tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post3838373314679122334..comments2024-03-28T03:23:26.359-04:00Comments on Doug Ross @ Journal: LEVIN: Uhm, History Tells Us That a President Does NOT Need to Have Been a GovernorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-68383252191369574622013-11-28T18:59:08.078-05:002013-11-28T18:59:08.078-05:00I generally love Levin but his love of Lincoln is ...I generally love Levin but his love of Lincoln is beyond me. What other president plunged the nation into war that killed 650,000 Americans? What other president trampled on the Constitution so wantonly? Even Obama doesn't compare. <br />Lincoln's failures are evident. He split the nation. He led a party that was extreme in the same way Chile's communists were extreme. Eelected with 35% of the vote one would have eexpected him to tread caautiously, yet he did all he could to insure violence would ensue.<br /><br />Yes one does not have to be a gov. to be president. Didn't Obama prove that. Or Kennedy. <br /><br />What does matter is a record of leadership and accomplishment. Lincoln was the highest paid lawyer for the railroads about as good as being the best paid paid lawyer for the mob.<br /><br />I can think of argyuments that are more effective but invoking Lincoln's ranks about the same as invoking Clinton, Carter, or FDRs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-14020170702645696962013-11-28T00:16:40.840-05:002013-11-28T00:16:40.840-05:00>>"Democrats will never, ever, ever, ev...>>"Democrats will never, ever, ever, ever be able to say a GOP candidate doesn't have enough "experience" to serve as president."<br /><br />Want to make a bet? They'll say it no matter who we nominate. Because they're Leftists and they say anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com