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Obama and Lincoln

#1 Post by JBillyGirl » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:34 pm

Two or three people tonight have raised the example of Abraham Lincoln and his limited pre-White House experience in comparison with Obama. Now, I'm not going to argue whether the comparison is valid or not -- I support Obama, but it seems like perhaps a bit of a reach -- but I just wanted to say I thought of the perfect rejoinder for John McCain (though I can't possibly be the first to think of this):
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"I knew Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was a friend of mine. And Senator, you're no Abraham Lincoln."
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#2 Post by admanvii » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:41 pm

Now that Biden is his running mate I would prefer the spelling

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#3 Post by TheConfessor » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:48 pm

The parallels are impressive. They both have an odd number of letters in their names. They were both born in town that starts with an H -- Hodgenville and Honolulu. And did you know that Obama's secretary is named Lincoln, and Lincoln's secretary was named Obama?
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#4 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:02 pm

TheConfessor wrote:The parallels are impressive. They both have an odd number of letters in their names. They were both born in town that starts with an H -- Hodgenville and Honolulu. And did you know that Obama's secretary is named Lincoln, and Lincoln's secretary was named Obama?
And they were both bastards.
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#5 Post by DevilKitty100 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:38 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
TheConfessor wrote:The parallels are impressive. They both have an odd number of letters in their names. They were both born in town that starts with an H -- Hodgenville and Honolulu. And did you know that Obama's secretary is named Lincoln, and Lincoln's secretary was named Obama?
And they were both bastards.
Relatives of yours?
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#6 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:57 pm

DevilKitty100 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
TheConfessor wrote:The parallels are impressive. They both have an odd number of letters in their names. They were both born in town that starts with an H -- Hodgenville and Honolulu. And did you know that Obama's secretary is named Lincoln, and Lincoln's secretary was named Obama?
And they were both bastards.
Relatives of yours?
I'm sure they are, but I don't know the link. Six other presidents are my cousins.
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Re: Obama and Lincoln

#7 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:13 am

JBillyGirl wrote:"I knew Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was a friend of mine. And Senator, you're no Abraham Lincoln."
That made me laugh. Seriously.
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#8 Post by ne1410s » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:02 am

I just finished reading "Team of Rivals". There ain't no Lincoln in this fight...
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#9 Post by Bob Juch » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:22 am

Bob Juch wrote:
DevilKitty100 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote: And they were both bastards.
Relatives of yours?
I'm sure they are, but I don't know the link. Six other presidents are my cousins.
I forgot: Lincoln's law partner is my cousin and so is Stephen Douglas's wife.
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#10 Post by ne1410s » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:25 am

I forgot: Lincoln's law partner is my cousin and so is Stephen Douglas's wife.
Well, duh. We're all cousins. Adam and Eve ring a bell? :twisted:
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#11 Post by Bob Juch » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:27 am

ne1410s wrote:
I forgot: Lincoln's law partner is my cousin and so is Stephen Douglas's wife.
Well, duh. We're all cousins. Adam and Eve ring a bell? :twisted:
Well if you believe that, we have a more recent common ancestor: Noah.
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