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Echoing Lincoln's Fury

Submitted by Warren Hughes, Mar 24, 2008 14:13

It's been a little over a week since Barack's speech on race relations in America and the beat is far from slowing down, infact, it's resonating exponentially with each pasing day! For Mr. Holzer, the author of this article to go back to Lincoln's second inaugural speech to seek comparisons with what Obama uttered in Philadelphia, speaks volumes that this issue will enflame the citizenry on both sides of the racial divide for quite tragically, countless years to come!

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While Mr. Holzer's scholarly review of Abe Lincoln's speech is certainly illuminating, I think he ultimately fails to grasp the... [MORE]

Avi Cornwall

Mar 24, 2008 16:56

It's been a little over a week since Barack's speech on race relations in America and the beat is far...

Warren Hughes

Mar 24, 2008 14:13

Yes, in a strict sense this is true. But I believe the psychological function and purpose of both speeches are... [MORE]

Robert Farrell

Mar 24, 2008 11:58

Mr. Holzer's article may well have been apprpriate in the 1850s but they are i anomalous today.When Lincoln spoke in... [MORE]

h brando

Mar 24, 2008 10:45

How could a statement such as tipical white person come from his lips if he never heard a word of... [MORE]

Bob Rodgers

Mar 24, 2008 08:54

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