Not sure I agree with this criticism of Lincoln.
Just saying.
I will wait to see what everyone else thinks.
Believe I read somewhere where Obama called himself a Lincoln scholar. Getting pointers, maybe?
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True, but it won’t make a difference. The Lincoln worship in this country is too widespread at this point. Any criticism of him is viewed as crazy talk.
All he cared about was saving the union and he said he didn’t care about slavery.The union was his goal at the expense of states rights.
Well, I understand that southerners have a thing about Lincoln. Without getting into all that, I’ll just say that there is one major difference that deserves emphasis. Lincoln wanted to save the Union. Obama wants to destroy it.
I used to think that Arkansas was the bottom of the barrel when it came to politicians but I have changed my opinion to Illinois.
Lincoln was a progressive. The overriding motivation of all progressives is control.
every time bammey the boy pulls another sneaky attack, someone always has to pull out some pub somewhere that did something that somebody didn’t like....just to cover their asses....
BTTT.
‘I really do not want to find out what this man is really made of.’
I’ve heard that he has a caramel center.
Thank you for setting the records straight on Lincoln. From day one in school he is lionized, but the real truth is never presented and the average American is totally unaware.
One of the biggest errors of anti-Lincoln propaganda is the ignoring of the far greatest abuses carried out by Jefferson Davis.
You stepped in it now! You are not permitted to criticize St. Abraham!
This is heresy. This is the same as pointing out the hidden elements of Martin Luther King’s life.
“Lincoln signed the order approving the hanging of 39 Sioux Indians, for dubious reasons. This was the only mass hanging in American history.”
Winfield Scott hanged 30 San Patricios.
Nor do I. Thank you for sharing this post, grumpa. God Bless.
Lincoln just prolonged the war because today the north and south are like night and day.The union has never been more divided as it is today.
And Lincoln saved the nation.
We have arrived at a point in history where we must examine and challenge our previous understanding and interpretation of history.
It once was unchallenged dogma that FDR brought the US out of the Depression, and not long ago some conservatives tactically accepted this theory.
Now that Obama seeks to associate himself with Lincoln’s legacy, an objective reappraisal of Lincoln is well justified.