Obama: I am not bound to win, but I'm bound to be true - Lincoln Quote

Run time: 02:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih79_3CBJ84   Posted on YouTube: March 20, 2010 By YouTube Member: VoiceofAmericans2008 Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: March 20, 2010 By DU Member: SLSmith Views on DU: 1138

 
March 20, 2010
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so you don't fucking really know.
That said, I don't think he's Lincoln either.
He's simply quoting him.
Get over it.

And let the Democrats do the heavy lifting.

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He used the quote to praise the Democratic caucus for being true.

He was not refering to himself.

Really the listening/reading comprehension of about a 1/3 of the people here is at a jr high level.


edited to add

Here are the President's words in context:



I have the great pleasure of having a really nice library at the White House. And I was tooling through some of the writings of some previous Presidents and I came upon this quote by Abraham Lincoln: “I am not bound to win, but I’m bound to be true. I’m not bound to succeed, but I’m bound to live up to what light I have.”

This debate has been a difficult debate. This process has been a difficult process. And this year has been a difficult year for the American people. When I was sworn in, we were in the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression. Eight hundred thousand people per month were losing their jobs. Millions of people were losing their health insurance. And the financial system was on the verge of collapse.

And this body has taken on some of the toughest votes and some of the toughest decisions in the history of Congress. Not because you were bound to win, but because you were bound to be true . Because each and every one of you made a decision that at a moment of such urgency, it was less important to measure what the polls said than to measure what was right.

Why on earth people embarrass themselves like this is beyond me. Watch the video and/or read the text in a post before commenting. Otherwise you'll make fools of yourselves.

Here's the quote in writing:

I have the great pleasure of having a really nice library at the White House. And I was tooling through some of the writings of some previous Presidents and I came upon this quote by Abraham Lincoln: “I am not bound to win, but I’m bound to be true. I’m not bound to succeed, but I’m bound to live up to what light I have.”

This debate has been a difficult debate. This process has been a difficult process. And this year has been a difficult year for the American people. When I was sworn in, we were in the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression. Eight hundred thousand people per month were losing their jobs. Millions of people were losing their health insurance. And the financial system was on the verge of collapse.

And this body has taken on some of the toughest votes and some of the toughest decisions in the history of Congress. Not because you were bound to win, but because you were bound to be true. Because each and every one of you made a decision that at a moment of such urgency, it was less important to measure what the polls said than to measure what was right.