The Republican party is no more republican then the Democratic party
is democratic. Both are oligarchies promoting their namesakes as if
those in charge (power) have the interests of the people firmly in their
hearts (with their pocketbooks in their hands).
They are both corrupt, though the Democrats have taken fraud and
debasement to levels (down) not seen since Thaddeus Stevens et al. This
comparison falls flat to the Republicans since if they used it they
would lose their connection with “The Party of Lincoln.” So, they, the
Republicans, proclaim they are the conservatives and the Democrats are
the liberals. Horse dung! Neither is either. However, the affectation
about avuncular, old, Honest Abe is not going to be dispelled anytime
soon as long as pseudo historians like Bill O’Reilly, Rich Lowery, et al
can find a publisher.
But such a proclamation is necessary to garner the Southern voters
(their base as they say) while at the same time reminding Southerners
how evil they have been and how such malicious and sinful conduct needs
to be completely eradicated by the destruction of Confederate monuments
and heroes.
I take a brief aside to mention that no one has been more
dutiful of this than the Bush family.