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apcalc

(4,465 posts)
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:00 PM Feb 2021

May the Republican party now go the way of the Whigs.

Disgraced, split, on the wrong side of history....

.”...But for all of their prominence and power, the Whigs couldn’t keep it together. The all-consuming issue of slavery was the Whigs’ ultimate undoing, pitting Northern and Southern Whigs against each other, and scattering Whig leadership to upstart third parties like the Know Nothings and the Republicans.
Over the course of a little more than 20 years, the Whig party experienced a meteoric political rise that was rivaled only by its abrupt and total collapse.“

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May the Republican party now go the way of the Whigs. (Original Post) apcalc Feb 2021 OP
The split is hours or days away. roamer65 Feb 2021 #1
This could be the "Iraq War Vote" zipplewrath Feb 2021 #2
I hope so! apcalc Feb 2021 #5
May they reap the whirlwind. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #3
+1 apcalc Feb 2021 #4
Gone With The Whigs moondust Feb 2021 #6
I love it! apcalc Feb 2021 #7

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
2. This could be the "Iraq War Vote"
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:08 PM
Feb 2021

Considering the war going on in the GQP this series of votes could ultimately be a litmus test not far in the future.

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