Abe Lincoln on Bush

[MannyGoldstein]

These days, whenever I hear The Smirk speak I am reminded of (then-Congressman) Abe Lincoln's description of then-President Polk, who lied us into the Mexican War:

"All this shows that the President is, in no ways, satisfied with his own positions. First he takes up one, and in attempting to argue us into it, he argues himself out of it; then seizes another, and goes through the same process; and then, confused at being able to think of nothing new, he snatches up the old one again, which he has some time before cast off. His mind, tasked beyond it's power, is running hither and thither, like some tortured creature, on a burning surface, finding no position, on which it can settle down, and be at ease."

(Lincoln was roundly disparaged for this speech - sort of the Russell Feingold of his time.)

[OwnedByFerrets]

1. Wow, how prophetic. nt