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[Windflier]

So I said to him, "Barack, I know Abe Lincoln, and you ain't Abe Lincoln."

"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves."

.....Abraham Lincoln

[Blogger]

Of that grouping, who would not be labeled a progressive? Reagan wasn’t. Who else?

[Windflier]

Of that grouping, who would not be labeled a progressive?

<<<< ...sigh... >>>>>

First response, too.

[Arthur McGowan]

Lincoln didn’t say all that stuff. I think snopes has the whole story, and if they don’t, some other urban legend site has it. The paragraph comes from a postcard or handbill back in the 1890s or so, commemorating Lincoln. But Lincoln is not the author.

[swheats]

Awesome! I love it.

[Bullish]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.... Sad.

[Rodebrecht]

What kind of GOP lackey painted that? And where's Calvin Coolidge? He was better than all of them.

[listenhillary]

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage-payer.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
Reverend William J. H. Boetcke

[HighWheeler]

I can’t see how Reagan was put on the left.

[PLMerite]

IIRC it is called “Grand Old Gang” by Andy Thomas. He also did a Dem version called “True Blue,” I think.

[Costumed Vigilante]

“That’s cool” ping

[mnehring]

He is stage left, which is his right.

[JRandomFreeper]

Nice artwork. Evocative. At many levels.

/johnny

[Arthur McGowan]

Where are Coolidge and Hoover?

It’s a creepy picture.

[Windflier]

Lincoln didn’t say all that stuff. I think snopes has the whole story, and if they don’t, some other urban legend site has it.

Thank you for telling me that.

[Windflier]

Thanks, swheats. Glad you can appreciate it.

My thoughts on first seeing it tonight, is that although these men were not paragons of conservatism, they look mighty tall in comparison to the current occupant of the White House.

Their failings aside, I’d rather have any one of them as CIC, than Obozo.

[Vision]

Where did you get it? I once came across some site selling these and they were out of stock.

[Windflier]

What kind of GOP lackey painted that?

WTF?

Have I mistakenly landed in Opposite Free Republic? Wow...

[Vision]

Creepy?

[Windflier]

Thank you for the correct attribution, LH. I appreciate that.