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So I said to him, "Barack, I knew Abe Lincoln, and you ain't no Abe Lincoln!"

**Bessie** 2012/04/02 17:55:30
Obama has made numerous attempts to quote Lincoln SO WHY DOESN'T OBAMA USE THIS FAMOUS LINCOLN QUOTE: You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves. ... Abraham Lincoln presidents
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  • wicked soda boy 2012/04/02 18:19:11
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    If only we had a current White House occupant who understands the meaning of those great quotes. Then, we'd have leadership, and a real economic recovery, instead of a false recovery, and a POTUS who creates discord, and jumps in front of whatever parade happens to be passing down the street at any given moment.
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  • sumsmum7 2012/09/27 16:50:34
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    These are not Abraham Lincoln's words.
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  • Timetraveler 2012/04/09 14:12:24
    Timetraveler
    though lincoln was a great man, he wasn't without an agenda. like using the word freedom to start the civil war. The war was won, the country "united" but the blacks are still waiting for the results.
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  • goatman112003 2012/04/07 06:36:49
    goatman112003
    Because it blows the whole communism gig up.
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  • Arizona1950 2012/04/07 03:57:25
    Arizona1950
    Bessie dear, that quote is falsely attributed to Abe but it was said by by William J. H. Boetcker, a Presbyterian minister is my understanding.
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  • peggy 2012/04/06 17:15:36
    peggy
    Because all that won't fit in his telepromter
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  • Mike 2012/04/06 16:55:39 (edited)
    Mike
    That's for sure lol - I don't know what he is
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  • Glenn Mitchell 2012/04/06 16:54:49
    Glenn Mitchell
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    We all often select quotes to used based on our need for them.
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  • words to live by 2012/04/03 02:20:35
    words to live by
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    great post
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  • **Bessie** words t... 2012/04/03 14:11:58
    **Bessie**
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    Thank you!
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  • Matt 2012/04/02 20:24:00
    Matt
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    Lincoln's emancipation proclamation and a bitter war, freed the slaves. Obama has put this whole country into a state of indentured servitude !
    Chains
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  • **Bessie** Matt 2012/04/02 23:28:57
    **Bessie**
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    Isn't it the truth!
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  • boneman1 2012/04/02 20:07:09
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    Abraham Lincoln was a Republican that believed in personal freedom, which flies in the face of Obama's agenda which has is for more government control.
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  • Lucy Max 2012/04/02 20:03:26
    Lucy Max
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    Yes. He is not George Washington either.
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  • **Bessie** Lucy Max 2012/04/02 23:29:25
    **Bessie**
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    No he is not!
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  • Denny 2012/04/02 19:12:24
    Denny
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    He never heard that one???
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  • **Bessie** Denny 2012/04/02 19:14:47
    **Bessie**
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    I guess not?
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  • WF - Rumpelstiltskin -PWCM~JLA 2012/04/02 18:55:10
    WF - Rumpelstiltskin -PWCM~JLA
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    It contradict everything he has build his presidency on. Take for thsoe whom are working hard and giving to those who don't want to work
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  • **Bessie** WF - Ru... 2012/04/02 19:10:49
    **Bessie**
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    That's what he wants! We can't let it happen!
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  • Elaine Magliacane 2012/04/02 18:53:26
    Elaine Magliacane
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    Obama doesn't even know that Lincoln was a REPUBLICAN, or that the KKK was founded by DEMOCRATs, who also passed the JIM CROWE laws, and voted AGAINST the Civil Rights Amendment... Democrats want to keep the ignorant whites and blacks as SLAVES to the government... he THINKS CAPITALISM doesn't work but COMMUNISM does... FOOLS the day after APRIL FOOLS... perfect.
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  • **Bessie** Elaine ... 2012/04/02 19:10:07
    **Bessie**
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    You're so right Elaine!!
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  • wicked soda boy 2012/04/02 18:19:11
    wicked soda boy
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    If only we had a current White House occupant who understands the meaning of those great quotes. Then, we'd have leadership, and a real economic recovery, instead of a false recovery, and a POTUS who creates discord, and jumps in front of whatever parade happens to be passing down the street at any given moment.
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  • **Bessie** wicked ... 2012/04/02 18:42:55
    **Bessie**
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    True!
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  • concerned dude 2012/04/02 18:04:18
    concerned dude
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    classic. But Obama doesn't really read or know history. He only speaks what his speech writers tell him to say.
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  • **Bessie** concern... 2012/04/02 18:05:11
    **Bessie**
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    teleprompter
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  • concern... **Bessie** 2012/04/02 18:20:01
    concerned dude
    +1
    LOL
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  • KarenInKenoshaWisconsin 2012/04/02 18:03:42
    KarenInKenoshaWisconsin
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    Probably because the quotes you gave are tweaked versions of quotes famous people didn't say but that were put in their mouths.

    http://www.snopes.com/quotes/...

    That and subtexts as to "why" he doesn't use this quote are loaded, full of crap.
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  • **Bessie** KarenIn... 2012/04/02 18:05:35
    **Bessie**
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    A snopes believer!! LOL!
    'nuf said!
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  • Cookielane **Bessie** 2012/04/02 18:16:03
    Cookielane
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    What's wrong with Snopes, Bessie? I always check them for those damn circulating emails that are usually full of crap.
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  • KarenIn... Cookielane 2012/04/02 18:19:52
    KarenInKenoshaWisconsin
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    It's a meme in some conservative circles that certain more credible and long established myth busting or fact checking sites that don't back up their world view is worthless to them and should be worthless to you too.
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  • Cookielane KarenIn... 2012/04/02 18:24:01
    Cookielane
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    I knew that folks didn't quite trust Wikipaedia (I love it, myself!) but I didn't know about Snopes. My elderly cousins are forever sending forwarded emails loaded with "Urban Legend" crap, that they never check out first - and I send them the snopes link. they never respond! They just keep perpuating the garbage!
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  • **Bessie** KarenIn... 2012/04/02 18:45:00
    **Bessie**
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    Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Is that what it is?
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  • **Bessie** Cookielane 2012/04/02 18:44:49
    **Bessie**
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    Look for yourself. You know where I stand "politically". I'm not saying all snopes articles are wrong, but many are very liberal biased, as the owners, an husband and wife team, are card carrying liberals.
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  • Elaine ... Cookielane 2012/04/02 18:48:11
    Elaine Magliacane
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    Two liberals in their basement, who do ZERO research... and they tout the PARTY as in DEMOCRAT party line. Liberals still believe them hook, line and sinker.... mentioning them is CODE for 'I'm a liberal, Koolade drinker."
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  • Cookielane Elaine ... 2012/04/02 19:32:53
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    "Barbara Mikkelson is a Canadian citizen and as such cannot vote in U.S. elections, register an affiliation with a U.S. political party, or donate to any U.S. political campaign or candidate. David Mikkelson is an American citizen whose participation in U.S. politics has never extended beyond periodically exercising his civic duty at the ballot box. As FactCheck confirmed in April 2009, David is a registered independent who has never donated to, or worked on behalf of, any political campaign or party. The Mikkelsons are wholly apolitical, vastly preferring their quiet scholarly lives in the company of their five cats to any political considerations."

    http://www.snopes.com/info/ab...

    "Snopes receives more complaints of liberal than conservative bias,[26] but insists that it applies the same debunking standards to all political urban legends. FactCheck reviewed a sample of Snopes' responses to political rumors regarding George W. Bush, Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, and found them to be free from bias in all cases. FactCheck noted that Barbara Mikkelson was a Canadian citizen (and thus unable to vote in US elections) and David Mikkelson was an independent who was once registered as a Republican. "You’d be hard-pressed to find two more apolitical people," David Mikkelson told ...



    "Barbara Mikkelson is a Canadian citizen and as such cannot vote in U.S. elections, register an affiliation with a U.S. political party, or donate to any U.S. political campaign or candidate. David Mikkelson is an American citizen whose participation in U.S. politics has never extended beyond periodically exercising his civic duty at the ballot box. As FactCheck confirmed in April 2009, David is a registered independent who has never donated to, or worked on behalf of, any political campaign or party. The Mikkelsons are wholly apolitical, vastly preferring their quiet scholarly lives in the company of their five cats to any political considerations."

    http://www.snopes.com/info/ab...

    "Snopes receives more complaints of liberal than conservative bias,[26] but insists that it applies the same debunking standards to all political urban legends. FactCheck reviewed a sample of Snopes' responses to political rumors regarding George W. Bush, Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, and found them to be free from bias in all cases. FactCheck noted that Barbara Mikkelson was a Canadian citizen (and thus unable to vote in US elections) and David Mikkelson was an independent who was once registered as a Republican. "You’d be hard-pressed to find two more apolitical people," David Mikkelson told them."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    Sounds to me like you are completely wrong, but if anyone disagrees with you they are automatically "liberal, Koolaid drinkers." I've been reading and relying on snopes.com for years, and have never EVER read something that sounded in any way biased, or not researched. I have also never heard any name-calling or slandering in their web-site, so I'll stick to that fascinating site, rather than the mud-slinging rhetoric I've come to expect at good old SH.
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  • Elaine ... Cookielane 2012/04/02 19:51:11
    Elaine Magliacane
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    Canada IS LOADED with LIBERAL SOCIALISTS... where they live and what PARTY makes no difference... never mind...can't argue with a liberal they THINK they know everything.
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  • Cookielane Elaine ... 2012/04/02 19:54:50
    Cookielane
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    Funny, I was thinking the same thing about YOU. But that's ok - I can't carry on a discussion with someone who is intimidated by actual research. We'll call it a day.
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  • betz KarenIn... 2012/04/02 18:18:54
    betz
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    It makes no difference who coined these wise words but this prez doesn't seem to believe them. That's the bottom line.
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  • KarenIn... betz 2012/04/02 18:21:06
    KarenInKenoshaWisconsin
    Loaded argument. Tiresome. These types of arguments are a waste of everybody's time.
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  • betz KarenIn... 2012/04/02 20:34:39
    betz
    +1
    Well then why are you still here? Let us all talk amongst ourselves about the "joys" of having this man as our prez...but not for much longer. Praise God for that. :)
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  • **Bessie** betz 2012/04/02 18:45:44
    **Bessie**
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    Absolutely!
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