O TO ARRIVE IN A 'LINCOLN':INAUGURAL THEMES WILL HARKEN BACK TO GREAT EMANCIPATOR

New York Post ^ | 1/13/2009 | Clemente Lisi

[mojito]

In what will be a Lincoln-themed inauguration from top to bottom, Obama won't only follow in the footsteps of the former president - he'll also eat like him, it was announced yesterday.

Obama's jampacked Abe-apalooza moved into high gear with an announcement from the Congressional Inaugural Committee that it will hold a luncheon next Tuesday following the swearing-in ceremony that's modeled after foods Lincoln enjoyed.

[mikrofon]

Obama won't only follow in the footsteps of the former president - he'll also eat like him

Is he going to hunt his own game?

(Maybe he should ask Cheney to go with him...)

[savedbygrace]

Great Emancipator?

If he really gets his way with the economy, he’ll ultimately be the Great Emaciator.

[OldNavyVet]

The problem in having a showboating President is that America’s position in the world calls for spine and character in its President.

We shall soon see what Obama is made of.

[MplsSteve]

I agree with your post.

I have read enough about Lincoln and while I can’t profess to be an expert, I suspect that Lincoln would be less than impressed with Barack Obama holding the same office as he did.

[MrB]

Some little things are slipping to let us see what their plans truly are.

Bobby Rush, former Black Panther, introducing draconian gun control laws, including the need to have a (gov’t issued) license to OWN and POSESS firearms.

Hmmm... wonder who will be “approved” and who won’t?

[roses of sharon]

and the sheep will eat it up like a good like flock..

The sheep think they elected Denzel...a Hollywood celeb...much more comforting than real life, war, working hard, drudgery, saving money, paying for your own mtg, health insurance, etc.

I would guess there are only about 30% of REAL Americans left anymore.

[andy58-in-nh]

[livius]

This is creepy beyond belief. But then, everything about our first foreign president is creepy beyond belief.

[ArrogantBustard]

I'd like to see that prissy, effete, urban pansy 0bama try his hand at rail-splitting.

The only "Lincoln" he knows anything about is a Town Car.

[Mac from Cleveland]

Most presidents actually DID something worthwhile first and then received acclaim. This guy looks like he skipped a step.

As Mark Twain said-”Even a hen doesn’t start to cackle until after it lays its eggs”

[BuckyKat]

It's gotten so bad that the "real news" can't be discerned from The Onion.

[Michael.SF.]

He will probably also ride in Lincoln:

I can just hear the bass beat pounding:

BOOM....BOOM.....BOOM... BOOM....BOOM....BOOM.....

[Uri’el-2012]

The backdrop for the luncheon will be Lincoln-esque as well - the painting "View of the Yosemite Valley" by Thomas Hill, borrowed from the New-York Historical Society.

The painting, which will hang behind Obama, is a landscape of Yosemite Valley at dawn - representing Lincoln's signing of the 1864 Yosemite Grant that set aside the land as a public reserve.

I think this is ironic with all the volcanic activity in Yosemite.

There may soon be a new view of the Yosemite valley

[MrLee]

His ancestors were slave traders!!! Why are descendants of slaves in the US so happy with his election??

[null and void]

Post of the day!

[AuntB]

Because MrLee, they vote out of ignorance and racial identity. Divide and conquer is the name of this old game.

[polymuser]

I’m going to enjoy being in the counterculture. Young people will soon easily understand the stupidity of the new ruling class, and when they learn what it’s costing them....

[Islander7]

So 0bama prefers Lincolns to Cadillacs. So what?!




The Linclon is clearly more stylish.

[TheZMan]

Thank you for giving me a bit of information that my history teachers failed to bring up.

[snarks_when_bored]

O TO ARRIVE IN A 'LINCOLN': INAUGURAL THEMES WILL HARKEN BACK TO GREAT EMANCIPATOR

I reckon it's sort of a good thing that Obama is seeking to model himself after a great Republican President.