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  • noun Support for whiggish attitudes.

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Examples

  • The sole proof of his Whiggery was the apocryphal statement that he wept when Clay failed to receive the nomination, while his political position was perfectly understood by the men who nominated him.

    Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 George W. Julian

  • That such Catholic Whigs are claiming to base their circumvention of the entire Catholic Social Teaching on the "Whiggery" of certain "late Spanish Scholastics" is well known.

    Catholic Whiggery:The Neo-Conservative Betrayal Of Church Social Teaching 2007

  • “I pray you,” he said, “to desist from the abuse of Tyler or his supporters, but treat them as brethren in democracy and hail them welcome to the support of the great democratic cause to aid in the defeat of Clay and Whiggery.”

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • If the state had been captured by Whiggery, as many suspected, then Polk was essentially worthless to Van Buren.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • If the state had been captured by Whiggery, as many suspected, then Polk was essentially worthless to Van Buren.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • “I pray you,” he said, “to desist from the abuse of Tyler or his supporters, but treat them as brethren in democracy and hail them welcome to the support of the great democratic cause to aid in the defeat of Clay and Whiggery.”

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • This settles the matter and put Whiggery & Mr Clay to rest… .

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • This settles the matter and put Whiggery & Mr Clay to rest… .

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • In sharing his Jacobite history of the world, Mencius Moldbug suggests that the “W-force” of leftism — or Whiggery — behaves as an inverted pendulum, perhaps with a bit of a delay loop:

    The Inverted Pendulum of Whiggery « Isegoria 2008

  • A few months ago we were given yet another reminder of why Catholics should shun this Old Whiggery for what it is — pining for the early days of the American Revolution.

    Let The Dead bury the Dead... de Brantigny........................ 2008

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