Indeed...decidedly NOT!!!
Posted on 11/17/2008 1:28:03 PM PST by publius321
"I was a bit disturbed to see this guy on 60 minutes last night, once again, bringing up Abraham Lincoln in an interview. He obviously wants to establish a specious connection with the great leader as he has brought Lincoln up on many other occasions and even campaigned with a banner bearing Lincoln’s image in front of the State House where Lincoln served. What makes it so appalling is that the primary issues for which Obama stands are in direct opposition to the father of the GOP.
Obama can get away with this because the majority of Americans who voted for him have..." Column at http://www.BlackJFK.com
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Abe Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama wants to make more........
Abraham Lincoln was not a “Founder”
He may be looked on as a “preserver”, but all the “Founders”
were long dead before his time.
Your other points are valid though.
Probably just as well. I'm sure they would have been alternately fascinated and appalled at the state of the Union in 1861. And by the outcome of the War also... I don't doubt they would have had a lot of advice for President Lincoln.
Interesting topic for speculation.
Historically-literate Americans laugh at the conceit of a run-of-the-mill Marxist-Leninist comparing himself (by inference) to Lincoln. But the unions got hold of the public schools two generations ago and have produced a dumbed down populace. That is one of Obama’s greatest strentghs.
x16 was the founder of the federal leviathan
Maybe if Obama grows a beard and wears a tophat, or whatever it’s called, there could be a resemblance./s
...greatest strengths.” I can spell.
Indeed...decidedly NOT!!!
I think he is looking for his Sherman and Grant as we speak. I don’t think he will find them in the military though.
"Ignorance is strength."
I was driving behind a guy with Illinois plates the other day and the state motto “Land of Lincoln” gave me pause to consider how long it is before there is a movement to either replace “Land of Lincoln” with “Land of Obama” or change it to “Land of Lincoln and Obama”. Probably a lot sooner than Obama will prove himself worthy of being held in anything close to the esteem of Lincoln.
You know what they say you can wish in one hand and sh*t in the other.
Lincoln did nothing but kill Americans.
I reckon it’s something to look up to.
Abraham Lincoln was not a “Founder”
He may be looked on as a “preserver”, but all the “Founders”
were long dead before his time.
Your other points are valid though.
I think the poster was refering to founding the GOP not the Nation..
Lincoln did not free even one slave. That is a hyped up myth.
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