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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Republican presidents Lincoln, Grant, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and Ford politely cough into their hands and mutter "Bull"
Jasonhouse has a limited timeline view, he's also shown the typical narrow minded approach of a zealot.
If you want to go further, democrat president Andrew Jackson created the Indian Removal Act
Franklin Pierce supported slavery
James Buchanan supported the concept of Kansas as a slave state
Roosevelt supported the internment of the Japanese during WWII
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While I agree with some of what you say, and disagree immensely with this "jasonhouse" character, I think you are getting Democrat/Republican confused with left/right. The Lincoln Republicans were more liberal than the Democrats of the day.