I knew Lincoln--You are not Lincoln

Over the course of the presidential campaign and at times during the presidency of Obama he has referred to himself as the likeness of Lincoln. In spite of his assessment of himself as the new liberator he is no Lincoln.

Now, let it be known that Lincoln is not my favorite president but compared to Obama he was one wonderful fellow. For the record, Washington was far and away the greatest Chief Executive.
Consider:

* Lincoln's principle--"allowing people to do what they please with their own business"

* Obama's principle-- Be in every one's business because government does everything well(bailouts)

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* Lincoln said--"It is better only sometimes to be right than at all times to be wrong."

* Obama--Has he ever been right?

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* Lincoln---"Property (any type of wealth) is the fruit of labor; property is desirable, is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise."

* Obama--Tax the rich out of existence, for they are greedy.

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* Lincoln--"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent."

* Obama-- Did I miss something or is "Yes We Can" about governing without our consent?

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And the most famous and pithy of Lincoln's statements........"You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you can not fool all the people all the time."

Obama did not fool all the people but he fooled a sufficiently large amount and that was enough to put our Republic and Constitution in grave danger.

OK, so I didn't actually know Lincoln but I do know Obama is no Lincoln.