Sunday, April 23, 2006

More From the "No Kidding" Department

The Blog | Bennet Kelley: Bush Is No Lincoln | The Huffington Post:

". . .There are other significant dissimilarities. Lincoln sought to unite a divided country '[w]ith malice toward none, with charity for all,' while Bush has sought to exploit its divisions.

Lincoln was not concerned 'whether God is on our side; [but whether we are] on God's side,' whereas Bush believes he was chosen by God to lead the country into Iraq.

Lincoln raised taxes to fund the Civil War, while Bush cut taxes for the rich and passed the costs of the war to future generations.

Lincoln won and ended the Civil War in four years, while Bush has indicated that the Iraqi conflict will last at least six years and continue into the next administration.

Lincoln opposed the preemptive Mexican-American war as unnecessary, while Bush created a doctrine of preemption to wage a war of choice in Iraq.

Lincoln also was an avid reader and intellectually curious, while Bush . . . (I think you get the point).

In fairness, Bray's argument is not totally without merit since both Lincoln and Bush were Republicans who were elected without a majority of the popular vote and were questioned by their generals. In addition, in three years' time he will also have the fact that both Lincoln and Bush were succeeded by Democrats.

In 1988, Senator Lloyd Bentsen eviscerated Dan Quayle's attempt to compare himself with President Kennedy with his famous retort, "I knew Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you are no Jack Kennedy." I bet even Dan Quayle knows that you do not have to have known President Lincoln to know the simple fact that George W. Bush is no Abraham Lincoln and never will be. . ."

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