The Republicans won. What’s next? In a November 5 opinion piece for the Washington Times, Charles Hurt postulates that this could be the “most dangerous two years in 150 years.” President Obama, Hurst fears, now has nothing to lose and will become more partisan as he moves farther to the Left. Hurst contends this is a time for statesmanship, for Obama to channel his inner Abraham Lincoln and “save the Republic” as Lincoln did one-hundred fifty years earlier, to look to Lincoln’s bust in the Oval Office for inspiration.
Certainly, Hurst has correctly assessed Obama’s chosen path. His post-election press conference was little more than a doubling down on the King Barack agenda. Unfortunately, Obama is doing what Lincoln would do. That is what makes him dangerous. Lincoln did not unite anyone except those who insisted on the complete annihilation of the South and the shredding of the Constitution as ratified by the founding generation. Consider Lincoln’s actions before the firing on Fort Sumter in April 1861:
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In short, Lincoln would wreck the country again. That's what he'd do.
ReplyDeleteObama's hero.
DeleteWell I had come to this same conclusion some time back.
ReplyDeleteObama has nothing to lose and everything to gain.
That being the case, which it is; What would you expect him to do?
Michael-- Deo Vindicabamur
What would you expect him to do?
DeletePrecisely.
I had read yrs. ago Lincoln had syphilis, hence his bad decisions. Like when
ReplyDeleteGrant wanted to keep the carpetbeggars out of the South who were rapping the
South, Lincoln said to let them in. Reminds me of today's Mussies. Syphilis and Obumbo, hmmmm......
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reminds me of today's Mussies. Syphilis and Obumbo, hmmmm......
DeleteGood point.