Freepers to Abe: So Glad You Were Shot

By Sniffles

Yes, we know. We have to give up the folks over at Free Republic. But they're our wonderful new bad habit, and we just can't stop.

However, we may have to, for awhile. This just in, folks: They don't like Abraham Lincoln. The nation's first Republican President! The man who saved the country they profess to love so much!

No kidding. We knew they'd be steamed about C-SPAN's latest survey of Presidential rankings, so we couldn't get our little paws to the keyboard fast enough to click on the Freepers' link to the story. We were certain that each and every comment would be along the lines of "Why isn't Ronald Reagan #1 on this list????"

Instead, this is what we found.

"Lincoln was not the best President by far. He trampled on states [sic] rights and people say he saved the union but at what cost?"

"Lincoln and his generals killed a lot of innocent people in what today would certainly be war crimes. He was not the saint that people make him out to be."

"Lincoln did not show restraint. He gave [sic] the Federal govt [sic] and smashed the south."

"Im [sic] holding back what I want to say here. Suffice it to say that Lincoln was scum. Obama is the result of his presidency, as was FDR."

"Lincoln is a highly overrated president... Lincoln committed war crimes on the South. Justice was served when he was assassinated."

Hmmmm. We cats are thinking that maybe we should take away these people's guns.