Originally Posted by STRSWilson
Originally Posted by Borchardt
Lincoln was a statist pig who got what he had coming.


Lincoln's death resulted in the failure of his plan to resettle freed blacks to Central and South America. Further, his death was used as a tool to empower the abolitionist movement.

If Lincoln had not been assassinated, this country would look a whole lot different that it does today.


No doubt it would, but if everyone were to believe you, America wouldn’t be a better place.

I don’t consider your analysis as entirely correct, and I also don’t see Lincoln as the monster you have painted him.


Originally Posted by RJY66

I was thinking the other day how much I used to hate Bill Clinton. He was freaking George Washington compared to what they are now.