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Obama: I have it tougher than Abe Lincoln
dailycaller.com ^ | Neil Munro

Posted on 08/16/2011 5:35:40 PM PDT by Justaham

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 Commission.

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.”

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1 posted on 08/16/2011 5:35:46 PM PDT by Justaham
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To: Justaham

Obviously he hasn’t been to Ford’s Theater lately.


2 posted on 08/16/2011 5:38:26 PM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: Justaham

I knew Lincoln. Lincoln was a friend of mine. Mr. Obama, you are no Lincoln.


3 posted on 08/16/2011 5:38:45 PM PDT by Leroy S. Mort (Fiat justitia ruat caelum)
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To: Justaham

I do not see the president calling for any days of prayer and fasting . . . instead, he’s continuing (as it looks) to fight against God.


5 posted on 08/16/2011 5:40:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Justaham

0bama - legend in his own mind.

Only one word for this kind of remark...delusional.

They’re going to be taking him out in either cuffs or a straightjacket..


6 posted on 08/16/2011 5:42:01 PM PDT by SueRae (I can see November 2012 from my HOUSE!!!!!!!!)
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To: Justaham

Oh, boo friggin hoo! I have it tougher than Lincoln. Sheesh! Sounds like something a child would say, doesn’t it?! Junior got TWO popsicles and I only got one! Poor me.


7 posted on 08/16/2011 5:42:17 PM PDT by momtothree
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To: Justaham

And the Oblidiot considers himself something of a historian?? umhummm.

Maybe of the little fanticies in his head.

How even liberals can stand the Oblidiot’s stupidity is beyond me.


8 posted on 08/16/2011 5:43:42 PM PDT by Danae (Anailnathrach ortha bhais beatha do cheal deanaimha)
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To: Justaham

The One... Termer.


9 posted on 08/16/2011 5:44:51 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Justaham

A more pompous, entitled jackass never sat in the oval office.


10 posted on 08/16/2011 5:45:08 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: Justaham

is there something on the door or is there a fly on his shoulder


11 posted on 08/16/2011 5:45:46 PM PDT by molson209
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To: Leroy S. Mort

lol

You must be older than dirt! Me? Dirt and I are of the same age, 42 lol


12 posted on 08/16/2011 5:46:07 PM PDT by Danae (Anailnathrach ortha bhais beatha do cheal deanaimha)
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To: Justaham

Steaming pantload sure has a high opinion of his worthless, Marxist, Moo-slim self, don’t he?


13 posted on 08/16/2011 5:46:11 PM PDT by Feckless (I was trained by the US Government to Kill Commies and Radical Moo-slims. Now ain't that irOnic?)
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To: Justaham
Oh, please! Spare me the maudlin, crocodile-tear sentiments. Abe Lincoln was dedicated to preserving the nation. You, you misbegotten traitorous America-hater, want to, have done much to destroy the nation.
15 posted on 08/16/2011 5:46:25 PM PDT by lbryce (BHO:Satan's Evil Twin)
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To: molson209

Peep hole.


16 posted on 08/16/2011 5:48:22 PM PDT by Danae (Anailnathrach ortha bhais beatha do cheal deanaimha)
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To: swatbuznik

That’s an historical allusion, right?


17 posted on 08/16/2011 5:48:37 PM PDT by irgbar-man ("It ain't braggin' if you can do it." Babe Ruth)
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To: Justaham

If I posted what I’m thinking I would be banned for life.


18 posted on 08/16/2011 5:48:49 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: Justaham; SortaBichy

"I'm sure your 'I freed the WHAT??' hangover is about over by now, Abe...."

(just kiddin' - can't resist an old punchline when it's asked for.....)

19 posted on 08/16/2011 5:49:02 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (Obama Voters: Jose Baez wants YOU for his next jury pool.......)
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To: Justaham

At what point do a great many people start to conclude that he’s just flipping padded-cell crazy?


20 posted on 08/16/2011 5:49:57 PM PDT by Campion ("Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies when they become fashions." -- GKC)
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