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TechBear_Seattle

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Thu May-29-08 08:26 AM
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3. The "WHIG committee"? Ooo, someone in the WH is ignorant of history!

Edited on Thu May-29-08 08:27 AM by TechBear_Seattle

Excuse me a moment...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Now that I have that out of my system, the Whig Party existed in the United States from 1833 to 1856. It was formed out of the ashes of the Federalist Party to oppose the populism of Andrew Jackson's Democratic Party. The name was adopted from the British Whig Party and, like them, the US Whigs supported the power of Congress over the power of the Executive and opposed autocratic rule.

Oh, the irony!

Added: Read more at the Wikipedia article for Whig Party (United States)

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