[republicanwizard]

Republicans, Freepers,

Let us remember Abraham Lincoln tonight and be grateful to the memory of this first Republican President, this commoner who grasped grand moral concepts with such clarity. He led this country through a crisis which makes the trials which have faced other Presidents seem trivial in comparison.

Let us also be thankful to have a President of Lincoln's quality in the White House today.

[Henchman]

It is rumored that Lincoln's Ghost still haunts the White House. I understand that if Hillary is elected to that office, Lincoln will give her some advice....Go tooo the theaterrrrrr.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Abraham Lincoln Was Elected President 143 Years Ago Tonight

Terry McAuliffe Demands Recount

[zarf]

How long before the Lincoln bashers come out to play? 1...2...3...4....

[Mike Fieschko]

The canvass for the Presidency of the United States terminated last evening, in all the States of the Union, under the revised regulation of Congress, passed in 1845

What was it which Congress changed in 1845 and what was new after 1845? Was it a single day for all voting in every State?

[shuckmaster]

[beckett]

Bump for the greatest President in American history.

I'd like to agree with your sentiment that the present occupant of the WH has Lincoln's "quality," but such a notion does too much violence to Lincoln's surpassing eloquence and deep intelligence. GWB, for all his decency and strength, is nowhere near the same league. If he were operating with two junior secretarial staffers in the middle of a monumental crisis, as Lincoln did, he'd be completely over his head.

GWB benefits mightily by the quality and ubiquity of his help. Lincoln navigated his own way through a stormy sea.

[Natural Law]

Lincoln was undoubtedly the worst president in US history. The lasting damage he did to the country and the constitution are unparalleled.

Lincoln used war to destroy the U.S. Constitution in order to establish a powerful central government.

Lincoln illegally suspended the writ of habeas corpus; launched a military invasion without consent of Congress; blockaded Southern ports without declaring war; imprisoned without warrant or trial some 13,000 Northern citizens who opposed his policies; arrested dozens of newspaper editors and owners and, in some cases, had federal soldiers destroy their printing presses; censored all telegraph communication; nationalized the railroads; created three new states (Kansas, Nevada, and West Virginia) without the formal consent of the citizens of those states, an act that Lincoln’s own attorney general thought was unconstitutional; ordered Federal troops to interfere with Northern elections; deported a member of Congress from Ohio after he criticized Lincoln’s unconstitutional behavior; confiscated private property; confiscated firearms in violation of the Second Amendment; and eviscerated the Ninth and Tenth Amendments.

A New Orleans man was executed for merely taking down a U.S. flag; ministers were imprisoned for failing to say a prayer for Abraham Lincoln, and Fort Lafayette in New York harbor became known as "The American Bastille" since it held so many thousands of Northern political prisoners.

Lincoln further arrested legislatures of Maryland who opposed the war and apponted their replacements. He claimed the right to arrest anyone because he had suspended habeas corpus. When the Chief Justus of the Supreme Court declared this unconstitutional Lincoln ordered him arrested too.

Thank God we DON'T have another president like Lincoln in the WHitehouse today!

[TexConfederate1861]

Yes..be grateful that he destroyed our constitutional government, forced one half of the nation to re-unite at bayonet point, and ruined the economic health of the South for years...(SARCASM)...sure. (and pigs must fly up North, right?)

I will "celebrate" by lowering my flags to half-staff in MOURNING for the government of the founding fathers....

[Fledermaus]

I'm sure Tom Dasshole is deeply saddened.

[varina davis]

Brings to mind the present-day bumper sticker: "Don't blame me -- I voted for Jefferson Davis"

[hirn_man]

God Bless President Lincoln.

Like all of us, he wasn't perfect, but I believe he had the best interests of this nation at heart, and I think this country could use more like him.

[Leatherneck_MT]

Thankful for GW yes,

Lincoln, no

I won't honor Lincoln because Lincoln deserves scorn as a Traitor to the very Constitution he swore to uphold and defend.

[Wolfstar]

I am conflicted and ambivalent regarding Lincoln. In my opinion, no person who has spent any time and effort to understand the founding period could fail to be conflicted as regards Lincoln.

On the one hand, his actions led to the abolition of slavery on this continent, which was one of the greatest achievements in all human history. On the other, his actions destroyed state sovereignty, led to the rise of an all-powerful central government that has not ceased to grow, and also were the genesis of the income tax. He settled by force something the founding generation took for granted — the right of the states and the people to disolve the union should such become necessary.

Lincoln did not so much lead the country through a crisis, as he took advantage of the crisis in order to redesign our system of government. One can applaud and honor the abolition of slavery while also noting that other parts of Lincoln's legacy are just as destructive of liberty, only in a different way.

[StoneColdGOP]

Bump for Mr. Lincoln...

[templar]

Let us also be thankful to have a President of Lincoln's quality in the White House today.

You're anticipating another civil war?

[hgro]

Honest Abe, a case of local boy makes good. An Illinois/Kentucky farm boy, self educated, honest, hardworking and intelligent product of hard times. Illinois is proud still.

[patriot_wes]

"We the people are the rightful masters of both congress and the court, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." - Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

[richtig_faust]

I'm sorry, but Lincoln was one of the worst if not the worst presidents this country has ever had, he's up there with Wilson in my books.

[Dr Warmoose]

I prefer to celebrate April 14th. (1865)