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Roki
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If Abraham Lincoln was somehow alive right now what would he think about the U.S.A. electing Barack Obama as president?
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ram456456
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The South will be finally punished
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Kitty Kat
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I think he would be shocked. Compared to the norm today, Abraham Lincoln would be considered racist - even if he was radically liberal during his time period. There are quotes where he hints that the African American population would never intermingle. A half white half black president would have been a culture shock!
"I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races--that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which will ever forbid the two races living together in terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together, there must be the position of superior and inferior. I am as much as any other man in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.
...notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence--the right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas that he is not my equal in many respects, certainly not in color--perhaps not in intellectual and moral endowments; but in the right to eat bread without leave of anybody else which his own hand earns [the Republican version of what the other rights amount to?], he is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas and the equal of every other man.
(v. 3, pp. 247-8. Sixth Debate with Steven A. Douglas at Quincy, Ill., Oct. 13, 1858)"
He may have been pandering to the norms of that time period - but I doubt it. None the less, he was very liberal and obviously liberating.
"I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races--that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which will ever forbid the two races living together in terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together, there must be the position of superior and inferior. I am as much as any other man in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.
...notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence--the right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas that he is not my equal in many respects, certainly not in color--perhaps not in intellectual and moral endowments; but in the right to eat bread without leave of anybody else which his own hand earns [the Republican version of what the other rights amount to?], he is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas and the equal of every other man.
(v. 3, pp. 247-8. Sixth Debate with Steven A. Douglas at Quincy, Ill., Oct. 13, 1858)"
He may have been pandering to the norms of that time period - but I doubt it. None the less, he was very liberal and obviously liberating.
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rockominal2000
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He would be almost as appalled at the U.S. for having Nancy Palosi as Speaker of the House.
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f8thfulreplica
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Oh give me a poem
where my visions can roam
a place for the soul to display
where loved ones cry
and Presidents lie
our children
so soon blown away.
Home, Home is insane
The choices are never explained
Our children must fight
to prove we are right
But who am I to complain?
where my visions can roam
a place for the soul to display
where loved ones cry
and Presidents lie
our children
so soon blown away.
Home, Home is insane
The choices are never explained
Our children must fight
to prove we are right
But who am I to complain?
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Natasha B
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He would be thinking he should have got black people out sooner...
I am not being funny or racist
He did not want us here...
I am not being funny or racist
He did not want us here...
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some dude
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Truthfully, Abraham Lincoln, is quoted as having some disparaging remarks about blacks. Sorry to say that is historical not some made up fantasy.
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Kiss My REP A&& Follower
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He'd be the only happy Republican.
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gottanew1
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"Dam, I realy scwered this up"
.........................................A. Lincoln
.........................................A. Lincoln
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wdx2bb
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I'd like to think he'd have an astonished smile on his face.
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Amanda
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He probably would have voted for McCain. He was a republican....
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s&s
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Wiki Liberia and then you tell me. Yes he freed the slaves only to send them away!
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cher
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I heard Obama compared to Lincoln today on Cspan or PBS. Good gratious, the man hasn't done anything yet & he's compared to one of our greatest presidents? Lincoln would be wondering how his years of hard work could compare.
Nother program & it was Rosevelt & the new deal. These are educated people who's job is to think about this stuff -- since when does one merit high honor before doing the job?
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Kitty & Some Dude
I heard the same thing in a history program, but I think that was an earlier position that he later changed? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember that & a few other changes as he grew.
Nother program & it was Rosevelt & the new deal. These are educated people who's job is to think about this stuff -- since when does one merit high honor before doing the job?
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Kitty & Some Dude
I heard the same thing in a history program, but I think that was an earlier position that he later changed? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember that & a few other changes as he grew.
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Yamaha O
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PEOPLE AND THE REST OF WORLD ARE THE BIGGEST WINNERS IN THIS ELECTION!!
I LIVE IN PARIS AND TOKYO, WE ARE SO HAPPY HERE....WE NO LONGER NEED TO LIVE IN FEAR!!!
A OBAMA SECOND TERM IS ALMOST SURE!!!
HIS NEW ECONOMIC POLICIES ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT LED US OUT OF THE FIRST DEPRESSION, PUBLIC SPENDING=GDP INCREASING+JOB CREATING. THE DEBT RATIO COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAD AFTER WWII IS NOTHING!!
THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS GLOBAL FINANCING CRISIS IS TOO BIG,, IT'LL TRULY REQUIRES
INTL COOPERATION TO MAKE IT WORK!!!
WITH ALL THE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORTS, I KNOW HE WILL DO VERY WELL!!!! BRING BACK THE GLORY TIME FOR THE USA AND FOR THE WORLD!!
JAPAN,CHINA AND EUROPE WILL DO EVERYTHING TO HELP HIM, SO WE DO NOT NEED TO SUFFER THROUGH THE REPUBLICAN NEOCONS EVER AGAIN!!!
STOP TRYING TO MAKE THE ENTIRE WORLD EVANGELICAL, IT WON'T WORK!!! KEEP YOUR RELIGION TO YOURSELF!!!
I LIVE IN PARIS AND TOKYO, WE ARE SO HAPPY HERE....WE NO LONGER NEED TO LIVE IN FEAR!!!
A OBAMA SECOND TERM IS ALMOST SURE!!!
HIS NEW ECONOMIC POLICIES ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT LED US OUT OF THE FIRST DEPRESSION, PUBLIC SPENDING=GDP INCREASING+JOB CREATING. THE DEBT RATIO COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAD AFTER WWII IS NOTHING!!
THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS GLOBAL FINANCING CRISIS IS TOO BIG,, IT'LL TRULY REQUIRES
INTL COOPERATION TO MAKE IT WORK!!!
WITH ALL THE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORTS, I KNOW HE WILL DO VERY WELL!!!! BRING BACK THE GLORY TIME FOR THE USA AND FOR THE WORLD!!
JAPAN,CHINA AND EUROPE WILL DO EVERYTHING TO HELP HIM, SO WE DO NOT NEED TO SUFFER THROUGH THE REPUBLICAN NEOCONS EVER AGAIN!!!
STOP TRYING TO MAKE THE ENTIRE WORLD EVANGELICAL, IT WON'T WORK!!! KEEP YOUR RELIGION TO YOURSELF!!!
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db606
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He probably wouldn't be thinking very clearly with a bullet lodged in his skull.
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db606
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He probably wouldn't be thinking very clearly with a bullet lodged in his skull.