Quote Originally Posted by nemaroller View Post
The Republican party was born out of Wisconsin in the late 1800's.

"Besides opposition to slavery, the new party put forward a progressive vision of modernizing the United States—emphasizing higher education, banking, railroads, industry and cities, while promising free homesteads to farmers" - wikipedia

Sounds like they made good on all accounts.

So what was your problem with the Republican party?

Oh that's right, you want a bunch of elected fools to tell you how to run your life.
I never said the Republicans were for slavery.

Republicans eventually switched over to the conservative side after Roosevelt. And the Democrats switched to the Progressive/Liberal side.

Neither party ever advocated a return to Slavery, post WWII, and neither party is for segregation currently.

It is true that both parties are more or less prostitutes to the Corporate Lobbyists.

But the Republicans are worse than the Democrats on average, and much more blatant in their defense of their bribers, the worst being Haliburton and the Private Insurance Industry.