Owls are cool bro. It'd be a better party animal than elephants or donkeys.
I think the Modern Whigs have the owl as their party symbol.
Presidents Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt were the Modern day Whigs.
1916 was the year that the party split came about, as WWI and neutralization stemmed the Whig movt; and the Income Tax Increase created the Torie party; which gave rise to Tea Party movement. Which name wasnt official given until 2010.
But Hughes; who still symbolized the owl, was far different than Harding and Hoover; opposition to tax increases which lead to Great Depression.
As useless as I know it is to engage you and all your insanity, he's referring to the Modern Whigs, a current political party that does nothing.
Yeah and they idealize President Teddy Roosevelt. I know that.
The Whigs opposed the imperial Presidency, were anti-war, wanted a one term limit, were monopolists to some extent, and opposed hard money. Yea, that really sounds like TR. The boundless ego, the drive for power, the overseas expansion and interventionism, seeking a second and then a third term, broke up monpolies and supported the Gold standard in contrast do not a good Whig make.
That said, he probably shared the view on internal improvements, certainly the hostility to immigrants and so forth forth. As for trade, I recall his position was regarded as uncertain and he flip at least once on it in his life time and that may have been for expedience.
