During the Civil War Lincoln held powers no previous president had wielded; he suspended the writ of habeas corpus and frequently imprisoned Southern spies and sympathizers without trial. His popularity may have been the lowest of any President on record as he was hated in the south and disliked by many in the north. As Lincoln is now considered by many the greatest American President, it shows that popularity and historical greatness are not directly related.
http://www.usa-presidents.info/lincoln.htm
2007-02-25 00:53:32 · 10 answers · asked by turntable 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
SIGH.
If only people realized that the things they are saying about Bush are actually strikingly identical to what Northerners against the war were saying about Lincoln.
They called Lincoln a gorilla, they call Bush a chimp.
They criticized Lincoln's speech saying he sounded like an uneducated and inarticulate bumpkin, they do the same to Bush.
Both Bush and Lincoln led us into unpopular wars with other sovereign nations.
Both of them republicans.
They said Lincoln lied to get them to go to war when he wrote the emancipation proclamation. They said that he said it was about the Union, and now it appeared to be about slavery. They said Bush lied about the war, saying that Bush said it was about WMD's. Bush actually gave seven different reasons, the most important being the liberation of the Iraqi people. 6 out of 7 isn't bad.
The historical parallel is quite incredible actually. It's too bad so many people alive today know too little about history, or even what's going on right now to see it.
2007-02-25 22:06:34 · answer #1 · answered by The_Music_Man 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 11:04:19 · answer #2 · answered by olis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Nazi party won overwhelmingly in the 1933 election in Germany and as a result, President Von Hindenberg, by constitutional requirements, had to ask Hitler to form a new government. Does that make any party that was ever elected by a wide majority, like the republicans did in 2004, on the same level as the Nazi Party?
Of course, not. So one cannot take one criteria (criterion?) to equate two parties or two politicians. The fact that the current president is unpopular does not make him a Lincoln.
2007-02-25 01:08:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not even remotely. Bush's unpopularity is well earned, well deserved. Bush would have given Salmon P Chase un checked scope to embezzle, he would have kept McClellan and Burnside in their commands and defended his choice, he would have probably not been assassinated by pro Southern sympathizers...
Being more of a liability to the North.
2007-02-25 02:41:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are insulting Lincoln-one of the greatest statesmen in the history of the United States, by likening him to Bush-an egotistical, self-serving sycophant of big business.
Best to compare Bush to Nixon, who was probably his role model.
2007-02-25 01:13:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lincoln was ugly like bush they where both worthless as s### The world would of been better if they was never born.Lincoln should of been hung for treason like bush.
2007-02-25 01:23:31 · answer #6 · answered by bruce j 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
How dare you compare Bush to Lincoln ! BLASPHEMY !
2007-02-25 02:02:02 · answer #7 · answered by dadacoolone 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, I find it strange that Bush has any support at all.
2007-02-25 00:56:47 · answer #8 · answered by Retired From Y!A 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Please do not compare the two because they were both unpopular in their time or you will burn in hellfire for eternity.
2007-02-25 01:00:45 · answer #9 · answered by stevemxusa 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes it is funny how blind liberals are, and how they are always on the wrong side of history
2007-02-25 00:57:10 · answer #10 · answered by 007 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋