[libertarianben]

Lincoln was the type of man, the founding fathers warned us about. He was a great centralizer of power not a great president.

[Gum Shoe]

"Lincoln was the type of man, the founding fathers warned us about. He was a great centralizer of power not a great president."

I'm no Lincoln fan. I believe he was a "centralizer" as you say. Centralizing federal power to that degree is arguably not something many contemporary Republicans would like to see. Despite relegating the 10th Amendment to toilet paper, he was a great orator and astute politician however.

[1iron]

Question: "What shall we do about those who seek our total annihilation?"

[ValenB4]

"Lincoln was the type of man, the founding fathers warned us about. He was a great centralizer of power not a great president."

I'm with you. I used to think otherwise. But I have to wonder why America was the only country that had to fight a war in order for slavery to end. All of the others had done so peacefully. There is no reason to think that it couldn't have been phased out here somehow.

All the centralizers and statists adore Lincoln, from the neocons to the communist Lincoln Brigades of the Spanish civil war.