Abraham Lincoln WTF?

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78. perhaps his virtues are far more important than his vices

How much does one repugnant statement, or two, take away from the Emancipation Proclamation? I would contend that it is little more than a dollop of spit in Lake Michigan. When you goto the Grand Canyon do you scour its floor for rabbit turds? Would you think that a video tour of the Grand Canyon should spend half an hour showing pictures of the rabbit turds?

As for Reagan, well what did he do that compares to the Emancipation Proclamation or keeping the Union together?

And one need not wait 100 years to see a hagiography of Reagan. At a recent event for the Jefferson County Democrats, I won a door prize of "Great Americans" from "A Child's Great American Library". Among such notables as Lincoln, Washington, Mark Twain, Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, and Geronimo (and also Oprah, Walt Disney, and Buffalo Bill Cody) is included Ronald Reagan. It says "Reagan provided the bold leadership the nation desperately needed" and "This approach (Reaganomics) worked! Jobs were created and inflation came down."

It also says "At the time of his election ... Unemployment was near 10% and inflation was choking the American economy."

See, that's not just sweeping racist views under the 'rug'. That's making excrement up. http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/142

Unemployment was 7.5% when Reagan took office. It didn't rise to 10% until AFTER his bullsh*t Reaganomics bill was passed.

Well, fortunately those lies are only being told to children.