Remember Lincoln, Obama Allies Say (BARF ALERT)

Forbes.com ^ | January 17, 2007 | NEDRA PICKLER

[MadIvan]

Frightening. Obama is inexperienced, but not stupid - he is trying to turn his lack of time in Washington into evidence that he is fresh, new, and can provide an alternative to partisanship - themes which play well with the adoring media in tow.

Unless the Republicans stop tearing each other to pieces about the 2006 election results and who is "real" conservative or not, President Obama could be a possibility.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[tgambill]

Word from Il. is that this guy is a very very bad choice. Loser and disliked by those that are serious about Politics.....

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Honest Abe from Illinois.
That scamp was from Kentucky.

Brother Dave Gardner

[Maceman]

Having no Washington experience could conceivably be a plus for a candidate -- but not a candidate with no accomplishments, no executive experience, and no concrete ideas.

[Let's Roll]

The last "fresh, new" president we had was outsider Jimmy Carter.

And Lincoln was a Republican.

[BenLurkin]

Tax and spend big government waiting behind a veil of glittering generalities.

[IrwinvilleConservative]

Obama and Lincoln do have one thing in common: They are both Socialist who have no regard whatsoever for the Constitution.

[massgopguy]

I knew Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Abraham Lincoln.

[Mo1]

"The decisions that have been made in Washington these past six years, and the problems that have been ignored, have put our country in a precarious place," Obama said.

Coming from a man who will only work 3 days a week in the Senate

Oh .. and this writer failed to mentioin the college in CA that Obama attended

[mak5]

Remember that it took a long time for events to take place in 1861. It took weeks, not minutes to mount an attack. There were no nukes.

Lincoln had established himself as one of the nation's top business attorneys, representing railroads and other interests. He had traveled the nation and people knew his stands. Obama is not Lincoln and the world is a different place.

[TC Rider]

[wastedyears]

Democrats have ideas? Where have I been?

[Non-Sequitur]

For all those historians and political naysayers, Sen. Barack Obama's allies like to point out that Abraham Lincoln served just two years in the House before becoming president.

Different times. And just because Lincoln proved that he was up to the challenges doesn't mean Obama is.

[Right Cal Gal]

Obama wants us to look at him and think "Lincoln?"
Wow, how's that modesty thing workin' for ya?

[OldFriend]

First he was likened to RFK, that moved on to JFK, now he's Abe Lincoln.

Even osamaObama doesn't know who he is.

[MadIvan]

Furthermore, nothing that Obama has produced is of the same quality as the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

Regards, Ivan

[popdonnelly]

If you read about the 1860 Republican Convention, you'll find that Lincoln was a compromise candidate, intended to unite the party. The real irony, though, is that the people who hated Lincoln, wanted to keep slavery, and formed the Confederacy were Democrats. Obama's political ancestors wanted to keep people like him as merchandise.

[wastedyears]

Hahaha

[silverleaf]

(cue violins)

Obama, a proud black man, was forced to do his homework by candlelight using charcoal to write with ... at Punahou and Harvard.

Watch for Obama to go on the rail-splitting trail this summer.