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The far-right despises Lincoln with every bone in their body. JaneyVee Nov 2012 #1
Well then, before the presidency of Saint Ronald Reagan of Blessed Memory... Bicoastal Nov 2012 #7
No, they also hate the Bushes. TheKentuckian Nov 2012 #20
Ahhh, the Treason Deniers. Taverner Nov 2012 #2
Aren't our founding fathers also traitors...by definition? davidn3600 Nov 2012 #16
Ha! Thomas Jefferson was so two-faced... Bicoastal Nov 2012 #19
Perhaps...but winners do write the history books Taverner Nov 2012 #52
of course they hate Lincoln graham4anything Nov 2012 #3
I wonder how they'd respond to the name Jefferson Davis aint_no_life_nowhere Nov 2012 #9
you just gave me a funny thought graham4anything Nov 2012 #14
Once they learn about him, they turn... Mike Nelson Nov 2012 #4
But they worship their dead actor Angry Dragon Nov 2012 #5
Which one? ThoughtCriminal Nov 2012 #43
Raygun Angry Dragon Nov 2012 #46
As I have often said... CanisCrocinus Nov 2012 #6
Heh, stealing and posting on FB! Odin2005 Nov 2012 #34
If it weren't for Lincoln AlGoreRhythms Nov 2012 #8
Lincoln was a founding member of the Sierra Club undeterred Nov 2012 #10
And he helped Les Paul with his first electric guitar. CrazyOrangeCat Nov 2012 #15
Freepers are, almost to the last one, Confederates and Confederate wannabes. They love Dixie and kestrel91316 Nov 2012 #11
Freepers love Jeffeson Davis. The repuke party reflects that. muntrv Nov 2012 #12
I hear all the time RegieRocker Nov 2012 #13
THIS is why today's MOONBAT ultra RADICAL TeaBag Crazyland GOP LOST the election and will LOSE more. RBInMaine Nov 2012 #17
I wonder if they hate him because he had something to do with freeing the slav..... gholtron Nov 2012 #18
AAAaaaand the truth comes out.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2012 #21
I'm from the South, and let me give you some perspective piechartking Nov 2012 #22
"The War Of Northern Aggression" Aristus Nov 2012 #26
Haha well... piechartking Nov 2012 #35
Just call it the "War of Southern Treason" when talking to one of them. NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #53
Any Southerner who calls it the "War of Northern Agression" is a fucking asshat idiot. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #36
Well it's just more evidence that Southerners are often out of step piechartking Nov 2012 #50
I'm sure Norquist thinks Lincoln is a poopyhead n/t flamingdem Nov 2012 #23
Agreed! freshwest Nov 2012 #31
Every member of the confederate hierarchy needed to hang. Dawson Leery Nov 2012 #24
I've seen that on other sites. Starry Messenger Nov 2012 #25
Lincoln's responsible for low flush toilets? NoGOPZone Nov 2012 #27
It's not surpising once you consider how the wingnuts back then viewed Lincoln... JHB Nov 2012 #28
I am a Civil War geek, and that is... MadrasT Nov 2012 #37
Appreciated! janx Nov 2012 #41
Why do republicans hate America? workinclasszero Nov 2012 #29
They NEVER stopped defending the Confederacy, hating Lincoln, Yankees, Carpetbaggers, Sherman... freshwest Nov 2012 #30
I have recently discovered that particular code/dog-whistle me b zola Nov 2012 #40
Ignorant racists hate minority groups. Sophisticated racists hate Lincoln. reformist2 Nov 2012 #32
In 1860 the Republicans were the Progressives, so of course they... Odin2005 Nov 2012 #33
Exactly. They only claim him when it is politically useful to do so. progressoid Nov 2012 #44
Lincoln? janx Nov 2012 #38
Lincoln used to have a male friend sleep in the same bed with him when he was away from his wife. TheBlackAdder Nov 2012 #39
And your point is what: janx Nov 2012 #42
Loy Mauch, Arkansas Lawmaker, Defended Slavery In Letters To The Editor SpartanDem Nov 2012 #45
Well, he was intelligent, self-educated, compassionate, resolute, strong, Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #47
Right wingers are still mad about the Emancipation Proclamation daleo Nov 2012 #48
Lincoln abolished slavery Jack Rabbit Nov 2012 #49
Of course they hate him... mzteris Nov 2012 #51
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