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Skidmore

(37,364 posts) Sun Nov 18, 2012, 04:19 PM Nov 2012

Last edited Sun Nov 18, 2012, 05:40 PM - Edit history (2)

Quite a rabbit hole they let Nixon and Buchanan drag that party into. This man would be considered a liberal Democrat or a progressive now, historical times taken into consideration. We need to remember that some things exist beyond labels. I think Thaddeus Stevens was a great man, and one to which this nation owed a great deal. That does not speak to the current condition of the Republican radicals of this age--Teabaggers all.

http://www.nndb.com/people/112/000097818/

http://www.civilwarhome.com/stevensbio.htm

http://www.stevensandsmith.org/index.php/info/thaddeus_stevens/

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This is what a radical Republican used to look like. (Original Post) Skidmore Nov 2012 OP

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1. It's a good thing Thaddeus Stevens had a profession he could fall back on

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 05:59 PM

Nov 2012

What was it now, oh yes, "Death."