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Thinkingabout

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52. It is some of the same a$$holes who are still pissed at Lincoln because he freed the slaves.
Sun Oct 23, 2016, 11:39 AM
Oct 2016

This is the same people who hates and therefore Trump is their choice. The GOP is overtaken because of greed to win elections, should have known those same votes wanted a voice.

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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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