Word: lincolnisms
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...President will have to be a skilled diplomat as well. And when it comes to Rudy and diplomacy, fuhgeddaboutit! Two incidents from his mayoralty are illustrative. The first came in 1995, when he unceremoniously kicked Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat out of a U.N.-related concert for world leaders at Lincoln Center. The ejection came just after Israel agreed to Palestinian self-rule. The Clinton Administration was hoping--in vain, it turned out--that treating Arafat with respect might grease the path to peace. But Giuliani said, "I would not invite Yasser Arafat to anything, anywhere, anytime, anyplace...
...today's Republican way of thinking [March 26]. Republicans give tax breaks to oil companies that pocket record profits but scoff at a candidate who looks out for his fellow citizens. Honest Abe must spin in his grave every time the G.O.P. refers to itself as the party of Lincoln. Huckabee, unfortunately, has little chance of getting the nomination with his do-unto-others mentality. That kind of thinking just doesn't pass muster in today's Republican Party. Mark McKay, PASCOAG, RHODE ISLAND...
...announcement’s crescendo even called for “a new birth of freedom,” borrowing verbatim from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Calling for national unity, Lincoln said in 1858, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” “Divided, we are bound to fail,” would-be President Obama said, on the same note, 149 years later...
...course, Lincoln had even less experience than Obama—he served one term in the House of Representatives before being ousted by the people of his district—yet he too rode a new wave of party politics to become one of our greatest presidents. Like Kennedy, he had a pretty good civil rights record of his own. Oh yes, and he was from Illinois. In fact, Obama even went as far as to make his announcement at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Lincoln’s old stomping ground...
...while words will win a campaign, ideas made Kennedy and Lincoln influential administrators. Obama has already done a great service in politically energizing so many who had been apathetic, but he cannot rest on his laurels. Good ideas and sound policies should be the next step for the senator’s campaign because, with them alongside his rhetoric, his performance in the Oval Office will live up to the hype...