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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I Saw "Lincoln" Today [View all]LVZ
(937 posts)95. very likely true ... n/t
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I'd love to hear about what they said.That film was beautifully designed. The set decoration
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#135
Wife and I tried to see it at the Landmark yesterday. All remaining shows were sold out when
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#36
Predicting history is tricky - what if the Civil War prolonged the suffering of Southern blacks ???
LVZ
Nov 2012
#89
I'm curious where American kids are supposed to be getting all of this in-depth information...
OldDem2012
Nov 2012
#34
It Didn't Think Me Thirty Five Years From The First Time I Studied Lincoln To Know His Views On Race
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2012
#27
LOL - I think you win the award for Understatement of the Millennium with
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#38
Sherman Is The First "Modern" General To Employ The "Total War" Concept/nt
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2012
#48
The movie is based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography\history, btw. Lincoln's
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#37
the movie was based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's acclaimed book "Team of Rivals" so it has
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#136
I Think Spielberg Released It After The Election Because He Didn't Want To Be Seen
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2012
#41
My dining table was bequeathed to my grandfather and grandmother by the granddaughter
kestrel91316
Nov 2012
#54
"...of blood drawn with the lash, shall be repaid by another drawn by the sword."
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2012
#60
No It Was Primarily Fought Because Traitorous Southerners Seceded./nt
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2012
#68
If You Were Black And Your Children Were Sold Like Animals From The Same Litter
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2012
#87
While All This Is Occurring Blacks Folks Are Continued To Be Treated Like Chattel
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2012
#92
in the short term, yes, in the longer term, Southern blacks may have suffered more ... n/t
LVZ
Nov 2012
#93
Is it Lincoln's fault effective anesthesia and penicillin did not yet exist? (n/t)
Maplegrass
Nov 2012
#106
Is It Lincoln's Fault That The South Seceded From The Union Because They Wanted To Own Other Folks?
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2012
#117
Doesn't The Scholarship Suggest Lincoln Abandoned His Repatriation Plans Prior To His Assassination?
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2012
#118
Why didn't the Emancipation Declaration include outlawing slavery in the North? nt
Bonobo
Dec 2012
#127
I "think" he was the one who was beaten so badly by a southernor in the House of Representatives
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#132
Thanks. I was really uncertain about this one. Since Stevens was an abolitionist and it looked
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#145
There Was An Argument How About Many Lives Needed To Be Sacrificed To Free The Slaves
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2012
#131
Saw it this past sunday. Great movie. Impeachable offense for Lincoln?
Filibuster Harry
Dec 2012
#143