So, on several occasions, Mr. Obama has clearly and somewhat forcefully compared himself to Abraham Lincoln. How that might have any element of truth can only be discerned in the mind of a Liberal and must therefore be viewed as correct providing you exist in an alternate reality.
If Mr. Obama had any knowledgeable background of Mr. Lincoln, had truly studied any of his writings or had any sense of decency and respect for a leader that actually accomplished something, he would not have correlated his political intentions or accomplishments to Abraham Lincoln. As an example of Mr. Lincoln’s philosophy and writings being the polar opposite of Mr. Obama’s, I offer the following from Mr. Lincoln.
“You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. You cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”
Mr. Obama and the Leftists are opportunists, not leaders. Their sole concern is for power, not the betterment of the country as a whole (and thereby, the betterment of the world in general). A quote from a recent article posted on American Thinker clarifies this group all too well.
“A man who elevates another man above the reach or criticisms of his peers through hero-worship or demagoguery is clearly acting from an intrinsic religious belief, but quite often the people who do this consider themselves to be the most secular atheists around. They aren’t, of course, any more than Steve Martin is black, but that fact seems perfectly lost on them because they believe their own lie about themselves over reality.
Likewise, most of the people who identify themselves as anti-establishment individualists are almost always the ones voting for more government intervention, more government control. They believe they are against ‘the man,’ but they almost never meet a problem they don’t think should be solved by, well, more ‘the man.’ People who claim to love the poor almost always favor policies that prevent the creation of wealth and jobs, the only two things that have ever consistently elevated men out of poverty. People who claim to be the most tolerant are almost always hostile to any opinion other than their own. People who believe themselves to be the most color blind and supportive of racial integration seem to be most in favor of holding people to different standards of accomplishment and conduct based on the color of their skin.
Our Founding Fathers were unique in that they knew their limitations. They didn’t subscribe to the lie that they and all of the rest of mankind were good, but rather took a firm look at the reality of their limitations and sought to create a form of government that considered and could respond to their flaws. It is a form of government that constrains man’s ambition, puts checks on his power over others, but that removes the constraints on man’s potential for growth and self-improvement, and self-betterment both philosophical and financial. It is a form of government that, as has been often said, unlocks the human potential in unimaginable ways, and creates an environment where one man pursuing his own interests can create waves that cause all of the ships on the ocean to rise with him. We ignore their wisdom and self-honesty, and our true nature, at our own risk, for self-governance and self-betterment are not possible for people who do not know themselves truly.”
It is slowly becoming clear to many people in this country that the statements, intentions and goals of this group has nothing to do with freedom, individualism or elevating anyone but themselves above others.
Idiocy, if tolerated, has a habit of turning into a cultural mindset…
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