tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23897492.post7039828988562041314..comments2023-08-27T06:40:13.013-04:00Comments on Hip Hop Republican | Music, Politics & Culture: Leave the Earmarks to the FederalistsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23897492.post-60673929505828868082009-03-14T15:36:00.000-04:002009-03-14T15:36:00.000-04:00The "Democratic-Republican Party" should "not to b...The "Democratic-Republican Party" should "not to be confused with the modern Republican Party.<BR/><BR/>"Republican" to Jefferson was not "Republican" in the Abraham Lincoln sense. The Democratic-Republican Party becamce the modern day Democratic Party<BR/>not the Republican Party formed in 1854.<BR/><BR/>The Democratic Party traces its origin to the Democratic-Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1793. The Democratic Party itself was formed from a faction of the Democratic-Republicans, led by Andrew Jackson. Following his defeat in the election of 1824 despite having a majority of the popular vote, Andrew Jackson set about building a political coalition strong enough to defeat John Quincy Adams in the election of 1828."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23897492.post-46544860919902422392009-03-14T15:29:00.000-04:002009-03-14T15:29:00.000-04:00Both parties are Federalist in that both accept an...Both parties are Federalist in that both accept and embrace<BR/>the ratification of the proposed Constitution of the United States between 1787 and 1789. The Federalist Papers are documents associated with the movement for this ratificaion.<BR/><BR/>There was a group that was called <BR/>called the Federalist Party, founded by Alexander Hamilton. It opposed the Democratic-Republican Party during the 1800s.<BR/><BR/>The Republican Party was founded in Ripon, Wisconsin, in 1854 by anti-slavery expansion activists and modernizers. The Republican Party surpassed the Whig Party as the principal opposition to the Democratic Party. <BR/><BR/>The party was created in opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act that would have allowed the expansion of slavery into Kansas. Their first official party meeting was held on July 6, 1854 in Jackson, Michigan. Besides opposition to the expansion of slavery, the new party put forward a progressive vision of modernizing the United States — emphasizing higher education, banking, railroads, industry and cities, while promising free homesteads to farmers. In this way, their economic philosophy was similar to the Whig Party's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23897492.post-36586560502819266192009-03-14T14:53:00.000-04:002009-03-14T14:53:00.000-04:00John, thanks for reading and that's an excellent p...John, thanks for reading and that's an excellent point. I would add however that anti-federalism's roots is the Bill of Rights, which is the backbone of not only the GOP but also progressive ideals. There doesn't need to be a mantra of federalism v. anti-federalism but the GOP must define more capably why limited government is so crucial in the first place. Unfortunately, for them, I don't think they can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23897492.post-70946398278477601302009-03-14T13:52:00.000-04:002009-03-14T13:52:00.000-04:00I think it is difficult to have a debate about fed...I think it is difficult to have a debate about federalism without eventually using the phrase "States' Rights" which is linked to our shameful racial past. As a consequence, reestablishing an anti-federalist position is politically delicate.John Imriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04686663543174090671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23897492.post-12179793612054904342009-03-14T13:51:00.000-04:002009-03-14T13:51:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.John Imriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04686663543174090671noreply@blogger.com