Originally Posted by bidnez

You're hardly worth arguing with, but do you realize the parties switched political views- Republicans used to call themselves Democrats and Democrats called themselves Republicans. Lincoln was a modern day, Democrat.

Sounds like you could use at least some public school indoctrination yourself.

Originally Posted by Squirrel27

It's really not that difficult, and was explained pretty well. Republicans used to be liberal, progressive, and the party of a large government. Nothing that they support now. So when somebody says "Lincoln was a Republican," he almost certainly would not identify with today's Republican Party, because they embody absolutely zero ideals that he stood for.