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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (291799)	8/30/2002 3:58:45 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

It's very simple (even for you!): The Emancipation Proclamation was passed only for territories NOT controlled by the United States of America. It was an attempt to destabilize the Confederate States (a perfectly acceptable activity at the time, though the Proclamation failed in that respect), but has been spun ever since as an enlightened abolition of slavery. The purpose of this spin was to win abolitionist voters-also a perfectly acceptable activity. Lincoln's legacy of "greatness", that has endured through today, is actually the result of the military victory he presided over. He wasn't a particularly good president, and probably the worst possible choice in 1860. But history is written by the winners, and the need to justify hundreds of thousands of KIA's is a requirement that will be found after any large war...

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (291799)	8/30/2002 4:01:04 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769670

Had Lincoln had the hostile press that Republicans have to face today, they would have brutalized him as a rank hypocrite for supporting the EP, and it would most likely have failed-due to some pin-headed Democrat deciding that he was amused to require 60% Senate approval...

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (291799)	8/30/2002 6:32:32 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Lincoln did assume massive executive authority - arguably much in violation of Constitutional prohibitions - and historians trace the beginnings of the powerful modern 'Imperial Presidency' to Lincoln's administration. Much has also been made of the fact that such Executive grabs of power from the other two major branches of Government typically occur during periods of national crisis... such as the period we find ourselves in now. President 43 has similarly asserted claims of Executive power in excess of historical precedence... and is also furthering our march down the road to an 'Imperial Presidency'.