Nasty Letters To Crooked Politicians

As we enter a new era of politics, we hope to see that Obama has the courage to fight the policies that Progressives hate. Will he have the fortitude to turn the economic future of America to help the working man? Or will he turn out to be just a pawn of big money, as he seems to be right now.

Sunday, August 21, 2005

The last, good, repugliken (and they shot him)

Lincoln-Douglas Debates begin
Abraham Lincoln; from a photograph made at Beardstown, Illinois, during the 1858 debates.

1858: This day marked the beginning of the famous debates in Illinois between Abraham Lincoln, Republican Party nominee for the U.S. Senate, and incumbent Senator Stephen A. Douglas of the Democratic Party. Lincoln in his acceptance speech said that “A house divided against itself cannot stand” and “this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.” Douglas thereupon attacked Lincoln as a radical who threatened the continued stability of the Union. Lincoln, who opposed Douglas's support of popular sovereignty, challenged Douglas to a series of three-hour debates, and the two eventually agreed to hold joint encounters in seven Illinois congressional districts.

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