Hey, I'm Canadian and from the comments below, I think I know your history better than you folks!
Did you know that 'way back then' the Democrats were just like the current radical right Republicans are today? Yes, they were slaveowning, white-only, no representaton unless you were a tax-payer, bigotted group of thugs. (Sorry if I hurt some feelings here, but check it out).
So, yes, they would have kept Lincoln off the ballot because he was anti-slavery. Now, what do you really think of Lincoln? He was an equitable man, an honourable man - and actually is the one US President that I truly admire. If Donald Trump were on the ballot, he'd have run as a Democrat back then.
So: Now look at the Democratic Part of America and look at what they are trying to do: Establish equitablity for all Americans - yes, they are: They are trying to create a medical support system (like Canada's) so that poor people can afford and get medical help before they die! They are trying to get rid of slum-landlords. They know that they need money to do these things AND the reason they can't get money is because of the mighty "American Dream" that everyone must get rich at the expense of everyone else (There is NO love in the USA today). Your rich people (Yes, there are 1%'ers) are getting richer and they are looking at you and smiling because you are giving them the power to keep you at the social level where you are and the only thing you have that is good is that you aren't as impoverished like the millions of people who aren't at your social level who are! IF you were smart (are you?) you'd get your Congressmen to raise taxes on your rich people and direct it to your poor people (OH>>> that's Socialism??? .... no it's HUMAN KINDNESS.).
Actually. some of you folks who commented below can help me here: I need to know why it the American people seem to believe that abortions are the bane of humanity? Think hard on this because you DO know that if your daughter were raped and got pregnant from it that you'd want her to have an abortion. But, no, that would never happen - RIGHT? But (mostly) black women who have no means of support except to prostitute themselves (a form of slavery - isn't it?), or are raped by their pimps, brothers or fathers or white men get pregnant and they have no way to resolve the issue - no doctor, no money (because they have none and nobody to give them any) and now no clinic, no 'day-after' pill, no person to turn to....who's really causing the problem here? So: If you are going to jump on me for this post... don't just give me shit.... give me a reasonable answer about why you are against what the Democrats are trying to do and what the Republicans are really trying to do to Make America Great Again! 😜
@JollyRoger Im telling you they started off as a party of slavery, and through rebranding their message, and trying to convince people of changed word meanings they have manipulated the most mentally weak among us to support their efforts to enslave the entire US population, and you leftist maniacs are too delusional and seething with misplaced hatred toward republicans to actually LOOK at reality instead of hide behind your screens and never face reality using any reason. The democrats have only changed in your minds, their agenda has ALWAYS been about subjugation.
Uh huh!... Subjugation! OK prof.... look up its meaning. Then look back to what President Trump sanctioned in Oregon about trying to use the National Guard to subjugate people. Yup... you're a history professor all right - short memory, self-serving, narrow-focused and confused. "....and The Land of The Free."
@joe438 I feel so badly for you!!! Marxist students are scrutinizing teachers and college professors social media, and every aspect of their personal lives is under a microscope. If you WANTED to attach the American flag to your own home, you wouldn't dare!!!!
@4meAndyou Thanks. Fortunately I don't teach history, politics or anything that wanders into those areas. If students feel strongly that "this group is Nazis" or "that gender is superior" I just comment on the grammar and word use and don' worry about their personal opinions. We all have them and students are more than welcome to speak freely, but I just don't prefer to have to defend my opinions from people who want to call me names for disagreeing.
I suspect that politics have skewed some promotions and tenure decisions but since I'm adjunct, none of that applies to me anyway.
@4meAndyou you naioed it, leftists are marxists, and fascists projecting fascism onto their victims and the claim of a party switch is nothing but senseless gaslighting.
The point is clear a person can run for president and that person does not have to be on the ballot in every state. The states determine who goes on the ballot, and not the Supreme court. The Constitution is clear if a candidate wants relief from his disqualification he can have a vote in Congress and with 2/3s Vote he will be on the ballot in every state. Read the Constitution it's all there in black and white.
Poppycock – some things always change (poppycock is a word they used back in Lincoln's days). Lincoln was taken off the ballot in 10 states that wanted to keep blacks enslaved. But Lincoln won the election and freed them. Trump is being taking off ballots because he interfered in an election to hold on to power and he will likely not win 2024. Part of the reason he won’t win is because thanks to Lincoln blacks now have the right to vote and a majority of them won’t be voting for Trump. So 3 cheers to change and the New Year!
Lincoln should have been kept off all ballots, what an idiot going to war to keep the unproductive, lazy south in the Union. That was a colossal mistake.
I know for a fact you're not comparing Donald Trump with the man who freed the slaves. Get out of here with that bullshit. What you're talking about is more along the lines of having Jefferson Davis on the ballot.
Laugh if you agree that putting Trump on the ballot would violate the 14th Amendment.
What Colorado did is unConstitutional, the fucking pathetic leftists claim they're pro democratic, while employing illegal fascist tactics. Hey, I hate that bastard Trump like most others, but he still did his best to make America great again.