Posted on 11/12/2012 9:40:27 AM PST by chessplayer
MSNBC host Chris Jansing on Monday found the "parallels" between Abraham Lincoln and the newly reelected Barack Obama to be "fascinating." The anchor interviewed Gloria Reuben, liberal actress and co-star of the Steven Spielberg film. Jansing connected, "...You have a president who is newly elected, who faces a divided country and a divided Congress and a divided country."
Couldn't such a vague analogy be made for many presidents, including George W. Bush? Jansing introduced the Lincoln actress by pointing out, "You're a social activist. You've been very big in pro-choice. You've been a supporter of Barack Obama and the AIDS movement." She added, "You must find these parallels fascinating." It's unclear what how supporting abortion can be connected to Lincoln.
Reuben touted the comparison as "fascinating and really uncanny."
Reuben reiterated, "But the parallels are really unbelievable how timely this film is."
Yes, I definitely can see the parallels!
1.Obama admitted on 3 separate occasions, once in writing on his own book, that he was born in Kenya. Lincoln was born in Kentucky which sounds like Kenya!
2. Obama had a white mother. So did Lincoln!
3. Obama lived in Illinois. So did Lincoln!
4. Both have the letter B in their name!
5. Both ate food!
The Constitution survived Lincoln, it will survive Obama.
Make sure no one goes see her movie. Pretty soon the young stupic BO voters will not have the extra money for a movie that is, unless they can use their food stamps to get in.
I don't think the country will last long enough to find out.
I think the economy we're seeing right now isn't real. I think it's already collapsed. The feds are printing $40 billion a month, so far, to keep us afloat. Eventually, no one is going to lend us more money to support the democrat base. We can't pay them back.
When their free handouts stop, the freeloaders are going to try to steal their "entitlements" by themselves. Their middle men, their politicians, won't be able to pull it off for them anymore. (They'll be on their planes and heading to their deserted , exotic Island retreats.)
“Liberals despise Lincoln, so I don’t get why they keep wanting to compare obama to him.”
A big lib icon has a movie coming out about Lincoln ... expect to hear more comparisons in the coming weeks.
So, I see Chris got her history lessons at Sears.
Geesh.
Lincoln won reelection because the votes of half the nation weren’t counted. Obama won reelection because the votes of Republican voters weren’t counted.
If this happens (God forbid), odds are that person TOO will be a democrat.
If the Democratic vote had not split three ways, Lincoln might have lost.
| Party | Candidate | Percentage | Electoral Vote |
| Republican | Lincoln | 39.6% | 180 |
| Democratic | Douglas | 29.5% | 72 |
| Southern Democrat | Breckenridge | 18.2% | 39 |
| Constitutional Union | Bell | 12.6% | 12 |
| Other | ---- | 0.1% | 0 |
If the Democratic vote had not split three ways, Lincoln might have lost.
| Party | Candidate | Percentage | Electoral Vote |
| Republican | Lincoln | 39.6% | 180 |
| Democratic | Douglas | 29.5% | 72 |
| Southern Democrat | Breckenridge | 18.2% | 39 |
| Constitutional Union | Bell | 12.6% | 12 |
| Other | ---- | 0.1% | 0 |
re: “MSNBC’s Chris Jansing: ‘Parallels’ Between Lincoln and Reelected Obama are ‘Fascinating’”
I think we should complete the connection and work to get all the red states to secede from the union.
Beyond both being from Illinois and this “country divided” thing, there is no comparison between Lincoln and Obama.
First, it was Lincoln’s commitment to block slavery from expanding into the territories that fueled the Southern leadership’s step into actual secession. Obama wants to expand abortion, same-sex marriage, debt, etc.
Lincoln opposed the split-up between the North and the South. Obama encourages class warfare and dividing the nation into as many groups as possible.
Lincoln did not oppose the 2nd amendment, he did not encourage the U. S. to abide by foreign law, he did not try to limit religious freedom, he did not try to force all Americans to purchase a particular product, and he did not take world tours and apologize for America’s actions or success.
Lincoln, whether you agree with him or not, carried the civil war to a conclusion with victory, while Obama is intentionally and systematically putting America at a military and political disadvantage and surrendering our initiative in both areas with all our enemies.
Lincoln’s motive for pursuing the war, right or wrong, was to save the union, while Obama seems to be intentionally trying to destroy it.
Lincoln visited the wounded soldiers on both sides (Union and Confederate) every day to express concern for them, their families, and their eventually healing. I doubt seriously that Obama has ever visited our wounded soldiers outside of an occasional photo-op.
Again, rightly or wrongly, Lincoln allowed his generals and soldiers to do whatever they needed to do to end the war as quickly as possible, while Obama demonstrates that he cares very little for our soldiers in the field with his outrageous ROE imposed on them, and cuts to our military infrastructure and preparedness.
I’m sure there are other vast differences between the two, but these came to mind very quickly.
re: “Lincoln won reelection because the votes of half the nation weren’t counted.”
Uhh, the Southern states that had seceded from the Union did not participate in the election. No votes were taken in those states.
Yes, but does he face a divided country also? /redundancy
One more obvious difference between Lincoln and Obama is: the vast majority of the Union soldiers supported Lincoln’s re-election, while the majority of our military did NOT support Obama (those who got to vote, that is).
Did I mention he also faces a divided country.... not to mention a divided country also.....as well as a divided country,....and let’s not forget the divided country,....
This actress supports Eugenics, her president supports eugenics, yet he is somehow comparable to Lincoln? Phhhhttttt...
Morons selling shinola to morons.
Lincoln only lived for a month and ten days after his 2nd inauguration.
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