Discovery Channel: Greatest American

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
and he flipped and flopped. in the end he was for giving the blacks citizenship and voting rights. and this pissed off his assassin most of all, and he stated as such. its not that simple. but for his day, his ideas were progressive. the ideas of his assassin which were shared by much of the south were FAR FAR WORSE. just remember that.

Because of him we see the longstanding right to secession squashed.

Alexander Stevens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America, stated, "Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon, the great truth that the Negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery - subordination to the superior race - is his natural and normal condition."

Ok, ignore that for a second. Lincoln singlehandedly removed a longstanding right to secede. Lincoln wasn't about protecting the slaves, he wanted to keep the union together.

No doubt. Lincoln wanted the union preserved. Freeing the slaves simply made him look good as a politician...hell...it still has an effect today, because so many people remember him as the president who freed the slaves.

 

[Manchurian Candidate]

yeah people are retarded. why the fvck is oprah great?