Why do people pretend present day republicans are the same as a republican back when Lincoln was president?
Actually some are....now called RINOs. They are a dying breed pushed out by the great know nothing unwashed.
Better question: Why don't we have a 3D party of people who are educated, non-extreme, and who would rather work together than win?
Because they would never win. Make no mistake the great leaders want to win. How many times did Lincoln run for office? How hard did Reagan fight to win? The will to win is necessary to be a great leader. Our failure is we don't demand better and seem to be distracted by "bread and circus". We're getting what we deserve as a people.
My God if we had more Rino's we would have one party rule, government health care, a carbon tax, government run energy and one surpreme court nominee from the loss of the 2nd amendment just to start with. The shit that would follow you just as soon kiss your constitutional rights goodby. I may be old but not an old fool.
How many people do you know like that? Smart people tend to be ambitious. People will work together only as long as it serves their purpose
Until the day comes and they get everything they want removed, then comes the trashing and burning of our founding papers, because after all they were written by racist slave owners. Until someone steps up and stops caving to these extreme left morons, nothing will make them happy until they have completely destroyed what was America.