02-08-2017, 10:21 AM
I saw this piece in The Hill that uses Mr. Lincoln as an example for today's politics. Wanted to share it:
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/un...y-politics
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/un...y-politics
(02-08-2017 10:21 AM)Lincoln Wonk Wrote: [ -> ]I saw this piece in The Hill that uses Mr. Lincoln as an example for today's politics. Wanted to share it:
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/un...y-politics
(02-08-2017 12:56 PM)L Verge Wrote: [ -> ](02-08-2017 10:21 AM)Lincoln Wonk Wrote: [ -> ]I saw this piece in The Hill that uses Mr. Lincoln as an example for today's politics. Wanted to share it:
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/un...y-politics
Glad that you found this and posted it, Linda. It coincides very well with a discussion I had with my grandson on Monday night about the similarities between the Trump/Lincoln first days of "battle."
(02-08-2017 01:44 PM)Linda Anderson Wrote: [ -> ](02-08-2017 12:56 PM)L Verge Wrote: [ -> ](02-08-2017 10:21 AM)Lincoln Wonk Wrote: [ -> ]I saw this piece in The Hill that uses Mr. Lincoln as an example for today's politics. Wanted to share it:
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/un...y-politics
Glad that you found this and posted it, Linda. It coincides very well with a discussion I had with my grandson on Monday night about the similarities between the Trump/Lincoln first days of "battle."
Hi Laurie,
It was actually Kathy Canavan who posted the above article.
(02-08-2017 10:21 AM)Lincoln Wonk Wrote: [ -> ]I saw this piece in The Hill that uses Mr. Lincoln as an example for today's politics. Wanted to share it:
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/un...y-politics
(03-04-2017 08:43 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote: [ -> ](02-08-2017 10:21 AM)Lincoln Wonk Wrote: [ -> ]I saw this piece in The Hill that uses Mr. Lincoln as an example for today's politics. Wanted to share it:
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/un...y-politics
I do not agree with the conclusion reached in this article:
“We should recall Lincoln's confidence in American democracy as we wade through today's political warfare. Now as then, our country on the other side of the smoke may evolve into a new national consensus that tests us while also making us stronger.”
The big difference is that Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States, then; Donald Trump is President of the United States, now. And, as Democratic vice-presidential candidate Senator Lloyd Bentsen said to Republican vice-presidential candidate Senator Dan Quayle in response to Quayle comparing himself to John F. Kennedy: “Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.”
(02-08-2017 12:56 PM)L Verge Wrote: [ -> ](02-08-2017 10:21 AM)Lincoln Wonk Wrote: [ -> ]I saw this piece in The Hill that uses Mr. Lincoln as an example for today's politics. Wanted to share it:
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/un...y-politics
Glad that you found this and posted it, Linda. It coincides very well with a discussion I had with my grandson on Monday night about the similarities between the Trump/Lincoln first days of "battle."
Those of you who get the Surratt Courier will also see a small article that I inserted at the end relative to claims that Trump is an "illegitimate president" because of lacking the majority vote. It seems that we have had eighteen "illegitimate presidents," if one uses that as the standard -- and Lincoln had the lowest percentage of votes of any of them at 39.9%. We really can learn some things from history. Our country managed to survive 18 "illegitimate presidents."
(03-04-2017 08:43 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote: [ -> ]I do not agree with the conclusion reached in this article:
“We should recall Lincoln's confidence in American democracy as we wade through today's political warfare. Now as then, our country on the other side of the smoke may evolve into a new national consensus that tests us while also making us stronger.”
The big difference is that Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States, then; Donald Trump is President of the United States, now. And, as Democratic vice-presidential candidate Senator Lloyd Bentsen said to Republican vice-presidential candidate Senator Dan Quayle in response to Quayle comparing himself to John F. Kennedy: “Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.”
(03-05-2017 08:04 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote: [ -> ](03-04-2017 08:43 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote: [ -> ]I do not agree with the conclusion reached in this article:
“We should recall Lincoln's confidence in American democracy as we wade through today's political warfare. Now as then, our country on the other side of the smoke may evolve into a new national consensus that tests us while also making us stronger.”
The big difference is that Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States, then; Donald Trump is President of the United States, now. And, as Democratic vice-presidential candidate Senator Lloyd Bentsen said to Republican vice-presidential candidate Senator Dan Quayle in response to Quayle comparing himself to John F. Kennedy: “Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.”
Here's a major test, as reported on the front page of the New York Times, today:
TOP NEWS -- THE 45TH PRESIDENT
Trump, Offering No Proof, Says Obama Tapped His Phones
F.B.I. Chief Urges Justice Dept. to Reject Wiretap Claim
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MICHAEL D. SHEAR
James B. Comey asked the Justice Department to publicly reject President Trump’s unsubstantiated claim that former President Barack Obama ordered his phones to be tapped.
The department has not issued a public rebuttal, which would be a major rebuke of a sitting president.
(03-04-2017 09:18 PM)Lincoln Wonk Wrote: [ -> ](03-04-2017 08:43 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote: [ -> ](02-08-2017 10:21 AM)Lincoln Wonk Wrote: [ -> ]I saw this piece in The Hill that uses Mr. Lincoln as an example for today's politics. Wanted to share it:
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/un...y-politics
I do not agree with the conclusion reached in this article:
“We should recall Lincoln's confidence in American democracy as we wade through today's political warfare. Now as then, our country on the other side of the smoke may evolve into a new national consensus that tests us while also making us stronger.”
The big difference is that Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States, then; Donald Trump is President of the United States, now. And, as Democratic vice-presidential candidate Senator Lloyd Bentsen said to Republican vice-presidential candidate Senator Dan Quayle in response to Quayle comparing himself to John F. Kennedy: “Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.”
Hi David,
I wanted to share it because I thought it thought-provoking, not because I agreed with it. But it does put the current discord in perspective -- we got through a war that killed 700,000 Americans and we'll probably get through this together if all try to see things from the other fellows' perspective.
(03-06-2017 01:19 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote: [ -> ](03-04-2017 09:18 PM)Lincoln Wonk Wrote: [ -> ](03-04-2017 08:43 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote: [ -> ](02-08-2017 10:21 AM)Lincoln Wonk Wrote: [ -> ]I saw this piece in The Hill that uses Mr. Lincoln as an example for today's politics. Wanted to share it:
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/un...y-politics
I do not agree with the conclusion reached in this article:
“We should recall Lincoln's confidence in American democracy as we wade through today's political warfare. Now as then, our country on the other side of the smoke may evolve into a new national consensus that tests us while also making us stronger.”
The big difference is that Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States, then; Donald Trump is President of the United States, now. And, as Democratic vice-presidential candidate Senator Lloyd Bentsen said to Republican vice-presidential candidate Senator Dan Quayle in response to Quayle comparing himself to John F. Kennedy: “Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.”
Hi David,
I wanted to share it because I thought it thought-provoking, not because I agreed with it. But it does put the current discord in perspective -- we got through a war that killed 700,000 Americans and we'll probably get through this together if all try to see things from the other fellows' perspective.
The following is a quote in today's Washington Post from Peter Wehner, who was the top policy strategist in George W. Bush’s White House:
“We have as president a man who is erratic, vindictive, volatile, obsessive, a chronic liar, and prone to believe in conspiracy theories. . . . And you can count on the fact that there will be more to come, since when people like Donald Trump gain power they become less, not more, restrained.”
Washington Post: "Wiretapping allegations accomplished what Trump wanted – but may backfire bigly"
By James Hohmann March 6, 2017