abraham lincoln lacks experience

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i mean, really. some useless lawyer couldn't get himself more than a single term in congress. tried for senate in 1858 and had his butt handed to him by stephen douglas.

now he wants to be president?

we need someone with EXPERIENCE!!!

[Lex]

1. well I know I won't be voting for him

nt

[Buzz Clik]

3. Abe's resume' is definitely complete.

[pinto]

2. Good one, good point.

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[NanceGreggs]

4. Just HAVE to K&R this one!!!

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7. a real honor coming from you :)

:hi:

[Gregorian]

5. Clinton ahead of Lincoln by ten points.

Someone needs to tell him, facial hair is so 19th century. Not to mention his lack of corporate savy.

[jefferson_dem]

6. I'm starting a "DRAFT BYRD - INOUYE for 2008" movement!

Who the hell's with me.

No two Dems have more experience than those two crafty veterans...

[EFerrari]

8. He dresses funny, too, and has bad hair and is too tal.

:)

[ecstatic]

9. And he has a facial defect! The people won't go for that! series!11 nt

[jobycom]

10. Misrepresentation.

Abraham Lincoln's experience in national politics went deeper than two years in Congress. He was an anti-war activist in 1846 (which cost him his seat in the House), worked to get Zachary Taylor elected president, helped form the Republican Party in 1854 after the Nebraska-Kansas Act spread the boundaries of slavery, and from 1854 was a force in national politics. He turned down a chance to run for the Senate in 54 to help promote his new party, did run in 58, and eventually won the presidency in 1860. His life showed a continuously increasing involvement in national politics. He wasn't just some hayseed lawyer who ran for the presidency one day. That's a myth.

[cobalt1999]

11. thanks for posting, that's good information. n/t

[H2O Man]

14. Right.

It is interesting to note that the attacks on some of our democratic candidates are likewise "misrepresentations." I think that both the OP and your response are absolutely on target.

[jobycom]

16. That's why we have elections, ain't it?

So everyone can examine the various qualifications of each candidate and decide which candidate they feel best about leading the nation. Lincoln's qualifications went far beyond his years in elected office, and voters saw that. Interesting that the top three Democrats this election all have limited experience in elected office, but each have qualifications that make up for that dearth.

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18. what's really interesting is how democrats care about qualifications, vs. republicans

shrub was obviously unqualified from the get-go, and they manufactured minimal qualifications -- handing him a business "success" with the texas rangers, handing him the texas governorship, pretending that that made him qualified to be president, etc.

reagan's resume was only barely more fleshed out, though he admittedly had some actual political talent. well, at least he could read a script.

bush senior was actually qualified, i have to give them that.

but it's interesting how republicans complain bitterly (well, then, that is what they do best) when democrats have only comparatively modest qualifications, then they run their own candidates with absolutely ridiculous resumes and enshrine them in sainthood or say they're hand-picked by god himself.

[eppur_se_muova]

12. He wasn't even renominated... Republicans chose John C. Frémont as their candidate.

Lincoln accepted the nomination of the National Union Party, a short-lived union of Northern Democrats and Republicans who rejected the "Radical Republican" nominee, Frémont.

The Republicans flip-flopped in their support for a wartime President. Way to support the troops, guys.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Union_Party_%28United_States%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_Republican_%28USA%29

Next time you hear the phrase "Party of Lincoln" from a Repug, be sure to remind them they were the Party of Lincoln's FIRST TERM ONLY.

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13. now there is something about lincoln i didn't know!

thanks!

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[H2O Man]

15. Nominated.

Great job. Thank you for this.

Nominated!

[kskiska]

17. Lincoln was one of the nation's foremost "trial lawyers"

representing railroads, not exactly championing the cause of the little guy.

[Perry Logan]

19. Talk about unelectable! Lincoln's enemies called him "the ape from Illinois."