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To: WhiskeyPapa
So you are saying that Lincon's flip-flops on these issues makes him the Wesley Clark of the 19th century?

Lincoln said two completely contradictory things on the same subject. Believe what you will, but I think he lied on one or both occasions to get the votes he needed and his character was as resolute as Bill CLinton's.

305 posted on 11/10/2003 5:09:29 PM PST by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law
Lincoln said two completely contradictory things on the same subject.

President Lincoln saw that when blacks fought under the flag, they should have the rights of citizens.

Walt

333 posted on 11/11/2003 4:06:43 AM PST by WhiskeyPapa (Virtue is the uncontested prize.)
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