Lincoln's deification needs to be taken with a grain of salt: He was not the slave-liberation-driven civil rights hero we think of him today, which that awful-looking upcoming movie is based off of.
He made smart political decisions during the Civil War, and succeeded in unifying the states. His political motives superseded his moral ones.
He made smart political decisions during the Civil War, and succeeded in unifying the states. His political motives superseded his moral ones.
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Originally Posted by Hamster
Lincoln's deification needs to be taken with a grain of salt: He was not the slave-liberation-driven civil rights hero we think of him today, which that awful-looking upcoming movie is based off of.
It's not that bad - Ebert gave it 3 stars.
edit: Didn't think you meant the one with Daniel Day-Lewis..
Anyways, let's get off Lincoln. Back to Romney-Obama. Anyone watch the debates? Romney looked damn good. Probably swayed a few of the undecideds. He's definitely in with a chance I'd say. It's pretty silly that some folks are still saying Obama's untouchable. Thoughts?
Last edited by Jim; Oct 7, 2012 at 04:11 PM.
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Yeah, initially I thought Obama had nailed the debate, but I think Obama kind of stumbled a bit, and was really nervous, considering he had not done a presidential debate in 4 years.
He's usually very slow, and powerful with his words, but it seemed like he was in a rush, and did not know what to say at times. Romney has a shot, but I still think Obama has the upper edge.
He's usually very slow, and powerful with his words, but it seemed like he was in a rush, and did not know what to say at times. Romney has a shot, but I still think Obama has the upper edge.
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I was listening to Opie & Anthony yesterday and they looked at a clip where a fellow was saying that Obama was suffering from jet-lag and that's why he didn't look focused and on-point. There's probably some element of truth in that, I think.
It'll be interesting to see if he fares better in the foreign affairs debate.
It'll be interesting to see if he fares better in the foreign affairs debate.
Obama fucked up, he didn't even engage Romney during the debate. And because the people who go to watch these kinds of things have the brains of sheep, they will now like Romney better. Which is bad. (It's either a demon or the devil, which do you choose?)
