A conservative strategist argues that the GOP governs too much like Democrats, a

[pam]

  Hey We always said the South was gonna rise again................................

[redcliffsw]

The South was supporting the Constitution and
standing with the Founding Fathers.  Lincoln did
not. 

That ought to tell something about the
foundation of the Republican party and it's modern
day followers - the Democrats.

[Varmit]

Hey, just thought of something...Lincoln was one of the only presidents to raise a Federal army to invade his own country...obama models himself after lincoln...talk about coincidence

[Diane Amberg]

And Bush makes beans....so what. The Civil War was a huge mistake, but at the time they didn't see any other way. I'd like to think we have learned from that history. Did Pres. O say he models himself after Lincoln? I must have missed that.

[Varmit]

And throughout the 2008 presidential campaign, Obama -- a Democrat who hails from the Land of Lincoln -- reminded audiences from coast to coast about the similarities between himself and the beloved political leader.

Obama told CBS last year that he was studying up on Lincoln -- who belonged to the Republican Party -- by reading presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2005 book "Team of Rivals," which focuses on Lincoln's Cabinet.

"There is a wisdom there and a humility about his approach to government, even before he was president, that I just find very helpful," he said.-CNN

you can read the rest of the atricle here:    http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/17/lincoln.obsession/index.html

[Diane Amberg]

Thanks. Doris Kearns spoke in San Antonio when I was there last November. Good speaker.

[Wilma]

Obama has been compared to almost every recent democrat president, but he still has to prove it.  If he wants to be another Lincoln he could start by becoming Republican, then the Democrats could diss on him.

[Warph]

Obama has been compared to almost every recent democrat president, but he still has to prove it.  If he wants to be another Lincoln he could start by becoming Republican, then the Democrats could diss on him.

Well put, Wilma..... and a number of demo_RATS have all ready started!

[Diane Amberg]

Hey!

[Warph]

Stand for Something
A conservative strategist argues that the GOP governs too much like Democrats, and needs to give voters a distinct alternative agenda.
By Denis Calabrese | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Apr 14, 2009

In a word, "HorseShit"