collectivist libertarian
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Without a doubt, he would have been a liberal Democrat today. He made his name in the Illinois legistlature by speaking out against the Mexican-American war as an excuse to spread slavery in new US territories. (can you say "ANTI-WAR LIBERAL"?!?)
Yet, he was backed by radical Republicans and abolitionists (America's first "bleeding-heart liberals") to beat the South. Southern Democrats absolutely HATED Lincoln and even accused him of being half-black. Today, those same Southern Democrats would be conservative Republicans.
“What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried”.
-Abraham Lincoln
Constitution Hawk- I appreciate your answer, but you are wrong. He declared martial law and suspended habeas corpus--- he, in my opinion, was not a strict constitutionalist as you say.
Yet, he was backed by radical Republicans and abolitionists (America's first "bleeding-heart liberals") to beat the South. Southern Democrats absolutely HATED Lincoln and even accused him of being half-black. Today, those same Southern Democrats would be conservative Republicans.
“What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried”.
-Abraham Lincoln
Constitution Hawk- I appreciate your answer, but you are wrong. He declared martial law and suspended habeas corpus--- he, in my opinion, was not a strict constitutionalist as you say.