"If the loving heart of the Great Emancipator found its natural amorous passions overwhelmingly directed toward those of his own sex, it would certainly be a stunning rebuke to the Republican Party’s scapegoating of same-sex love for electoral purposes. "
The basic premise of Doug Ireland's column is faulty at best. The Republican Party has not "scapegoated same-sex love for electoral purposes." As I recall, it is the Democrat Party that scapegoated the gay community for their losses on Election Day.
Abraham Lincoln was a great president regardless of his sexuality. Sexuality wasn't a topic to be entertained by polite society in Lincoln's day so there was certainly a "don't ask; don't tell" policy at work. And, frankly, who cares? As a Libertarian-leaning Conservative, I certainly don't give a darn what Lincoln did in his famous bedroom! What matters to me is what he did in the Oval Office.
Democrats seem to want to "experiment" with the basic structure of society -- marriage and family. Not just Conservatives but many Demoncrats as well, simply do not see our country as a petri dish. If the Dems want to continue to blame the gays for this, then fine. But don't point the finger at Republicans, Mr. Ireland. We value all of this country's citizens, including the unborn.
C.A Tripp's book will do no harm. For those of you who can't stand to think of a great president as gay, it is probably best ignored. For the rest of us, maybe we need to clarify for the Doug Irelands of the world what it means to be an American Conservative (regardless of the political party with which we affiliate). Our support for a president is based on his economic philosophy, his willingness to defend our country strategically, his desire to take big government out of the personal lives of citizens, his support of the American can-do spirit, and his deeds, NOT his sexuality.
The basic premise of Doug Ireland's column is faulty at best. The Republican Party has not "scapegoated same-sex love for electoral purposes." As I recall, it is the Democrat Party that scapegoated the gay community for their losses on Election Day.
Abraham Lincoln was a great president regardless of his sexuality. Sexuality wasn't a topic to be entertained by polite society in Lincoln's day so there was certainly a "don't ask; don't tell" policy at work. And, frankly, who cares? As a Libertarian-leaning Conservative, I certainly don't give a darn what Lincoln did in his famous bedroom! What matters to me is what he did in the Oval Office.
Democrats seem to want to "experiment" with the basic structure of society -- marriage and family. Not just Conservatives but many Demoncrats as well, simply do not see our country as a petri dish. If the Dems want to continue to blame the gays for this, then fine. But don't point the finger at Republicans, Mr. Ireland. We value all of this country's citizens, including the unborn.
C.A Tripp's book will do no harm. For those of you who can't stand to think of a great president as gay, it is probably best ignored. For the rest of us, maybe we need to clarify for the Doug Irelands of the world what it means to be an American Conservative (regardless of the political party with which we affiliate). Our support for a president is based on his economic philosophy, his willingness to defend our country strategically, his desire to take big government out of the personal lives of citizens, his support of the American can-do spirit, and his deeds, NOT his sexuality.
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Being of the generally libertarian persuasion myself, at least as applied to social issues, what went on in the "Lincoln Bedroom" is completely beside the point as to what kind of person the President was, or where he should stand in the modern Republican party constellation.