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I Wonder...
In his Second Inaugural Address, delivered near the end of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln issued an equally terrifying warning -- one also largely erased from the national memory. "Fondly do we hope -- fervently do we pray that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away," Lincoln said. But then he added, "Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said 'the judgments of the Lord, are true and righteous altogether.'"
I wonder what would have become of Mr. Lincoln's political career had he had to deal with the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, et al. I can just imagine it:
"Tonight on The Factor: Is President Lincoln a Confederate sympathizer, or something far worse? We report, you decide!"