Happy birthday, Abraham Lincoln: Thanks for 'Michigander'

Mlive.com ^ | February 12, 2015 | Fritz Klug

[cripplecreek]

Interesting trivia. Interesting that the birthplace of the GOP is in a city named after a democrat (Jackson)

OK one of two accepted answers for birthplace with Ripon Wisconsin being the other.

[cripplecreek]

Are you a Michigander or a Michiganian. Poll at site.



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[Old Sarge]

Quack or Honk?

[cripplecreek]

I’m a Michigander.

[mountn man]

Michigander has been gone for almost 7 years now.

[bandleader]

Happy Birthday,Mr. Lincoln and thanyou for preserving “The Union”so it could be Destroyed by a No-Nothing,UnAccomplished,America-Hating,Marxist,Racist Ideologue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cripplecreek]

Like a horde of hungry ticks you have stuck to the tail of the Hermitage lion (Jackson) to the end of his life, and you are still sticking to it, and drawing a loathsome sustenance from it, after he is dead.

He really knew the democrats and they haven't changed a bit.

[VanDeKoik]

Admittedly neither term made since to me as a kid. Back during the sesquicentennial we heard them often and both came off as cartoonish and embarrassing to hear. I guess after learning about the early history of the state, and seeing that we were kind of this place that was seen as a useless wasteland, that it seemed like the Union fought more to keep out (not to mention the embarrassment of Detroit), it just rubbed me the wrong way.

But Michigander has grown on me, and it seems most people. It’s quirky and unique in an off the beaten path kind of way, which is what being a Michigander is all about!

[SunkenCiv]

No problem, the next Republican POTUS will have the last name Ripon! ;’) Michigander! I’ve always loathed and detested the idiotic bureaucratic contraption that is “Michganians”.

[reed13k]

Ducks quack, geese honk.

[cripplecreek]

I’ve always thought it was funny that the birthplace of the GOP is in a city named after a president who thought he was screwing us by taking away Toledo and giving us the worthless upper peninsula.

Jackson gave Toledo to Ohio if they would deliver the votes for Democrats. Ohio did go to the democrats but they still lost.

[reed13k]

Any reason why Michiganite wasn’t considered?

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

HA!

I always preferred Michigander because it was half close to the favorite yellow spotted salamander we’d find and play with!

Sitting quiet under our rocks, like humble conservatives do.

[cripplecreek]

Ripon is where the decision was made and a name was chosen. Jackson was where the first official rally was held.

[Sioux-san]

I refer to myself as a Michigoose ;)

[equaviator]

Michigandian?...Michiganista?

[Lee'sGhost]

Of course, by destroying states rights, he set the path for all those things. What a guy.

[reg45]

What about Michiganah?

[shove_it]

Me too, I’ll always be a Michigander but I’ve been a Michigoner for quite a while now.

[VanDeKoik]

We Michiganders have a weird sense of irony about us.

Today Jackson is a depressing afterthought of a city if there ever was one.