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Apparently it is WELL-known to historians that Lincoln wanted to free blacks but wanted them OUT of the country as well, he promoted colonization of blacks to Central America, public and privately. I remember Obama saying he was a Lincoln expert and I wondered if he knew this about Lincoln...
Does that make Lincoln a racist?
New book sheds new light on Lincoln's racial views - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_lincoln_colonization - broken link)
There is no doubt that Lincioln was a racist and believed in white supremacy :
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"I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races," he announced in his Aug. 21, 1858, debate with Stephen Douglas. "I, as well as Judge Douglas, am in favor of the race to which I belong having the superior position." And, "Free them [slaves] and make them politically and socially our equals? My own feelings will not admit of this. We cannot, then, make them equals."
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Lincoln was also a lifelong advocate of "colonization" or shipping all black people to Africa, Central America, Haiti--anywhere but here. "I cannot make it better known than it already is," he stated in a Dec. 1, 1862, Message to Congress,
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"that I strongly favor colonization."
To Lincoln, blacks could be "equal," but not in the United States.
I remember one of the {R}s talking points during the Clinton era was that they were the party of Lincoln, that is how successful historians have been on the make over of the real man and the true history. One reason why Obama and other leaders might look up to Lincoln is because he was a duly elected tyrant.
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James G. Randall documented Lincoln's assault on the Constitution in "Constitutional Problems Under Lincoln." Lincoln unconstitutionally suspended the writ of habeas corpus and had the military arrest tens of thousands of Northern political opponents, including dozens of newspaper editors and owners. Some 300 newspapers were shut down and all telegraph communication was censored. Northern elections were rigged; Democratic voters were intimidated by federal soldiers; hundreds of New York City draft protesters were gunned down by federal troops; West Virginia was unconstitutionally carved out of Virginia; and the most outspoken member of the Democratic Party opposition, Congressman Clement L. Vallandigham of Ohio, was deported. Duly elected members of the Maryland legislature were imprisoned, as was the mayor of Baltimore and Congressman Henry May. The border states were systematically disarmed in violation of the Second Amendment and private property was confiscated. Lincoln's apologists say he had "to destroy the Constitution in order to save it."
Did you catch the part where troops were used to gun down draft protesters, just think of the protest that are going on today and people being gunned down. We all would be in shock and I am sure the people in that era were too. Think of that from both sides of the aisle Lincoln is held up on a pedestal as a great POTUS. Let's put myths to rest
I remember one of the {R}s talking points during the Clinton era was that they were the party of Lincoln, that is how successful historians have been on the make over of the real man and the true history. One reason why Obama and other leaders might look up to Lincoln is because he was a duly elected tyrant.
Lincoln's worst sin was leading the country from a distributed states rights power base to a hugely powerful federal government. He started us down that path and the shift continues today. That's why Obama looks up to Lincoln....because they both like a huge and powerful federal government.
Lincoln's worst sin was leading the country from a distributed states rights power base to a hugely powerful federal government. He started us down that path and the shift continues today. That's why Obama looks up to Lincoln....because they both like a huge and powerful federal government.
A huge and powerful federal gvt can be laid at the feet of both parties,lets remember that the {R}s were in control after the civil war. Did they restore state rights ? have they done anything besides lip service on limiting the federal gvt's power ? did they invite the Gov's of the states for the health care debate ? See my point, once the federal gvt gets a hold of power they never give it back.
Here is a good example of how the media distorts the true Lincoln. Here is the Lincoln quote :
"I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races," he announced in his Aug. 21, 1858, debate with Stephen Douglas. "I, as well as Judge Douglas, am in favor of the race to which I belong having the superior position." And, "Free them [slaves] and make them politically and socially our equals? My own feelings will not admit of this. We cannot, then, make them equals."
Here is the media :
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But no other president can match the emotional connection of a black man following in the footsteps of the president who ended slavery. It helps complete what Smith called "the unfinished part of the Lincoln agenda" — bringing America closer to real racial equality.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29159686/
What is sad that most people including Obama are eating this crap up. The last POTUS that Obama would want to be compared with should be Lincoln. And he went to a Ivy league school,too funny.
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