Bob McCarty Writes

Recently (here and here), I’ve noted President Barack Obama inclination toward dropping the names of some of his predecessors — including Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan — into interviews with members of the news media. Because I fully expect the president to continue this practice until his [...]

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Brace yourselves, conservatives:  While President Barack Obama used his appearances on the Sunday talk shows to push for government-run health care, he also fired what could be considered an Oval Office “missile” aimed squarely at conservative talk radio.

During a poignant segment of his interview the president that was broadcast on FACE the NATION this morning [...]

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Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama share several things in common:  Both were lawyers; both served in the Illinois legislature; and both were elected president of the United States.  When it comes to the issue of slavery, however, the men share nothing in common.
While President Lincoln worked hard to earn a place in modern history [...]

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It appears the United States Mint is trying to compete with the popularity of a new Barack Obama-inspired coin set by launching the first redesigned Lincoln One-Cent Coin in 50 years at Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace and on the 200th anniversary of President Lincoln’s birth.
Below are three new penny designs that will be released this year:
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If President Barack Obama succeeds in shutting down Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility within 12 months, he will be tempted to describe himself as an emancipator in the mold of Abraham Lincoln.  Unfortunately, as shown in the My Personal Litmus cartoon above, the terror suspects who will inevitably be released from “GITMO” as a result of [...]

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