Monday, September 5, 2011

When Republicans Roamed the Earth...



"Imagine a Republican saying this: “Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.”
These heretical thoughts would inspire horror among our friends at Fox News or in the Tea Party. They’d likely label them as Marxist, socialist or Big Labor propaganda. Too bad for Abraham Lincoln, our first Republican president, who offered those words in his annual message to Congress in 1861. Will President Obama dare say anything like this in his jobs speech this week?"




Clipped this from article - HERE

6 comments:

  1. Gosh dahling they were hairy beasts weren't they.....

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  2. How far to the right, er, wrong, they have since shifted.

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  3. Abe reminds me of that actor Cillian Murphy. striking resemblance

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  4. he'd be lynched by the tea party, sadly. ahem

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  5. Bob, The love of money is the root....

    todd, Yes! At the very least cousins..

    jason, Not a doubt in my mind, sadly.

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