|
warbler44 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Lincoln was far from perfect but put yourself in his place and think of how you would have done things differently. It's only then that I think the wisdom of Lincoln can be appreciated.
Joseph565112 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
"Times of war always require some kind of suspension of "civil liberties"? No sir imprisoning newspaper editors and ordering the Army to shut down printing presses is never needed. Not because of "war" or "when public safety may require"-the suspension of Habeas Corpus. Lincoln personally endorsed a 13th amendment that would forever protect slavery in his inaugural speech! He spent the 1850s and early 1860s proclaiming blacks were not equal, and that he wanted no equalit. Stop the revisionism.
paradiddle1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Times of war always require some kind of suspension of "civil liberties" even at the inception of our country with the Alien and Sedition Acts by John Adams...the key here is the judgment and character of our leaders; something I think you all aren't taking into account. I'd rather have Lincoln suspend them than a Napolean or a Hitler...Go Loncoln!!
barrongirlsllc (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I don't pray too much, but if I did, and had only one prayer, I'd be half the woman that Dosis Kearns Goodwin is.
barrongirlsllc (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I wish I and my daughter lived in a democracy, so that this might be part of my granddaugher's school curriculum.
bighitter42 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
"Political Genius" simply means that he was good at the things we hate politicians for. Was he a genius? Probably. But he used his genius in a most tyrannical way. Just because we agree with one of the consequences of the civil war, doesn't mean that we should clear him for all the harmful consequences.
bighitter42 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The way I hear it told, she's an admitted marxist and an admitted plagiarist. Whether or not that's true...she totally ignores the parts of Lincoln's history that she doesn't like to tell. Why the idol worship? If I'm picking an idol I'll pick someone who didn't suspend civil liberties, trample the constitution, and who wasn't responsible for 650,000 American deaths. |
