14. For Republicans, by contrast, the party ceases to have any reason to exist if we buy into the progressive premise of an endless struggle of group identities, rather than adhering to the tried & tested Lincoln formulation of a government of universal, individual principles.
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25. If you get that wrong, if you embrace instead the collective & the group over "ALL men are created equal" no matter who their ancestors were, then you will always be against the friends of liberty wheresoever they are found. Individual liberty was good then, and it still is.
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Did you not actually read the pieces? Because this was a hell of a long-winded way to agree with the NYT.
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I find it tough to swallow a large multi-state country with a single pronoun. If, McClellan were president slavery isn’t shed at all.
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Dan, 1. The "yes, but" absolutely IS reason to discredit SOME of its greatness. And, most folks are NOT making the case it is entirely illegitimate. 2. You have described classic liberalism in a theoretical/purist manner, while treating conservatism & progressivism conveniently.
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The overall framework, the distilled (removing some of the impurities) principles and stated goals were lofty, and laudable, better than what had come before. But it is dangerous to elevate America to the level of a religious entity, and the constitution to its holy book.
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It is rather the reason the nation found greatness, Lincoln knew the Constitution contained a pill that would have to be fought from 1861-1865 It was fought and the question settled
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