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20th February 2008, 02:17 PM | #1 |
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Barack Obama - a reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln?
Some quotes from the beginning of Abraham Lincoln's Words:
Abraham Lincoln knew words were important. His penchant for stories both prevented him from miscommunication and forced his listeners to think about what he intended to say. He understood the nature of the relationship between the leader and his audience. Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote that in Lincoln’s time: "The principal weapon of political combatants was the speech. A gift for oratory was the key to success in politics. Even as a child, Lincoln had honed his skills by addressing his companions from a tree stump. Speeches on important occasions were exhaustively researched and closely reasoned, often lasting three or four hours. There was demagoguery, of course, but there were also metaphor and references to literature and classical history and occasionally, as with some of Lincoln’s speeches, a lasting literary glory."Any comments? |
20th February 2008, 02:21 PM | #2 |
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Let's examine all the similarities: Lincoln served only one term in Congress before running for President. Obama has served only one term in the Senate before running for President. Aside from the fact that both spouses share the the same penchant for inane comments, that's the end of that comparison. Not to mention Lincoln was a Republican and obama is considered the most liberal politician of his time. |
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20th February 2008, 05:57 PM | #6 |
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Except they are both from Illinois, I can't see many simlaraties.
And although Obama has a way with words, I have not seen any "Gettysburg Addresses" from him yet. |
20th February 2008, 06:00 PM | #7 |
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1. There's a huge difference between being the Senator having the most liberal voting record (according to some organization and votes done in one year) and being the most liberal politician. I mean, there's a self-described socialist (Bernie Sanders, junior senator from Vermont) in the Senate. I'll admit he's not exactly a moderate, though.
2. There's a huge difference between the Republicans of 1860 and the Republicans of 2008. Besides ending slavery which both parties today would agree with him on, Lincoln (well, more the Republican congress of his time, but he signed the bills into law) raised tariffs, funded the transcontinental railroad, created land-grant universities, and created the first income tax. |
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http://nj.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/ " Obama: Most Liberal Senator In 2007" It's based on the percentage of times the senator voted the liberal position in a given vote. Hillary actually voted more times and voted the liberal position more times but the percentage of liberal votes in her votes worked out to be somewhat less.
Personally I don't think there's a dimes worth of difference between them on most social issues. Hillary *might* act a little more responsibly than Obama when it comes to foreign policy but she's also a lot more likely to act illegally during her term in office. By the way, Obama was only 10th in 2006 and 16th in 2005, his first year in the Senate. But still, being in the bottom 20% in the current Senate would have to make him one of the most liberal ever. |
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Sorry,but Obama is NOT the most Liberal Politician of his time.That is foolish,at least three of the other Democratic contenders...Edwards,Kucinich,and Gravel...were well to the left of Obama,who seems to be doing everything in his power to be seen an an centrists.
And that is just Democratic presedential contenders. There are quite a few Democratic Congressmen who are well to the left of Obama. And don't forget,that in 1860 the Republicans were very much the liberal,anti slavery party. |
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So...Lincoln freed the slaves because he was a self-serving psychic? |
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There is a huge difference between Democrats of 1930's-40's and Democrats today. FDR would recoil in horror how the Dems have turned social security into a bloated insurance policy where recipients are paid back hundreds of times the amount they put in. FDR would also be aghast at how Dems fight each other to be the first to capitulate in any military engagement.
Lincoln's income tax was instituted to pay for the Civil War. Even by the 1960's, The Dixiecrats, Southern Democrats, walked out of the 64 convention over proposed civil rights planks in the party. Republicans have traditionally held higher moral standards regarding minorities then Democrats. Why blacks continue to blindly vote Democratic is a direct result of the concerted public relations con by Dems. |
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What did Obama did do to his supporters? Why do you all feel it necessary to compare him to presidents that were shot? If he gets compared to McKinley, he should drop out. It just won't end well.
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5th March 2008, 01:27 PM | #14 |
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Lincoln wrote his own speeches.
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5th March 2008, 03:21 PM | #15 |
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Good point, though I suspect Obama could as well. He did write his own book, eh?
To the rest in the thread: 1. Am I the only one here who caught on to the "Obama doesn't wear a beard" fact? 2. Also, have any of you seen Obama in one of those stove pipe hats? 3. Another difference is that Obama is not married to a mentally ill woman. Pro Tip: Critical thinking usually benefits from observation and collection of evidence first. Well Eff Me, I have Claused again. Beeps, I expect the usual flogging with the usual pasta. Please be gentle. DR |
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5th March 2008, 04:04 PM | #16 |
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Books. I don't know too many people who've written their memoirs twice at the age of 46.
And when Obama writes anything as sublime as Lincoln's second inaugural address, get back to me.
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Although this is obviously an area where Obama does not match up with Lincoln on a personal level (among many others, such as the stovepipe hat argument) I take a sort of Chinese Room philosophy towards politicians. It does not particularly matter whether the speeches get written by Obama personally or whether they get written by a room full of people mechanically piecing together strings of text they do not themselves understand to output something coherent, what matters is the quality of the output and the degree to which we can assume that once elected the output is going to maintain that level of quality.
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Obama Lincoln, don't think so. To much race difference, the slaves were released to take the tractors(slaves) away from the south. I'm a Aussie and I know that, where have you been? Races tend to stay together and if mixed often miss out on a soul. Ok I will stand back and wait for the baggers. Cheers Old Bob.
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I haven't seen Obama's position on slavery, yet. Does he just want the slaves in the southern states free? This might not go over well with his current constituents in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Detroit, et al. "Uh, Reverend Sharpton, I'm afraid we've got good news and bad news. On the good side, a black man was just elected President. On the somewhat awkward side of the slate, though, there's a guy from Mamoroneck on the phone who says he holds papers on you, and he'd like you to get up to the big house and polish the brass door hardware."
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Zooterkin said "Oh my a racist woo" We have 4 main races in this world and to mix any spoils the children. And to be called racist gets up my nose. Lincoln was white, Obama's black is that racist? It wouldn't happen for Lincoln soul to change. How to tell if one has a soul, Just go meditate for 5 years. If you want to comprehend this system study the masons Royal family and the code in the english language and you will find that all is controlled from the UK and most presidents are related to the Queen. Then check out symbols trinity and don't forget the sun worshiping Vatican + the Jew connection. And when you are up to speed on that find out how we have 2 lot ,one called man and the rest called hu-man Equates to stinking man. Like elite means one with a light( halo)
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Oh, go on, I fancy a laugh. What are the 4 main races and in what way are mixed race children "spoiled"?
ETA And if you are descended from a spoiled mixed race person, are you also spoiled? |
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I know no matter how I put it you won't believe me, but others read the posts too. Often passed over family members are reluctant to reincarnate when mixed races are involved. Obama may be unlucky and just live this life and disappear. I was using the word spoiled as meaning missing out on having a soul. Second sight, dowsing, esp etc are really your spirit coming out of the como sleep it goes into when a spirit has a human experience and will add "I think".
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If you believe that mixing races spoils children, then yes, you are a racist. So please tell me, how exactly am I "spoiled" (assuming that my parents do indeed represent two of your so-called 4 races)? Considering that over 19% of the state of Hawai'i claim a multi-ethnic background, is the state as a whole "spoiled"? |
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Well well, wouldn't want to reincarnate into any of you anti racist people. It would be easier to teach a black monkey to type write. What effect no soul has. Not much but lacks insight, tends to be materialistic. Can't dowse and call other people nutters. Isn't this thread about reincarnation or name calling?
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Ok the 4 main races are Negroid Asian Caucasian Chinese. Of the Asian probably the Jap nation is the purest. Even our Indigent natives are a mix of Papuan and Indian but they have been mixed a long time and I know they have a high % of souls. In the past we had witch hunts now it's done with conola oil and multiculturalism, the in-lighten ones in courage this so we don't climb up near them.
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"Asian" and "Chinese" are separate categories? Now I know (as if I didn't before) that you are talking complete nonsense.
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I surrender, decided that you tell me nothing and I get treated for a fool. Bye
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