Great article Charles! I'm sure the critics will show up here soon to eviscerate you for no other reason than using direct quotes from former standard-bearer republicans who left the party. Ole Abe Lincoln said: "Labor is prior to, and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." And President Dwight Eisenhower said: "Only a fool would try to deprive working men and women of their right to join the union of their choice."

Apparently, those USED TO BE republican values too.