Lincoln and today's politics

[L Verge]

(02-08-2017 12:44 PM)Linda Anderson Wrote:  

(02-08-2017 11:56 AM)L Verge Wrote:  

(02-08-2017 09:21 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.

Kathy and Linda - I apologize for the error.

Linda - It is so nice to see you posting again... even though I goofed on this one.

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I hope that it awakened other citizens to the fact that this is not a singular event. Frankly, I didn't realize that Bill Clinton was one both times, so it was somewhat disparaging to the Clintons to have that "illegitimate" term used in this election.

My conversation with my grandson was also beneficial because he finally understands the need for an electoral college in our representative democracy. I do not intend to discuss current politics here, but I recently read an article which easily explained how the Democratic candidate in 2016 could get a plurality of the vote based on carrying just five of the districts outside of NYC - and to heck with the rest of the country.

I am now stepping down from my soap box.