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[Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

On Nov 8, 2004, at 7:34 AM, James Dasher wrote:

> That's true.  But those unelectable people were very religious, and 
> very Republican.  And the "better a war than two nations with slavery" 
> faction is ... well, they might not have called it "right-wing" back 
> then, but we'd be calling them war-mongering right-wingers today.

I don't think the modern terms "Republican" and "religious" and 
"right-wing" as we know it apply to a totally different time period and 
culture.  History can only be understood in its own context, not as 
cardboard cutout stand-ins.

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