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Cashcow
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« on: May 14, 2005, 09:27:22 PM »
Well?
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« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2005, 09:30:45 PM »
We did. They're called the Democrats now.
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« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2005, 09:34:12 PM »
« Edited: May 14, 2005, 09:37:05 PM by Frodo »

you already see it in the Republican Party, which was composed of mainly former Whigs who defected from their party after it imploded, making way for the Republican Party to run as a major political party for the first time, and as the main opposition to the Democratic Party in the 1856 and 1860 presidential elections. 
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« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2005, 09:35:01 PM »
I mean let's all just make a new party and call ourselves Whigs. What would we believe?
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« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2005, 09:43:11 PM »
Quote from: Cashcow on May 14, 2005, 09:35:01 PM
I mean let's all just make a new party and call ourselves Whigs. What would we believe?
The Whigs started simply as anti-Jacksonians. Perhaps one of your core tenets would be the removal of Jackson's image from the $20 bill.
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« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2005, 09:45:24 PM »
Quote from: Cashcow on May 14, 2005, 09:35:01 PM
I mean let's all just make a new party and call ourselves Whigs. What would we believe?

the Whigs started out on the ruins of the Federalist Party.  i presume they started off where the Federalists left off -and i guess you might want to start from there too......
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« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2005, 09:52:31 PM »
Quote from: Cashcow on May 14, 2005, 09:35:01 PM
I mean let's all just make a new party and call ourselves Whigs. What would we believe?

Internal improvements. They were a pork party. I guess in a way, the Whig Party makes up 95% of today's Congress.
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