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GulfCoast66

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43. Reading that

Sun Oct 23, 2016, 12:57 AM

Oct 2016

Made me cry. I had ancestors fighting on the wrong side. My wife had ancestors on the blue side. I am so, so glad hers won the day.

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I thought I couldn't be shocked anymore, but [View all] charlyvi Oct 2016 OP

Well, to be fair, Lincoln didn't actually speak, today. Siwsan Oct 2016 #1

Most of those who heard Lincoln live don't know how to vote in an internet poll rurallib Oct 2016 #5

I can just see generations of schoolkids memorizing Trump's speech... First Speaker Oct 2016 #2

Ya wanna bet? nt babylonsister Oct 2016 #17

75% of them don't know who Lincoln was and 95% don't know he sinkingfeeling Oct 2016 #3

Most would say GWC58 Oct 2016 #30

Dude; he was that guy that made the first automobile, the Lincoln. Crash2Parties Oct 2016 #44

Mike Cernovich is an Alt-Righter. These idiots live in their own reality, so take that tweet with a BlueCaliDem Oct 2016 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2016 #6

The back of Lincoln's envelope beats the rebuilt teleprompters any day. eom IllinoisBirdWatcher Oct 2016 #7

Wow! How pathetic! Disrespectful. Insulting. Ignorant. Shallow. AmericanActivist Oct 2016 #8

Oh yeah charlyvi Oct 2016 #12

Gettysburg is Hallowed ground for Pete's sake! nm AmericanActivist Oct 2016 #9

Or, as Trump would say charlyvi Oct 2016 #24

I love Gettysburg! GWC58 Oct 2016 #31

I bet that 57% never heard of the Gettysburg address in the first place kimbutgar Oct 2016 #10

Exactly. Or even a reasonable facsimile of babylonsister Oct 2016 #18

What do you expect, given how much republicans have degraded education? vlyons Oct 2016 #11

+100 charlyvi Oct 2016 #14

As a retired teacher, spartan61 Oct 2016 #23

This is the forest primeval, pangaia Oct 2016 #37

Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, vlyons Oct 2016 #47

Bravo... pangaia Oct 2016 #49

This is proof the dead, who actually heard Lincoln, actually don't vote... Foggyhill Oct 2016 #13

Clever! charlyvi Oct 2016 #16

+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2016 #20

When you consider that Mr Lincoln's remarks at Gettysburg remade the nation . . . Journeyman Oct 2016 #15

Recing this to keep the stupid on display Stinky The Clown Oct 2016 #19

You should not be shocked... Martin Eden Oct 2016 #21

What percentage of that 57% disagree with what Lincoln believed in. nm duncang Oct 2016 #22

Sure, in a two way race. What if you tossed in Putin? Buzz Clik Oct 2016 #25

Better yet, toss in Reagan. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2016 #26

Sick. qwlauren35 Oct 2016 #28

A friendly reminder of what we're talking about here... qwlauren35 Oct 2016 #29

Over forty years since I first read it (and memorized it), lastlib Oct 2016 #38

Reading that GulfCoast66 Oct 2016 #43

I had ancestors on both sides... susanna Oct 2016 #46

Wow, that's just... progressoid Oct 2016 #32

In the words of Lincoln awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #33

57% = Who's Lincoln? Snake Plissken Oct 2016 #34

*snort* smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #41

Not shocked. Point to this to prove how damn dumb they are. Cha Oct 2016 #36

Actually, tRump supporters not only reject the Party of Lincoln, but Lincoln himself: Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #39

Trump supporters probably never even read Lincoln's speech. wisteria Oct 2016 #40

these are people who with the Confederacy had Won JI7 Oct 2016 #42

why does Lincoln have a check mark? Enrique Oct 2016 #48

LOL charlyvi Oct 2016 #50

I wonder how many of them voted 10 or more times after saying "I can't afford a Lincoln". appleannie1 Oct 2016 #51

It is some of the same a$$holes who are still pissed at Lincoln because he freed the slaves. Thinkingabout Oct 2016 #52

Half of these Trump folks gopiscrap Oct 2016 #53

Well they can't vote for a car malaise Oct 2016 #54

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