Comments on: Politics: Modern Whigs will make their move in 2009 http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/2008/08/24/politics-modern-whigs-will-make-their-move-in-2009/ News and Media from River City Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:35:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jeremiah http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/2008/08/24/politics-modern-whigs-will-make-their-move-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-10028 Jeremiah Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:50:24 +0000 http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/?p=572#comment-10028 I'm afraid a lot of this is absolutely simplistic at best and in error at worst. I am a Whig but I got that way by reading an awful lot of history. At the outset, anybody identifying with the name should read Daniel Walker Howe's great book, 'The Political Culture of the American Whigs' and Lawrence F. Kohl's "The Politics of Individualism.' Kohl's interpretation may be applicable to your views in that he says Jacksonians wanted to create egalitarianism by cutting off everybody at the kneecaps while Whigs wanted to created egalitarianism by elevating everyone. Thus Jacksonian Democrats wanted government to protect children from the evils of society while Whigs wanted government to provide families with the tools (read 'education') so that their children could manipulate society. To get a pretty good comparison of the modern historiography, compare Charles Sellers' magisterial 'The Market Revolution' with Howe's brilliant 'What Hath God Wrought.' And for those who seriously believe that the Whigs headed for the Republican party, I ask this question: how do you explain Alexander H. Stephens, Vice-President of the Confederacy and the prominent Alabama politician and political leader, Henry W. Hilliard? Go figure. And believe me, after all of that, I am a Whig through-and-through! I’m afraid a lot of this is absolutely simplistic at best and in error at worst. I am a Whig but I got that way by reading an awful lot of history. At the outset, anybody identifying with the name should read Daniel Walker Howe’s great book, ‘The Political Culture of the American Whigs’ and Lawrence F. Kohl’s “The Politics of Individualism.’ Kohl’s interpretation may be applicable to your views in that he says Jacksonians wanted to create egalitarianism by cutting off everybody at the kneecaps while Whigs wanted to created egalitarianism by elevating everyone. Thus Jacksonian Democrats wanted government to protect children from the evils of society while Whigs wanted government to provide families with the tools (read ‘education’) so that their children could manipulate society. To get a pretty good comparison of the modern historiography, compare Charles Sellers’ magisterial ‘The Market Revolution’ with Howe’s brilliant ‘What Hath God Wrought.’

And for those who seriously believe that the Whigs headed for the Republican party, I ask this question: how do you explain Alexander H. Stephens, Vice-President of the Confederacy and the prominent Alabama politician and political leader, Henry W. Hilliard? Go figure. And believe me, after all of that, I am a Whig through-and-through!

]]> By: A Knight in Dragonland » Blog Archive » I’m Whigging Out http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/2008/08/24/politics-modern-whigs-will-make-their-move-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5504 A Knight in Dragonland » Blog Archive » I’m Whigging Out Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:28:00 +0000 http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/?p=572#comment-5504 [...] Tip: Peoria’s Blogfather. 14 September 2008 in Modern Whigs, [...] [...] Tip: Peoria’s Blogfather. 14 September 2008 in Modern Whigs, [...]

]]> By: UPDATE: New chapters for Modern Whigs | Peoria Pundit http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/2008/08/24/politics-modern-whigs-will-make-their-move-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5479 UPDATE: New chapters for Modern Whigs | Peoria Pundit Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:57:05 +0000 http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/?p=572#comment-5479 [...] I last wrote about the Modern Whig Party, the group (whose members tend to cherry pick their positions from the Republicans and Democrats) [...] [...] I last wrote about the Modern Whig Party, the group (whose members tend to cherry pick their positions from the Republicans and Democrats) [...]

]]> By: Politics: Modern Whig interview gets attention | Peoria Pundit http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/2008/08/24/politics-modern-whigs-will-make-their-move-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3397 Politics: Modern Whig interview gets attention | Peoria Pundit Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:01:23 +0000 http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/?p=572#comment-3397 [...] interview with Modern Whig Party Chairman Mike Lebowitz picked up some links from here, here and here, which [...] [...] interview with Modern Whig Party Chairman Mike Lebowitz picked up some links from here, here and here, which [...]

]]> By: The Modern Whig Party explains itself http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/2008/08/24/politics-modern-whigs-will-make-their-move-in-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3378 The Modern Whig Party explains itself Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:59:34 +0000 http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/?p=572#comment-3378 [...] In an interview with the Peoria Pundit, the national chairman of the Modern Whig Party explains what his party is and why it exists.  Lebowitz explains that it is neither here nor there on the political spectrum, and it opens its arms to whomever would like to join.  It strives to replace liberalism and conservatism with pragmatism based in a “military culture.” [...] [...] In an interview with the Peoria Pundit, the national chairman of the Modern Whig Party explains what his party is and why it exists.  Lebowitz explains that it is neither here nor there on the political spectrum, and it opens its arms to whomever would like to join.  It strives to replace liberalism and conservatism with pragmatism based in a “military culture.” [...]

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