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Public University's Plaque Labels President Lincoln A Democrat

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Posted by Fred 2013-11-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 We refer to them as RINO's today.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-11-13 08:58|| 2013-11-13 08:58|| Front Page Top

#2 They are not too good with American history or they took license with it.

Posted by JohnQC 2013-11-13 09:11|| 2013-11-13 09:11|| Front Page Top

#3 MinTruth isn't good on history.

One of the key tenets of Progressive Socialism is 'thou shalt bear false witness' to advance the cause.

Their pseudo intellectual explanation ignores -

"Republicanism is the ideology of governing a society or state as a republic, where the head of state is appointed by means other than heredity, often through elections." - wiki

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-11-13 09:23|| 2013-11-13 09:23|| Front Page Top

#4 "Any student who walks by that -- it's miseducation in its purest form

Sadly, this won't be the stupidest thing the students are exposed to at college.

Posted by SteveS 2013-11-13 11:42|| 2013-11-13 11:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Any student who walks by that -- it's mis-education in its purest form

Since nowadays ~~brainwashing~~ "education" starts in kindergarten...

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-11-13 12:48|| 2013-11-13 12:48|| Front Page Top

#6 If "democrat" refers to his fondness for democracy, it could just as easily be "republican" for his fondness for the Republic.

So maybe it'd be easier to just leave the name, without any added adjectives.

Posted by Bobby 2013-11-13 12:58|| 2013-11-13 12:58|| Front Page Top

#7 The hard part will be changing all the history books. I figure they'll avoid his political affiliation for awhile before making him a Dem in schoolbooks.

Posted by rjschwarz 2013-11-13 17:00|| 2013-11-13 17:00|| Front Page Top

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