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Obama: I have it tougher than Abe Lincoln
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Posted on 08/16/2011 2:37:28 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Obama: I have it tougher than Abe Lincoln 1 hr 28 mins ago

President Barack Obama said yesterday in Decorah, Iowa, that he absorbs more political criticism than Abraham Lincoln, the assassinated 16th U.S. president, attracted from his Civil War critics.

The comment came during a question-and-answer session where one invited audience member asked Obama how he deals with his congressional critics in the GOP. “The Congress doesn’t seem to be a good partner. You said so yourself, they’re more interested in seeing you lose than [seeing] the country win,” the questioner lamented.

“Democracy is always a messy business in a big country like this,” Obama responded. “When you listen to what the federalists said about the anti-federalists … those guys were tough. Lincoln, they used to talk about him almost as bad as they talk about me.”

The comparison “is hysterical … that is really laughable in many respects,” said Alvin Felzenberg, the author of a book on American presidents. “You couldn’t print things today they said about Lincoln.” Felzenberg teaches at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, and was the chief spokesman for the 9/11 Comission.

Criticism of Lincoln in his day “was even more vitriolic than what you see about Obama,” said Eric Foner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian at Columbia University. “Obama is a guy who has a thin skin and does not take criticism well.” Foner’s Pulitzer-winning volume was titled ”The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery.”

Obama’s sensitivity to criticism is bound up with his progressive ideology, which sees political disputes as best resolved by experts, said Michael Franc, vice president for government studies at the Heritage Foundation.

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KEYWORDS: lincoln; rollingblunder
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To: Sub-Driver

What a contemptible little worm.


21 posted on 08/16/2011 2:49:47 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Sub-Driver

Hmmmm?


22 posted on 08/16/2011 2:50:56 PM PDT by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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To: skimbell

Seriously, I think their are too many hormones in the water he’s drinking.


23 posted on 08/16/2011 2:52:19 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: Sub-Driver

Hmmm. Who gave it to ya?


24 posted on 08/16/2011 2:53:12 PM PDT by Darteaus94025
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To: Sub-Driver
Obama wants to be Reagan, Lincoln and such but he ends up being Carter and crybaby. Bush had some bad luck, Katrina and 9-11. Obama’s claim to bad luck is that lies and socialism don't work.
25 posted on 08/16/2011 2:53:53 PM PDT by mountainlion (I am voting for Sarah after getting screwed again by the DC Thugs.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Tell that to Mrs. Lincoln loser.


26 posted on 08/16/2011 2:54:07 PM PDT by Fledermaus (I'm done with political parties. The GOP is useless. Anarchy is perferable to this CRAP!)
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To: Sub-Driver

27 posted on 08/16/2011 2:56:32 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears ("But resist, we much...we must...and we will much...about...that...be committed." - Al Sharpton)
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To: usmcobra

yet, but he can always hope!


28 posted on 08/16/2011 2:58:10 PM PDT by BillGunn (Bill Gunn for Congress district one rep. Massachusetts)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

29 posted on 08/16/2011 2:58:10 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears ("But resist, we much...we must...and we will much...about...that...be committed." - Al Sharpton)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

30 posted on 08/16/2011 3:00:41 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears ("But resist, we much...we must...and we will much...about...that...be committed." - Al Sharpton)
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To: Sub-Driver

Parallels of Abraham Lincoln and Barack Hussein Obama (from a recent email):

1. Lincoln placed his hand on the Bible for his inauguration. Obama used the same Bible.  

2. Lincoln came from Illinois. Obama comes from Illinois.

3. Lincoln served in the Illinois Legislature. Obama served in the
Illinois Legislature.  
 
4. Lincoln had very little experience before becoming President. Obama had very little experience before becoming President.

5. Lincoln rode the train from Philadelphia to Washington for his
inauguration.  
Obama rode the train from Philadelphia to Washington for his inauguration.

6. Lincoln was a skinny lawyer. Obama is a skinny lawyer.

7. Lincoln was a Republican. Obama is a skinny lawyer.

8. Lincoln was in the United States military. Obama is a skinny lawyer.

9. Lincoln believed in everyone carrying their own weight. Obama is a
skinny lawyer.

10. Lincoln did not waste taxpayers’ money on personal enjoyments. Obama is a skinny lawyer.

11. Lincoln was highly respected. Obama is a skinny lawyer.

12. Lincoln was born in the United States. Obama is a skinny lawyer.

13. Lincoln was honest, so honest he was called Honest Abe.
Obama is a skinny lawyer

14. Lincoln saved the United States. Obama is a skinny lawyer.


31 posted on 08/16/2011 3:00:41 PM PDT by olezip
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To: skimbell

The One has turned into a drama queen. Has no one suffered as much as this poor guy? I am surprised he hasn’t compared himself to Job yet.


32 posted on 08/16/2011 3:00:43 PM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: Sub-Driver
Abe Lincoln took a bullet to the cranium. Unless the Zero has been through that, I don't think he's got anything on The Railsplitter. He should have a tall cold glass of STFU.

...and I'm not much of a fan of Lincoln.

33 posted on 08/16/2011 3:01:04 PM PDT by Oberon (Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
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To: Sub-Driver

nobama does have it “tougher” than most...at some level he realizes that he is a worthless excuse for a human being. he has to live with his worthless self. the rest of us unfortunates only have to be exposed to this cretin for only a bit more now.


34 posted on 08/16/2011 3:01:17 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: achilles2000

Short trip.


35 posted on 08/16/2011 3:01:20 PM PDT by oldsicilian
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To: olezip

That is awesome! LOL


36 posted on 08/16/2011 3:03:05 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears ("But resist, we much...we must...and we will much...about...that...be committed." - Al Sharpton)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
Seriously, I think their are too many hormones in the water he’s drinking.

Why, because the democrats are such whores or because he is moaning all the time?

37 posted on 08/16/2011 3:10:53 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: olezip

15. Both men married beotches.


38 posted on 08/16/2011 3:10:53 PM PDT by forgotten man (forgotten man)
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To: Sub-Driver

President Lincoln never left Washington D.C. alive after being elected President. Except to visit his armies on the battlefield, to give that pesky Gettysburg address, Emancipation Proclamation, just to name a few. I don’t know how many times President Lincoln got to visit Martha’s Vineyard, I am still looking.


39 posted on 08/16/2011 3:12:04 PM PDT by castlegreyskull
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To: olezip

Actually, he’s not even a skinny lawyer. He’s just skinny - he gave up his law license.


40 posted on 08/16/2011 3:14:24 PM PDT by presently no screen name ( BHO....the destroyer)
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