this last statement that those of us who are regulars here will find most offensive. Many a Southern Republican would likewise find it offensive, but if alienating Southern voters is your goal, then we say more power to you. Our object, after all, is to ween Southerners and Middle Americans off the Grand Old Teat so as to begin laying the groundwork for a new and truly conservative American political party.
Concerning the display of the Confederate flag(s) as symbols of independence, it is not us who should have our heads examined, but you who should have his head *informed*. Because you likely know nothing about those flags, save your own high school and Hollywood-induced contempt for it. In other words, Ross, get thee to a library.
S. Jones
The Colorado Confederatarian
Should be, “Surely you know that the GOP. . . “
That is the problem with this country is people just want let the War between the North and South along. I perpose that any body that does not like the Confedrate Flag, should keep their comments. As fer as Mitt Romney, shows that he is a one term politation, and anerica needs to realize that we as a country, have payed for the hurt that the Blacks went thru and stop nealing down to there every complant they have. In these days a Black man or wommen, have the same chances or a better chance, as a White man or wommen. That goes for any people from any counry have the same oppurinties as anyone. So quit crying over spilt milk.
There is very little difference between Romney and Obama and not just because of their healthcare. BOTH of them have Lincoln as their mentor – America’s first dictator who discarded the Constitution at his pleasure. Electing Romney would simply be replacing 1 lying, manipulative despot with another!
I agree with a couple of the other contributors here. Mr Kaminsky needs to learn the facts about history instead of merely accepting the poisoned pablum that is spoon fed by the PCers in government schools. I don’t trust Romney any further than Obama – a classic wolf in sheep’s clothing!
Yes Sir ! Mr. John Stones. I agree with you.
Hardcore Southern patriots who frequent this site and some others linked to the right accept the fact that they have few, if any, proponents in either party at the national level. Actually, we are comfortable with that because we know the current regime “cannot long endure”, to paraphrase the father of all modern tyrants.
We patiently watch the current sickening drama play out and wait for the curtain to fall. It’s been a long run, but it IS coming to an end!
It is about freedom. No one has the right to tell me I cannot honor my Confederate ancestors with the flag the fought under. I am hoisting a 20 foot pole next week in honor of Sergeat Thrasher, a Korean war veteran, permanently disabled, confined to a V.A. Hospital in Memphis. The flag he had in his room was taken down. When visited by H.K. Edgerton, well known Southern activist and Sons of confederate Veterans members, their cameras were confiscated, and memories erased by V.A. Security Officers. Isn’t it amazing a man is told he is fighting for freedom, then loses it while lying paralyzed from the neck down, in a V.A, Hospital!
Republican and Democrats can not be compared to the 19th century political parties, South or North. Southerns in the 19th century were more like the Libertarian of today. Democrats today are like the 19th century abolitionist. Republicans could be compared to Federalist that stole our freedom. Not one of these fine people who hold office today knows anything about history. Yet they still move into our living rooms and demand that I run my house their way. And that my friends is why the South fired on those occupying government troops. Occupation and telling me to pay more taxes.