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Opinion: Beware the ‘New Lincoln’ And The Future Under Obama
Written by Doug Tjaden and republished with permission.
Throughout his political career, Barack Obama has intentionally modeled himself after President Abraham Lincoln. He uses a similar style of rhetoric, and has gone so far as to adopt some of Lincoln’s travel patterns in order to create a symbolic link to him. Obama and his handlers want the public to connect him with one of America’s most well-known presidents.
We are now well into Obama’s second term. If he believes he is indeed the “second coming” of Lincoln, the American people should understand the truth of what the Lincoln presidency meant to this nation. Because thus far, Obama’s presidency is paralleling that of Lincoln’s in ways the unsuspecting, Lincoln-adoring, public may not comprehend.
Lincoln’s Union
Despite a century of monopolistic narrative that has defined the Lincoln presidency, a small group of authors and scholars are having their voices heard above the din. The facts they are uncovering are reshaping the debate on why the states went to war under Lincoln.
Lincoln’s distaste ran deep for the existing political climate, where Jeffersonian state sovereignty dominated. Throughout his political career, Lincoln firmly advocated for a Hamiltonian, consolidated central government that would oversee a single “union” of states.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/2013/12/26/opinion-beware-the-new-lincoln-and-the-future-under-obama/
