[georgiarat]

Yeah, nothing like being responsible for the death of over 1 million Americans because you want to force them to stay under your control.

Lincoln was a disaster suspending habeus corpus, instituting income tax (both against the law) taking Irish immigrants straight off the boats and putting them into the army.

One million lives that did not need to be sacrificed for his ego. At least the Soviet Union broke up peacefully. The US should have done the same.

[Psalm 73]

"...taking Irish immigrants..."

Well, he should be shamed just for letting the Irish in, period.

/sarc>

[DiogenesLamp]

We have grown up being taught that Lincoln was a great and good man, but the more you look at what he did, the uglier he appears.

He stole the election in the Republican Primary. Seward should have been president, and probably the Civil War would have never happened.

Lincoln inserted himself into national politics, and got more people killed than any other President in history.

[Mustangman]

I understand your sentiments, but breaking up over the issue of slavery would not have gone well. The south turned a legit issue... States rights .. into something ugly... the right to have slaves. We all have regrets in our life. the south most certainly regrets this stain on its history.

[BillyBoy]

>> being responsible for the death of over 1 million Americans because you want to force them to stay under your control. Lincoln was a disaster suspending habeus corpus, instituting income tax (both against the law) taking Irish immigrants straight off the boats and putting them into the army. One million lives that did not need to be sacrificed for his ego. At least the Soviet Union broke up peacefully. The US should have done the same. <<

GeorgiaRat lives up to their screenname.

That's all I gotta say about that.