[meandog]

A broken clock is right twice a day. Lincoln was a tyrant and would probably be considered a Marxist by today’s standards. Heck he corresponded with Marx. Today’s tea party represents small government, not expanding government like under Lincoln. It is about more personal liberty, not stepping on personal liberty like Lincoln.

Wow! Lincoln was/is the best thing that ever happened in the history of the United States. Had it not been for Lincoln we would now be speaking either German or Russian as there would have been absolutely no way that World War II could have been won considering what would have been a divided nation of a USA and a CSA along the Mason/Dixon line...no great American industry, enterprise, or military capable force (and, for the record, you're corresponding to a proud great-great-grandson son of a Confederate soldier)!

[central_va]

Had it not been for Lincoln we would now be speaking either German or Russian as there would have been absolutely no way that World War II could have been won considering what would have been a divided nation of a USA and a CSA along the Mason/Dixon line...

You're right the Northern USA would had probably sided with Hitler. The CSA with GB. I never thought of that. /sarc

[BubbaBasher]

Had it not been for Lincoln we would now be speaking either German or Russian as there would have been absolutely no way that World War II could have been won considering what would have been a divided nation of a USA and a CSA along the Mason/Dixon line

That's a very far fetched statement. It is much more likely that the USA and the CSA would have been close trading partners and allies. If the US is an ally of Great Britain after our revolution, certainly the North and the South had much more in common.

[Leader_Of_The _Conservatives]

If the south would have won- the North would have folded and the south would have taken them in. I believe our country would have been a conservative one with foundations on God if the south would have won. But, we are gonna have to fight to get those days back now. Good job Lincoln! (The Civil War was a war about tax collection to begin with)