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Subject: Tall Skinny Lawyers

Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 5 months ago to The Gulch: General
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This may be old but it's the first time I saw it.

Subject: Tall Skinny Lawyers



You might be quite surprised ...Most of us know of the comparable relationship between Lincoln and Kennedy, but have you ever considered the comparisons between President Obama and President Lincoln?

Parallels of Abraham Lincoln and Barack Hussein Obama.

1. Lincoln placed his hand on the Bible for his inauguration. Obama used the very same bible Lincoln used for his inauguration.

2. Lincoln came from Illinois. Obama comes from Illinois.

3. Lincoln served in the Illinois Legislature. Obama served in the Illinois Legislature.

4. Lincoln had very little experience before becoming President. Obama had very little experience before becoming President.

5. Lincoln rode the train from Philadelphia to Washington for his inauguration. Obama rode the train from Philadelphia to Washington for his inauguration.

6. Lincoln was highly respected by some, but intensely disliked by others. Obama is highly respected by some, but intensely disliked by others.

7. Abraham Lincoln was a tall, skinny lawyer. Barack Obama is a tall, skinny lawyer.

8. Lincoln held to basic Conservative and Christian views. Obama is a tall, skinny lawyer.

9. Lincoln volunteered in the Illinois militia, once as a captain, twice as a private. Obama is a tall, skinny lawyer.

10. Lincoln firmly believed in able persons carrying their own weight. Obama is a tall, skinny lawyer.

11. Lincoln was undeniably, and without any doubt, born in the United States. Obama is a tall, skinny lawyer.

12. Lincoln was honest - so honest that he was called 'Honest Abe'. Obama is a tall, skinny lawyer.

13. Lincoln preserved the United States as a strong nation, respected by the world. Obama is a tall, skinny lawyer.

14. Lincoln showed his obvious respect for the flag, and the military. Obama is a tall, skinny lawyer.

15. Lincoln followed the U.S Constitution faithfully. Obama is a tall, skinny lawyer.


Amazing isn't it!!

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  • Posted by $ jdg 10 years, 5 months ago
    I've heard it before. Items 3, 4, and 5 are obviously deliberate imitation by Obama.

    I disagree very much with #15. The suspension of habeas corpus is something Congress, not the President, gets to do in emergencies, and of course the income tax isn't even listed as an emergency power. That set a precedent that a President can do pretty much whatever he wants if HE says there's an emergency. Obama has wasted no time taking advantage, but neither did most presidents in the 20th century. Obama did go farther than they, though.

    And suspending habeas corpus (to lock people up indefinitely without charges) should only be done when the person is an actual danger to the country. Lincoln did it to several hundred Maryland and Delaware legislators lest they enact secession bills. Locking people up to prevent them from speaking to the public is a very evil precedent, and one that Bush II and Obama got away with doing largely because Lincoln did it and got away with it.
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  • Posted by $ jlc 10 years, 5 months ago
    Well, richrobinson. I thought it was funny. Then I read the comments. Sigh.

    Jan
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  • Posted by Turfprint 10 years, 5 months ago
    Obama was a community organizer, Lincoln was a tall skinny lawyer.
    Lincoln knew what hard honest work was, Obama is a tall skinny lawyer.
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  • Posted by irrelevantcommentforpoint 10 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    More likely he'd admire how completely his "internal improvement" corporate welfare policies had succeeded without even acknowledging the damages done to liberty ... since his actions prove he cared nothing about liberty.
    Lincoln had no concern for negroes except as they competed against his constituents. His Emancipation Proclamation only "freed" the ones in territories he had no control or authority over. Consumate politician and power monger.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 10 years, 5 months ago
    Poor old Lincoln. He would not even recognize the USA if he were here today. I can picture him now, at first thrilled to see a "negro" as president. Then appalled when he finds out about him. I can almost hear him say, "What madness is this?"
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  • Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    He is like Hillary Clinton. They did very little work as lawyers but for some reason I am supposed to respect them and think they know the law...
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  • Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I always thought the U.S. was stronger because the union was preserved. In recent years I am having second thoughts.
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  • Posted by jimjamesjames 10 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I have always held Lincoln to be our first communist (small "c") president. Even as a kid, I was always curious as to why states, which created the union, couldn't choose to secede whenever they wanted. The fact that Lincoln initiated force against the secessionists on the pretense that "a nation divided cannot stand," was spurious, in my view, because, one, it was an obviosity, but, two, did not justify force. Does not: "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness" apply anywhere at anytime?
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  • Posted by jsw225 10 years, 5 months ago
    Point of Order: Obama is not a Lawyer. He was disbarred.
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  • Posted by frodo_b 10 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well, there's a Cairo in Illinois and there's a Cairo in Africa and Kenya is also in Africa. So yes.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Not at all. Presidents have committed unconstitutional actions (most egregiously the current one). But they cannot enact law, thus whatever they have done is not legal. I just wish that there were those with the authority which had the gonads to do their duty. Whether it was legal or no, what Lincoln did was in the best interest of the nation - and was eventually rectified. The current regime, I fear, will not have the same result.
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