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You, sir, are no Abe Lincoln
Bush may wish he measured up to the Great Emancipator. But he does stack up quite nicely against Andrew Johnson.
By Garrett Epps [2006-08-23]

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    Lincoln killed over 600,000 of his fellow countrymen in a war he did not try to avert. He ignored the Constitution and destroyed civil liberties. He delivered the border states-- which had NOT seceded-- into the hands of the

    "military," led by his political cronies, who plundered at will. He allowed tens of thousands of Confederate prisoners to suffer and die in preventable circumstances. No, George W. Bush-- as sorry as he is-- is no Abraham Lincoln.

    -- Kentuckian
    Wednesday, August 23, 2006 04:38 AM
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