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4. Lincoln was not a Republican when he died. In 1864, he ran as the "National Union" candidate . . .

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 03:15 PM

Apr 2015

Given the present crop of Republicans, were he alive I'm certain he'd be grateful he made the switch.

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So many ways to write this tweet, and GOP somehow picked this one: [View all] kpete Apr 2015 OP

They panicked on the 140 rule. trumad Apr 2015 #1

I missed that. What's the 140 rule? TIA. freshwest Apr 2015 #7

only 140 characters on twitter. trumad Apr 2015 #8

WTF? treestar Apr 2015 #3

Same here! freshwest Apr 2015 #6

I honestly did not know that underpants Apr 2015 #5

If Lincoln came back now and saw what was going on PCIntern Apr 2015 #9

Not meaning to be snarky, well, yes, I guess I am, thucythucy Apr 2015 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author thucythucy Apr 2015 #12

I'm sure you're right, thucythucy Apr 2015 #13

If Lincoln saw today's GOP he would have shot himself in the head. JaneyVee Apr 2015 #14

Wow.nt sufrommich Apr 2015 #16