issuevoter wrote on Mar 31
st, 2016 at 6:57pm:
Lord Herbert wrote on Mar 31
st, 2016 at 2:37pm:
The Heartless Felon wrote on Mar 31
st, 2016 at 1:42pm:
Quite right Herb. Even George Washington had some history: he was a war criminal (he murdered French prisoners of war) and he started the Seven Years War.
Clearly not Pres material...
Abraham Lincoln kept black slaves ...
His in-laws may have, but Mary and Abe did not. Prove me wrong.
You've passed the test, and yes - congratulations - Lincoln did not own slaves.
But!
Twelve US Presidents owned slaves. The first was George Washington and the last was Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln was not among that twelve
AND ..
His views became clear during an 1858 series of debates with his opponent in the Illinois race for U.S. Senate, Stephen Douglas, who had accused him of supporting “negro equality.” In their fourth debate, at Charleston, Illinois, on September 18, 1858, Lincoln made his position clear. “I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races,” he began, going on to say that he opposed blacks having the right to vote, to serve on juries, to hold office and to intermarry with whites.
In today's moral climate, he was an utterly despicable character who believed that blacks were born to be the White Man's foot-stool.
What does Marla think about this?
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