WTF?
LOL....compared to Lincoln?
That was "Lincoln Hayes", from Mod Squad back in the 60's!
Although, with His plan on redistributing YOUR money, he would be better compared to "Looterman"....
Posted on 11/6/2008, 10:33:55 PM by Tailgunner Joe
Washington - In an ironic twist, the US will be celebrating the 200th birthday of president Abe Lincoln - the US leader who ended slavery - just weeks after the inauguration of its first black president, Barack Obama.
Thus, it's hardly surprising that the theme of Obama's January 20 historic inauguration will be dominated by Lincoln, a president who also took office as the nation faced huge challenges.
The announcement was made Wednesday, just a day after Obama's election felled the final racial barrier for non-whites in the US. Senator Dianne Feinstein, chairman of the joint congressional committee on the inauguration, said the theme of the ground-breaking event would be 'A New Birth of Freedom.'
The words are taken from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, the eloquent commemoration for the dead after the 1863 civil war battle of Gettysburg, the most northern point of the Confederate invasion.
Obama summoned Lincoln's ideals in his victory speech Tuesday night in Grant Park, Chicago, recalling that Lincoln was a Republican who worked to heal a country divided by the passions of the war, and insisting that 'our union can be perfected.'
'To all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: Democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope,' Obama said.
Obama has already been compared to Lincoln throughout the campaign. Both men came from the state of Illinois, having served in the Illinois legislature in Springfield, where Obama announced his candidacy in 2007.
They share physical qualities as tall, lanky figures. They rose rather quickly from relative obscurity in state politics to the White House. They are known for the oratorical skills.
Most importantly, both entered the White House facing the perils of war and other immense problems, such as the financial meltdown that will dominate Obama's attention as he takes the presidential oath.
Lincoln, who was born on February 12, 1809, used the phrase 'new birth of freedom' as he ended his Gettysburg Address at the war cemetery in the southern Pennsylvania town, a speech that American school children still memorize.
After noting the 'great task' ahead - the Civil War was only half over and would last another two years, Lincoln called for the country to take 'increased devotion' to the cause for which the 'honoured dead' had fought - 'that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.'
Inaugural themes are traditionally linked to significant historic events in US history. Feinstein said it was 'especially fitting to celebrate the words of Lincoln as we prepare to inaugurate the first African-American president of the United States.'
'At a time when our country faces major challenges at home and abroad, it is appropriate to revisit the words of President Lincoln, who strived to bring the nation together by appealing to 'the better angels of our nature,' Feinstein said.
When Obama takes the oath of office 'he will look across the National Mall toward the Lincoln Memorial, where the sixteenth president's immortal words are inscribed,' Feinstein said.
She said that some inaugural traditions had changed since Lincoln's time, but the ceremony 'continues to symbolize the ideals of renewal, continuity, and unity that he so often expressed.'
Obama, your no Lincoln.
That seems fitting. Lincoln was a dictator, too.
Obama wrote two books about himself just like Lincol....
oh wait
Scratch that.
How appropiate as Obama’s inauguration marks the day we will return to a form of slavery again under the banner of the Democrat party.
Obama announced his running in Lincoln’s home town. The entire time he brought up Linclon in his speach. I was there and it made my ears bleed.
Both will oversee a civil war? LOL
Yes, Lincoln WAS a dictator, who initiated the first income tax.
I doubt that Barack Hussein Obama, or the Democrats who repeatedly invoke his name in adoring tones, realize that Abraham Lincoln wanted all blacks in the United States to be repatriated back to Africa.
LOL! Obama, just do what Lincoln did. Raise an army and invade the country to see your policies put into effect.
Barry’s grandfather Hussein Onyango Obama, a convert to Islam, served in the British army which colonized Kenya.
Which relates to the Obamination in what way exactly? Lincoln is an icon of America ... the Obamination will be .....???
Does Barack Obama know who Abraham Lincoln is?
A reminder that REPUBLICANS freed the slaves!
The Fall of the Roman Empire coincides with the day I’ve set aside to vacuum the floor mats from my car.....
WTF?
LOL....compared to Lincoln?
That was "Lincoln Hayes", from Mod Squad back in the 60's!
Although, with His plan on redistributing YOUR money, he would be better compared to "Looterman"....
Lincoln suspended habeas corpus. Would anybody be shocked if the messiah were to do the same thing? Lincoln was a protectionist. We all know O is one, as well. Lincoln supported fiat money and a central bank. 99% of the creeple in DC support the Fed.
This is great!
Both One Term legislators from Illinois.
Both known for giving Speeches!
Both involved with a war!
One born in Kentucky the other born in Kenya oops I mean Hawaii
Some “ironic twist”! They aren’t even in the same month. How can they “coincide”?
Using that same premise, my birthday corresponds with the Declaration of Independence, even though my birth month is May. Hell, all of our birthdays correspond with anything and everything.
How did this ever get past the editor?
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