HIStory
Dear intarwebs,
Abraham Lincoln was never a U.S. Senator nor a governor. Stop calling him a "one-term Illinois U.S. Senator with no executive experience" as a way to defend Barack Obama's bid for the presidency. This is factually untrue. Prior to becoming president, he had previously been a one-term Congressman, and he once ran for U.S. Senate but lost. Also, a small sliver of you are also referring to Lincoln as an "inexperienced governor", presumably as a way to defend Sarah Palin's bid for the vice presidency. Again, this is factually untrue. He was never Governor of Illinois or any other state, and as far as I can tell, never even ran for governor in his life. No matter who one is backing in the presidential election, I think it's fairly important that one gets ~150 year-old history right.
Sincerely,
The Guy Who Paid Attention in History Class
Abraham Lincoln was never a U.S. Senator nor a governor. Stop calling him a "one-term Illinois U.S. Senator with no executive experience" as a way to defend Barack Obama's bid for the presidency. This is factually untrue. Prior to becoming president, he had previously been a one-term Congressman, and he once ran for U.S. Senate but lost. Also, a small sliver of you are also referring to Lincoln as an "inexperienced governor", presumably as a way to defend Sarah Palin's bid for the vice presidency. Again, this is factually untrue. He was never Governor of Illinois or any other state, and as far as I can tell, never even ran for governor in his life. No matter who one is backing in the presidential election, I think it's fairly important that one gets ~150 year-old history right.
Sincerely,
The Guy Who Paid Attention in History Class