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Sep 6, 2019
5:20:04pm

Jericho All-American

I do, but people who often suggest he is one of the greatest presidents

probably don't have a great understanding of the context of what he did and how he fundamentally changed the US for good and bad. Not to mention his motivations and the consequences that followed.

As I said, his image is that of "the guy who freed the slaves and paid for it with his life". There's so much more to know about him than that though.

People overlook the bad he did because he righted a huge wrong in American society. He should get credit for the good he did, but he shouldn't be excused for the bad. I'm not saying he is the "worst", maybe not even in the "bottom" 5, but he did terrible things for our country.

I often think of FDR as being the worst. He sucked.

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Here are the portraits of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and 1865. He aged a lot in 5 years.

Cougar-Duck Mexico will pay for it.

9/6/19 4:53pm

I wonder why?

CougarThug

9/6/19 4:56pm

Green tea

Cougar-Duck

9/6/19 4:57pm

He looks like Jane Lynch in the left one.

Fifth-Fret

9/6/19 4:57pm

Worst President ever.

Brutus216

9/6/19 4:58pm

You're one of THOSE people?

reagan21

9/6/19 5:03pm

Literate? Yep, guilty.

Brutus216

9/6/19 5:10pm

Care to expound?

Adwight

9/6/19 5:12pm

Lots of reasons. In short, he trampled on the Constitution.

Brutus216

9/6/19 5:15pm

Please share your top 3 presidents. Curious

CLCougar

9/6/19 5:18pm

1. Washington 2. Coolidge 3. Jefferson

Brutus216

9/6/19 5:22pm

Trump, Nixon, Trump Jr. (2024—2032)

Conan

9/6/19 5:43pm

You are going to have to get far more specific.

8-track

9/6/19 5:19pm

RE: You are going to have to get far more specific.

Brutus216

9/6/19 5:26pm

Let me clarify:

8-track

9/6/19 5:43pm

Literate won't get you far if you're reading hyperbolic editorials mingled with

reagan21

9/6/19 5:40pm

Interesting, he is widely considered the Best President Ever

2FarGone

9/6/19 5:04pm

Maybe in modern society, but at the time he was hated in the south

Jericho

9/6/19 5:14pm

You have to take all of his statements in context.

8-track

9/6/19 5:17pm

I do, but people who often suggest he is one of the greatest presidents

Jericho

9/6/19 5:20pm

I have a pretty good understanding of his life.

8-track

9/6/19 5:24pm

I think he second only to George Washington

2FarGone

9/6/19 5:41pm

Washington, Coolidge, Monroe are my top 3

Jericho

9/6/19 5:42pm

Let me guess... “..states rights...”

vegasnative

9/6/19 5:09pm

The United States Constitution.

Brutus216

9/6/19 5:14pm

Let's hear what enumerated provisions he violated. Let me guess....right of

reagan21

9/6/19 5:19pm

Arresting newspaper editors who spoke out against the upcoming war...

HighHorse

9/6/19 5:25pm

and that makes him the worst ever? Please. George W. Bush did MUCH worse and

reagan21

9/6/19 5:31pm

Oh my goodness, W did not do worse than Lincoln. Wow.

Brutus216

9/6/19 5:38pm

W was horrible, but Abe did more long term damage to the Constitution.

HighHorse

9/6/19 8:23pm

In the end, let me make this simple:

8-track

9/6/19 9:12pm

Good questions and here's my answer:

HighHorse

9/6/19 10:15pm

Wait, who fired the first shots of the war and left the country because

ironman1315

9/6/19 10:19pm

This debate has put me in a mood. So let's examine if the south had any right...

ironman1315

9/6/19 10:37pm

That wasn't the "prevailing legal thinking".

HighHorse

9/6/19 10:44pm

I'm sorry, it is that simple

8-track

9/6/19 11:00pm

Okay, tell me, what legal theory was the US operating under at the time

ironman1315

9/6/19 11:03pm

I don't even know what to say. Honestly.

8-track

9/6/19 10:44pm

Haha, GWB sucked... Can't they both suck?

Jericho

9/6/19 5:50pm

So he should have let the country die

8-track

9/6/19 5:23pm

That’s like saying an abusive husband

Brutus216

9/6/19 5:29pm

Um, no, that's not at all similar. But let's just pretend that it is.

8-track

9/6/19 5:38pm

Hate to break it to you, brother. I’m not

Brutus216

9/6/19 5:41pm

I've read plenty and if slavery didn't exist in the south there would have been

8-track

9/6/19 5:45pm

Incorrect.

Brutus216

9/6/19 5:49pm

This is an easy game. I can play too: “correct”

8-track

9/6/19 5:58pm

Um, yes it is similar, actually

foosman

9/6/19 6:11pm

No. The abusive husband to wife scenario is nowhere close to the civil war.

ironman1315

9/6/19 6:20pm

RE: No. The abusive husband to wife scenario is nowhere close to the civil war.

foosman

9/6/19 6:30pm

2 parties? It wasn't the north and the south that formed the US. It was states..

trom2foot3

9/6/19 6:49pm

Or, Two large, parties enter voluntarily into a union...

9/6/19 7:09pm

This is much much more accurate.

ironman1315

9/6/19 10:09pm

RE: 2 parties? It wasn't the north and the south that formed the US. It was

foosman

9/6/19 7:17pm

Body vs. Marriage - the analogy isn't all that important. Both are flawed

8-track

9/6/19 7:38pm

A couple of points:

8-track

9/6/19 7:11pm

RE: A couple of points:

foosman

9/6/19 7:34pm

Valid point, let me explain

8-track

9/6/19 7:45pm

Well, I mean, for one, states aren't people

ironman1315

9/6/19 10:07pm

Why does it seem like guys like this bought in to some argument

Superman21

9/6/19 5:42pm

Oh boy.

Brutus216

9/6/19 5:43pm

I’m sorry do you need my answer in meme form?

Superman21

9/6/19 5:56pm

They are just contrarians. Being anti Lincoln is so nonsensical that they get

vegasnative

9/7/19 12:20am

If anything the south was the abusive spouse. From the beginning of the union

vegasnative

9/7/19 12:41am

Just ignore the big picture - got it.

BlueSioux

9/6/19 5:21pm

Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson and James Buchanan are relieved to hear that.

reagan21

9/6/19 5:27pm

I'm a Virginian and I can't fathom that opinion. Not in 2019.

JmThms

9/6/19 5:37pm

That doesn’t surprise me. Especially in 2019.

Brutus216

9/6/19 5:46pm

My take on Abe

TrackCoug

9/6/19 5:38pm

Yeah, that’s wrong.

Brutus216

9/6/19 5:42pm

No it isn’t

TrackCoug

9/6/19 5:45pm

RE: Worst President ever.

ironman1315

9/6/19 5:55pm

I like this one

More of a Jazz Fan

9/6/19 5:01pm

One of the most interesting stories about Lincoln

Jericho

9/6/19 5:02pm

Gross.

JmThms

9/6/19 11:58pm

This is Ralph Lincoln, an 11th generation cousin of Abe...

9/6/19 5:05pm

Photoshop

DodgerMike

9/6/19 5:09pm

Lighting

Pony Zale

9/6/19 5:16pm

Once after being called "two-faced," he quipped, “If I had two faces, why would

Kauai

9/6/19 5:22pm

Shouldn’t have invaded the South. #OilofOlayof1861

Supercoug

9/6/19 5:55pm

To those with whom I have been snarky, we

Brutus216

9/6/19 5:58pm

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