Without Lincoln the U.S.A. would have ceased to exist less than 100 years and liberty and equality of all future citizen inhabitants would have ceased!

Posted by Rio Bravo at 07/3/2008

The question wasn't "who has done the most for our country?"!

Posted by horvitz at 07/3/2008

Thanks to the wanker in the WH, we are now ceasing to exist and are in danger of becoming a 3rd world country.....

thanks for nothing shrubie

Posted by lvdragonlady at 07/3/2008

For me it was either Mark Twain or Woody Guthrie, and I chose Guthrie cause I like singing at a picnic.

Posted by ramara at 07/3/2008

Without Lincoln the U.S.A. would have ceased to exist less than 100 years and liberty and equality of all future citizen inhabitants would have ceased! Posted by Rio Bravo at 07/3/2008 | ===

Looking at the past couple presidential elections, and the one that's upon us, I think maybe secession was not such a bad idea. We really are living in two Americas: Republican states want to continue the regressive practices of the past and prevent change, just like the plantation owners; and the rest of us would like to move forward (universal healthcare, no foreign occupations, good jobs). I blame Lincoln for preserving a union that no longer makes sense, so he doesn't get invited to the picnic.

Posted by Citizen54 at 07/4/2008

Jesus Christ of course would be the best candidate, but he's not on your list (surprise). So Lincoln would be next. He literally had to manage our worst crisis from the day he walked into the White House till the day he left and he suceeded.

Posted by william.harry13 at 07/5/2008

While mostof these are fine choices, I would go w/Franklin, Lincoln would be a close second. One at the begining of the nation, the other than held it togeher...the mind reels.

Posted by rasputin195 at 07/6/2008

It was down to Mark Twain or Woody Guthrie. I prefer someone who writes their own lines, be it in song or narrative.

Posted by AVenturelli at 07/6/2008

I'd invite them all.

Posted by greenpagan at 07/7/2008