On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 23:22:57 +0000, Keith Willshaw wrote:
>
> "erilar" wrote in message
> news:erilarloFRY-FD7B46.17003103112004@news.airstreamcomm.net...
>> In article <41890cb0$1_5@127.0.0.1>, "Keith Willshaw"
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "devil" wrote in message
>>> news:pan.2004.11.03.16.27.40.444883@attglobal.net...
>>> > On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 16:05:59 +0000, gman99 wrote:
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>> > It's really starting to look like Lincoln had it all wrong, and that he
>>> > would have been better off leaving the southern banana republic alone,
>>> > doesn't it?
>>> >
>>>
>>> Lincoln was of course a Republican
>>>
>>
>> One with common sense, however, to say nothing of a sense of humor and
>> real compassion.
>
> And one with the sense not to use derogatory terms for
> the southern states and who moreover ordered his generals
> to treat the defeated Confederates with the respect due to
> their fellow citizens.
Truth hurts, I guess. Not good for a politician. |