President Obama has been trying to drape the cloak of Abraham Lincoln on himself and at the same time some of his supporters try to rip it off. Where Lincoln at his second Inauguration talked about healing the wounds of civil war here on this historic day in the 21st century some supporters of the new President would like to reopen current but healing wounds.
They booed at the sight of President Bush. They chanted derisively at him. It’s a blessing that the booing and chanting were not audible at the Capital Building. These people are lacking in dignity, honor and most of all decency.
President Lincoln talked about at his second inauguration of healing of the nation. He said “With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan – to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.” Granted we do not have a military civil war going on but it would have been nice if the supporters of President Barack Obama tried to pay some service to what the 16th President had to say.
It would have been the decent thing to do. I guess I was asking too much. Sad just so very sad.
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, civil war, decency, malice
January 20, 2009 at 11:39 pm |
You are not asking too much, and it is very sad. I am embarassed to say that I am a fellow American with these ignoramuses. Thanks for standing up for what’s right in your blog.
May 31, 2009 at 9:33 pm |
First things first: I apologise for taking so long to thank you for your comment. In this day and age it would be nice to have a relatively civil discourse on political events but it is to me a tragedy when the anti-Bush partisans were booing and jeering on such an historic day. Thank you for your sentiments.