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re: Maine Governor makes a fool of himself: ‘John Lewis Ought To Look At History’

Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:33 pm to
Posted by HempHead
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 9:33 pm to
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He doesn't understand Republican Party was once the progressive liberal party. Apparently a lot you don't either. I'm a liberal and would have been considered a Republican in 1860.



It's not quite so cut and dry as reversing the liberal/conservative paradigm, but yes, one could say the the nascent Republican party of the 1850s was the progressive party, although its coziness and love of big business might disgust your modern day equivalent.
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