Lincoln and today's politics

[Lincoln Wonk]

(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."

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."

I loved that piece.