tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post7420803110342925230..comments2024-03-18T04:36:26.547-04:00Comments on Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress: I'm Voting for Barack Obama in the Democratic PrimaryPaul Levinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-20567876425843782642007-12-24T15:16:00.000-05:002007-12-24T15:16:00.000-05:00dawn :) -yeah, I like stirring things up ... a w...dawn :) -yeah, I like stirring things up ... a wonderful Merry Christmas to you and family...<BR/><BR/>Jeff: I'm actually very careful with my words. I said the Civil War was fought to free the slaves because that's indeed why it was fought.<BR/><BR/>Your generalities about power and money don't obviate the fact that slavery was the galvanizing issue.<BR/><BR/>As for Lincoln's quotes - take a look at the Emancipation Proclamation.Paul Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-73627838142734093912007-12-24T11:34:00.000-05:002007-12-24T11:34:00.000-05:00Wow, look at the things you start. I tell you I lo...Wow, look at the things you start. I tell you I love Edwards but know he really doesn't have a chance. Hillary rubs me the wrong way but saw a piece on nightline that softened her to me alittle. I'm not sure about barak, he is charasmatic and seems to have afresh approach to things but really no experience. I guess I'll see if anything else will move me one way or the other. Have a Merry Christmas!!dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741158153974994260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-88047436097280509472007-12-24T11:12:00.000-05:002007-12-24T11:12:00.000-05:00The spin on the civil war is amazing. Lincoln didn...The spin on the civil war is amazing. Lincoln didn't give a damn about the slaves and said as much when he stated if he could end the war and let slavery continue- he would.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-29276552956158707982007-12-24T09:57:00.000-05:002007-12-24T09:57:00.000-05:00"We fought a Civil War to free them,"Please be mor..."We fought a Civil War to free them,"<BR/><BR/>Please be more careful with your words. This fallacy has propagated far too long. The civil war was fought over power and money.<BR/><BR/><BR/>President Lincoln wrote: "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union (Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862)."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02637872899459350363noreply@blogger.com