I appreciate your perspective and totally agree about the shameful appropriation of lands in the West. HOWEVER, what you have raised is, to my mind, a separate issue. Dr. Richardson is looking at things with a very broad eye with a mind to show the roots and creation of the Republican party, which she has written a book about. That was w…
I appreciate your perspective and totally agree about the shameful appropriation of lands in the West. HOWEVER, what you have raised is, to my mind, a separate issue. Dr. Richardson is looking at things with a very broad eye with a mind to show the roots and creation of the Republican party, which she has written a book about. That was what she was trying to illustrate. She has also written a book, "West From Appomattox", about the very things you brought up. If she tried to mention every single thread and issue regarding the post-Civil War West, her Letter would be another book. In this particular letter, her point, if I may be so bold, is to show the divergence of the current incarnation of the Republican party from what it was in its infancy in the 1850s. To show the broad arc of the direction of the party over the past 160-70 years was her point here, not to take on all the issues of US expansion into the West. She has written in great detail on this already. The current "Party of Lincoln" doesn't remotely resemble what its legacy is. That is tragic. Again, thank you for your posting, and I do hope to hear more from you.
I appreciate your perspective and totally agree about the shameful appropriation of lands in the West. HOWEVER, what you have raised is, to my mind, a separate issue. Dr. Richardson is looking at things with a very broad eye with a mind to show the roots and creation of the Republican party, which she has written a book about. That was what she was trying to illustrate. She has also written a book, "West From Appomattox", about the very things you brought up. If she tried to mention every single thread and issue regarding the post-Civil War West, her Letter would be another book. In this particular letter, her point, if I may be so bold, is to show the divergence of the current incarnation of the Republican party from what it was in its infancy in the 1850s. To show the broad arc of the direction of the party over the past 160-70 years was her point here, not to take on all the issues of US expansion into the West. She has written in great detail on this already. The current "Party of Lincoln" doesn't remotely resemble what its legacy is. That is tragic. Again, thank you for your posting, and I do hope to hear more from you.
I just posted my own reply and see we started with almost the same line. I'll go with great minds think alike...
Well said Bruce. We LFAA -ers are a diverse community. Ideas welcome! I think you were spot on with your comment.