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To: j271
Post 52: the current AG is bending over backwards to not take the steps Abraham Lincoln...took

Post 61: Lincoln's key measure was the suspension of habeas corpus in September 1862. ... How is that any different than Ashcroft's desire to arrest and indefinitely detain suspected "terrorists"?

j271, you've got a good debating point here. Unfortunately, the ellipse in that debating point erases some important information, to wit: "and FDR". The exclusion of that conjuction isn't an accurate representation of my argument.

Having said that, I'm sorry for not being as clear as I should've been. But we can clear this up. Ashcroft, it has been demonstrated, has gone after non-citizens, whereas Abraham Lincoln went after those who'd renounced their citizenship--but old Abe didn't accept that renunciation. So there is a difference.

rd

102 posted on 08/18/2002 7:03:10 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Fair enough. Please consider the Lincoln/Ashcroft matter dropped in this thread. Thanks for your polite and civil remarks.
104 posted on 08/18/2002 7:13:40 PM PDT by j271
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