Thursday, June 5, 2008

In the Opinion Pages in today's paper

Once upon a time...

there was a lawyer from Illinois who had served only briefly in our national legislature.

He had served before that in the state legislature.  He had no foreign policy experience.  His military experience was limited to three months in the militia. But the people believed in him.  And he turned out ok.  His name was Abraham Lincoln.

I thought this was an interesting comparison, though I'm not a big Lincoln fan.  Just interested in what you think?

8 comments:

  1. that's a good point. I'm not a Lincoln fan either, but that is a good comparison

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  2. As long as the "comparisons" stop there I'm cool with it. *wry smile*

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  3. Well if Lincoln can become President...... I mean seriously.

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  4. Hell, anythings possible, right?

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  5. Lets not forget how Lincoln's story ended...

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  6. Lincoln was also reputed to have Black lineage.... interesting parallels.

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  7. Some folks say that Lincoln was just as black as Obama too...
    Interesting parallels....

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