csl,
I, like you, it seems have many conflicting opinions on lincoln.
The treasures maintained by the NPS as I have previously linked which provide full link through to all of the Douglas debates (e.g.) are, in no uncertain terms, remarkable, and for or against, should be required reading for considered citizens. I consider you to be one of those considered citizens. Important: Lincoln lost the election in that case, a seat to be held later by Barack Obama. But Lincoln lost (or failed to win) the seat, and listen to the content or read to the content or whatever, Sen Douglas was no dull knife.
They were amazing days, and while some lines of Lincolns content were repulsive to me and it clearly seems to be by you as well, the migration and summation of the Lincoln content is a much more complex story.
In the end, I would at the time go with Lincoln over any other available vote. Somethime we look back and we see words and stuff of what we can only call firging dirtbags, as you have sensibly ascribed to Lincoln.
But do it this way .... if you were there then, who would you vote for, and who would you have been proud of voting for?
LINCOLN.
I cant find a human that can say that about BUSHII
Not one.
Not one human that is hapy about any or all things Bush
1. Failure to defend (resulting in 911)
2. Attacking the wrong guy afterward (Iraq)
3. Deciding the right guy wasn't worth chasing (bin Laden)
And otherwise in pretty much any measurable fashion being dumber than a fuggin tree stump!!
Oh, did I mention running the entire economy off a cliff?
OOps. Forgot. Tax cut Tax cut tax cut... WAR??? never mind, double tax cut double tax cut. 12 wars, are you poopin me 12 wars ????.... uhhhh that works out to 48 tax cuts 48 tax cuts....
97 wars, that is like 238 tax cuts isn't it ... I means more mores, more tax cuts that has been the policy
RIGHT CSL?!?!???!?!??!?
That's the Drilll IT IS ROMENY"S WRODS,
War with IRAN, and Cut taxes. cool I get it. War with Iran and cut taxes.
Or, uh, did Romney already flip flop on that .. let see. oh yea, HE DID, he now supports Obama on the IRAN policy. Fancy that. 12 months of bullshit and then he lines up with Obama.
So, is he dumb? or was Obama smart the whole fugggging time
(and we can do this issue by issue by issue by issue)
And again , I want to compliment myself for not saying fuck in that entire post.