Word: lincolnisms
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...There will be boos when Rehnquist happily resigns during a Bush presidency. There will be louder boos when Bush makes Antonin Scalia Chief Justice. But 100 years from now, when the Democrats and Republicans have switched places again (the party of Lincoln lost the Florida black vote this year by something like a 9-to-1 margin) and some new election-by-brain-implant comes under dispute, it might seem perfectly natural to let politicians do the refereeing when the judges and lawyers botch the job. Al Gore and the Democrats may feel angry and cheated by the political/philosophical divisions...
...Gore had quoted Lincoln; Bush quoted Jefferson. "The steady character of our countrymen is a rock to which we may safely moor... Unequivocal in principle, reasonable in manner, we shall be able I hope to do a great deal of good to the cause of freedom and harmony." As does Bush hope - that is obvious...
Headed by Lincoln, Mass., natives John Linnell and John Flansburgh and supported by Dan Hickey on drums, Dan Miller on lead guitar and Danny Weinkauf on bass, TMBG have gained near-cult popularity in many college circles. With songs ranging from "Birdhouse In Your Soul" to "I Should Be Allowed to Think," the Giants sport a quirky, tongue-in-cheek style that often delights in the silly, binges on esoteric allusion and has an addictive, sophisticated wit. This, coupled with their knack for writing deliciously catchy melodies, is what makes They Might Be Giants irresistible...
...Edie Adams B Jamie Lee Curtis C Harry Houdini D Thomas Jefferson E Hedy Lamarr F Abraham Lincoln G Zeppo Marx H Paul Revere I Lillian Russell J Mark Twain...
...entire Clinton experience, of course - applying those questions to both Clinton and the Clinton haters. I have had a dozen college students in recent months tell me that "Clinton has been a great president." Do they mean "great" as a historical verdict, in the way they would say that Lincoln was a great president? Or "great" as in "that was a great movie." Both, actually. They do not quite see the difference between Lincoln and a great movie...