I'm not arguing against all criticism of one's friends; I've never written anywhere that took that stance. But choices of tone & emphasis & narrative are pretty easy to detect in opinion writing; who is treated as a friend in need of correction, who a foe.https://twitter.com/Timodc/status/1204503787362234370 …
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Consider Lincoln: he stayed with the Whigs almost to the end, until the Republicans were a viable replacement. He didn't quit the party when it elected Taylor (even though Lincoln opposed the Mexican War) or when Fillmore pushed through the Compromise of 1850.
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Lincoln never went with the purist Free Soilers. He welcomed ex-Know Nothings & machine politicians. He ran with a slave-owning Democrat as his VP. He made common cause with the Tsar when it helped the Union.
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