Explain this: I don't care for repukes, but I love

[KamaAina]

Abe Lincoln.

It's gotta be something about all those fivers and pennies, huh?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. It's the beard..I just know it

[Zuni]

9. Abe Lincoln was known as a 'sex god' in his day

:evilgrin:

[Magrittes Pipe]

2. Uh.

The Republican Party of 1860 was not the Republican Party of 2004?

Think that may have something to do with it? :shrug:

[AlCzervik]

3. Abe's party left him a long time ago.

It's no longer the party of Lincoln.

[Arkana]

4. Amen

If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be a populist Democrat.

[Zuni]

12. I can see him as a Howard dean type

a lot of people forget that Lincoln pissed off RWers far more than Dean. He was a real rabble rouser
Hell--11 states seceded because they were so afraid of his progressivism

[Bouncy Ball]

10. STUART!!!!

I LOVE STUART!!!

[AlCzervik]

11. Look what i can do!!!!!

Hey, you're not supposed to touch, you're not my gym teacher!

[tjdee]

5. The money has brainwashed you--it was his marketing plan!

He foresaw that he'd need the PR.

[Hamcracker]

6. Lincoln actually got something done without destroying peoples' rights.

[DaCheat]

14. What are you talking about

Lincoln suspend the writ of Habeus Corpus in Maryland, and held innocent people in jail for many days. He also sent the army into Baltimore to keep them from holding a refferendum on Neutrality. He's a good guy, but he did suspend the rights of Americans in his day.

[HawkerHurricane]

7. Repub presidents I wouldn't mind seeing in office again...

Abe Lincoln, first and best

Theodore Roosevelt, the proud progressive

Dwight D Eisenhower, the last honest Republican president.

[Zuni]

8. agreed

But I would take FDR, Truman, LBJ (minus Vietnam) or Carter over any 20th Century Republican.

Abe Lincoln remains my all time favorite President---because he was a real leader, and a progressive genius in his day.

[hfojvt]

13. How do you feel about fighting Bob LaFollette?

How about Teddy Roosevelt?

[KamaAina]

16. Fine, but what would have happened to a Fighting Bob LaFollette thread?

(clank) straight to the bottom...

[nytemare]

15. For the 'pubs, it's all about the Benjamins

They forgot about Abe a while back.