Mitt Romney: Abraham Lincoln

Articles Romney Dept: No other party in U.S. history has done such a 180. Founded as the party of the anti-slavery North and committed to deep governmental involvement in spurring the economy land-grant colleges, the Homestead Act, the transcontinental railway , today s GOP is the negation of Abraham Lincoln s Republicans. It is almost entirely white 92 per cent, compared with just 58 per cent of Democrats. It is disproportionately Southern 49 per cent of Republicans live in the South vs. 39 per cent of Democrats and mitt Romney left and Paul Ryan. OLIVIER DOULIERY / MCT ARCHIVES Related Items Articles Romney urged to make emotional connection in big speech accepting Republican nomination Romney arrives at Republican convention overshadowed by Gulf Coast hurricane Republicans formally nominate Romney as their hope to drive Obama from White House The Republican ticket may hail from Massachusetts and Wisconsin, but Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan head the most Southernized major U.S. political party since Jefferson Davis day. In its hostility toward minorities, exploitation of racism, antipathy toward government and suspicion of science, today s Republican Party represents the worst traditions of the South s dankest backwaters. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.