History is Against the Republican Party

Historically, the Democratic Party is the "oldest" party in our two-party system, built first by Jefferson and Madison, then embedded by Jackson and van Buren. The RP was the third generation of the Hamilton-Adams faction, following from Federalists and Whigs, of which Clay and Webster were the most important bridges between the Founders and the "father" of the Republican Party, Lincoln. Until the Civil War, the Democrats, for the very, very wrong reason of slavery, and for opposition to tariffs, to public works, to "paper" currency but strong for states rights within the federalism defined by Amendment 10 under "strict constructionism," were actually the "conservatives." As all along, the Democratic Party was/is/will be strong on "bribing" to get votes under the "old" machine deal, and ever since under FDR's "New Deal" scams.

Whereas the Whigs, Free Soilers, and the "Liberty" parties were for tariffs to protect nascent industry, very right to oppose slavery (dah), but for Clay's et. al. "American System" of public works, the Republicans were, cough, cough, the "liberals." Always nationalist, the RP etc. heritage was originally for loose interpretations of the Constitution. The Republican Party was fundamentally changed by Teddy Roosevelt's Monolith of progressive intervention.

The parties have flip-flopped, and we can blame both TR and FDR for making it possible. TR gave away conservative "castles" (those core principles in the Constitution related to the Federal departments that had no right to exist) in our nation that did not belong to him, and FDR gave away the coffers which belonged to everyone.

With little to offer people the past 70 years OTHER than the pricniples of letting people have people political liberty and freer decisions over economics, GOOD things all, the RP coalition's conservative wing is constantly getting clobbered in Congressional elections by Democrats, and by neo-conservative "liberals" in the excutive branch (Nixon, and the Tale of Two Bushes). The reason? We who are conservatives and libertarians have a hard time selling the premium of liberty (political) and freedom (economic) when the "liberals" (in the DP and RP) sell at rummage sale prices their "social contract" of poverty because it is deceivingly equal and feed the cultural "beast" ("the New Age opiate of the poor and uninformed"?) its diversions and selfish indulgence to keep WE the People from what Peter is really stealing from Paul and vice versa--our sovereignty, individually and as a nation.