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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 09:53 PM Original message |
If Lincoln ran today in the Democratic primary, would he have a chance |
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thom1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Lincoln didn't have a chance when he ran |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 10:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Good point. |
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rooboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nah... his clothes, the hat... nobody would vote for him now. n/t |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 10:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Well, he could probably hire a pr person to help with some of that. |
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Boudicea (452 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 10:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Giggling at your (rooboy, that is) silly remarks! |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 10:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. He would probably be seen as a country boob or worse a redneck. |
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Ohio Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 11:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Plus, how old would he be? |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 11:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yeah, but think what he would have learned through the years. |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 11:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. 194 Years Old. (Born Feb 1809) NT |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's really the kind of question that can't be answered... |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 10:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Of course, you are right. I guess I was thinking more about his |
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Cthulu_2004 (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 01:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. It's unfair to judge him by today's standards. |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 11:12 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I have noticed that many of the issues that we see as old hat now were |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. Have I been nominated? |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 10:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Please send us a picture and a resume and we'll let get back to you. |
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Cthulu_2004 (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. He'd lose... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 11:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Are we talking about the same Lincoln? |
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Cthulu_2004 (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 01:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Yup... |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 10:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I think he would be VERY progressive. That is why I know he would |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 11:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Now that is very interesting. Please tell me more. |
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sujan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
18. Lincoln = Big business |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 11:31 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Okay, could you please explain how that is true and if so would it |
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pizzathehut (97 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
19. No, the far left would have accused him of starting a war. |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 10:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You are comparing Lincoln to bush??? |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 11:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. No, but |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 11:40 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. No, he'd be too damn OLD!! (n/t) |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 11:45 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. That is not what bothered me about his statement,. It is, in my mind, his |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 11:54 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Ah ok, |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 12:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. The tone of his whole statement disturbed me and I was trying to get |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 10:38 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Also, the "far left" of the time was against slavery . |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 11:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. One would have to say that the people who elected him started the war, |
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Fight_n_back (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
30. Most of you |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-03 12:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I believe you are right. |
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