Lincoln v. Calhoun

Posted on December 18, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Kevin points me to this NRO article which addresses the question “what is it that Republicans really stand for?” I don’t agree with his assessment of what Democrats stand for, but it’s an interesting read nonetheless.

One quibble: It was John Cougar Mellencamp who sung “You’ve got to stand for something/Or you’re gonna fall for anything” (warning: multiple obnoxious popups; use Mozilla or a popup killer).

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2 Responses to Lincoln v. Calhoun

  1. Kevin Whited says:
    December 19, 2002 at 9:45 am

    Weird — I remembered the Aaron Tippin song (it grated on my nerves, actually, as does Aaron Tippin generally) but I had forgotten the Mellencamp tune. Anyway, Owens does get the quote right from Tippin, which is slightly different than Mellencamp’s (though probably inspired by the same).

  2. Charles Kuffner says:
    December 19, 2002 at 10:21 am

    Hmm. I’d never heard of the Tippin song. Maybe each wrote their song without knowing about the other, like Newton and Leibniz independently inventing calculus. Or something like that. 🙂

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