by Archie L Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis
The Republican party of Lincoln is dead. If you vote Republican, Democrat, view yourself as an independent, think our system of government doesn’t work or works at present and/or believe Trump and the local John Birch Society/ Republican party is the answer, we encourage you to read this “Letter to America” and the related reference links.
December 29,2023, Heather Cox Richardson https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/december-29-2023?r=k5rbm&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
History has a way of repeating itself, in this repetition they call themselves Republicans, prior to the Civil War they called themselves Democrats when the party of Lincoln was born.
Helen Sabin says
A rose is a rose is a rose. IT doesn’t matter what folks call themselves, what matters is their actions and how overwhelming their need is for control and to be thought of as a leader. The Birchers are NOT Republicans nor leaders. They are a bunch who wanted to take over a group that had worked hard for many years to build a brand without putting in the required time to add to those achievements. of others. Do NOT equate the John Birchers with those of us who call ourselves REPUBLICANS – or even better Montanans with values. As far as the Democrats? Those who call themselves that name should hang their heads in shame as some of them elected e man who was mentally ill at the time and was clearly incompetent to run this country – thus we see the results. What we should all do is call ourselves Americans and start working together for the good of others as well as ourselves. But then that takes discussion, patience, and a willingness to compromise….DEMS and many in the GOP are not of that thinking. Therein lies the problem….