Comments on: Happy 200th Birthday, President Lincoln

By: Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:45:17 +0000

Sully – I wonder if people really loved Carter when he was POTUS, because he is a disgrace now.

Old NFO – Zombie Lincoln will destroy us all!

Morgan – My top three? Teddy Roosevelt, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln.

Elm – If Obama knew the reasons why Lincoln freed the slaves, he would probably be very disappointed.

Admiral – We certainly need a strong conservative voice in Washington now.

AJ – Lincoln freed the slaves primarily in an effort to win the war. It worked, and while I am sure he was proud of the Emancipation Proclamation, he would not be proud of some of Obama’s policies.

Rick – Reagan smash!

Doghouse – Terrible.

Elm – Correctamundo!

By: AJ

AJ — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:27:27 +0000

Ah. I must have gotten my history slightly askew.

By: Elm

Elm — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:00:52 +0000

AJ- I think it’s the Democrats who were called Republicans at first. Read below.

“The Democratic-Republican Party was founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison around 1792. Supporters usually identified themselves as Republicans,[1] but sometimes as Democrats.[2] The term “Democratic Republican” was also used by contemporaries, but mostly by the party’s opponents.[3] It was the dominant political party in the United States from 1800 to 1824, when it split into competing factions, one of which became the modern Democratic Party.”

Before Lincoln was Pres. the Republican party was called the Whig party.

By: Doghouse

Doghouse — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:07:45 +0000

And now he’s reduced to doing commercials for some sleep aid.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:11:46 +0000

We could use another Lincoln and Reagan

By: AJ

AJ — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:13:13 +0000

Also, I am highly caffeinated right now, so read carefully and assume good thoughts and wishes. I’m vibrating at this point, and not from any kind of toy.

By: AJ

AJ — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:11:48 +0000

As evil as slavery is/was, I have a beef with Lincoln. Legally speaking, the Confederate states should have been able to secede. Preventing them from doing so started the centralization of the government, which led to things like the BATF and DEA. Rather than letting individuals in a given area decide to allow things, a small selection of men in Washington now gets to ban or allow things with very little input from the average citizen. The Civil War, at its root, was not about slavery. It was an issue of states’ rights. Slavery was brought into it as a way to bring the South to its knees! It is no different than bombing an enemy’s factories. A means to an end, and while the end result was good, it was done for the wrong reasons. I am glad that slavery is over (very glad. I’m 1/16 black [Jamaican], though I doubt that would mean much in such small ratio) but Lincoln’s decisions put our government on the road from small and local to “big government.” What most people don’t realize, too, is that the Republicans of that time voted not long after that to change their name to the Democrats, which is what they are called today.

By: USA_Admiral

USA_Admiral — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:25 +0000

And his wisdom is needed just as much now as then. HB Abe.

By: Elm

Elm — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:25:46 +0000

Thank you, Wyatt!

Morgan is right. Obama = Lincoln wannabe

I wonder who will break it to Obama that Lincoln was an “evil” Republican?

By: Morgan

Morgan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:38:31 +0000

Boy oh boy, Honest Abe was born two centuries ago. Amazing. Still one of the 5 best Presidents we’ve ever had (George Washington always will be number one, and Lincoln will always be number two, in my opinion). His Presidency serves as proof that God was watching out for America during that period of our history.

Sadly, today also got me thinking of Barack Obama’s copying his ascension to the White House after Lincoln. He is, to me, the complete antithesis of our 16th President.

Anyway, one last thing of note about Lincoln: he was like Ronald Reagan in two important ways. Both were great speakers and both were down to earth men who had plenty of anecdotes and funny stories.