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# Lincoln vs. Bush
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/lincoln-vs-bush-editor/
- Published: 2004-09-11T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:02:04.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Promenade, #archive-import

*By Thomas Kenney Los Angeles*

Regarding Ed Silverstein’s comment (SMDP, Sept. 8, page 4) that Al Sharpton would be a slave on Zell Miller’s plantation if Bush were president instead of Lincoln, let’s have a history lesson. Abraham Lincoln, who did not receive the popular vote, invaded a sovereign nation. The Confederate States of America had its own president, Jefferson Davis, and a fully functional legislative body. Sure there were “bad things” going on in the south, but children played and flew kites just like in Fahrenheit 9-11 until Lincoln invaded them, under false pretenses no less.

Lincoln told America that we had to end slavery, yet only 10 percent actually owned slaves. He is also quoted as saying, “If I could preserve the union without freeing a single slave I’d do it.” He vowed not to lose a single star on the American flag... or those vast natural resources. Remember the writ of habeas corpus? Anyone could be arrested and detained indefinitely without charges or legal counsel. But it was a popular war, right? It was so popular that the Irish, for one example, rioted in New York and lynched random black people.

Lincoln sent more Americans to their death than in every U.S. war combined. Only one-fourth of those actually owned slaves. What did John Wilkes Booth say when he shot Lincoln? “Thus always to tyrants.” But how does history look back at Lincoln? How will Iraqi’s look back at George W. Bush 150 years from now?

Regarding Ron Scott Smith’s column, (SMDP, Sept. 9, page 4) just visit www.KerryOnIraq.com then tell me why you’ll vote for him. Visit the Bush- Cheney booth on the Promenade every Sunday, and we can discuss it. Yes that’s right... a Bush-Cheney booth on the Promenade.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 11, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091104.pdf?ref=smdp.com)