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Idaho To Honor Abraham Lincoln

Posted by DFO

Feb. 7, 2009 12:45 a.m. • 15 comments

David Leroy, chairman of the Idaho Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, stands next to the life-sized statue of Abraham Lincoln located in the Idaho State Historical Society Artifact Storage Center in Boise recently. This Lincoln statue will be erected and unveiled for the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Cilley)

Question: We honor our presidents in February, of course. When I was growing up, we celebrated the birthdays of Lincoln and Washington this month with a day off. Now, all presidents are lumped into one day of honor. Who is your favorite president? Why?

15 comments on this post so far. Add yours!

Charlie on February 07 at 8:51 a.m.
1. Harry Truman-took over ending WW2 and started rebuilding the world and dealt with the communists. “Give Em Hell Harry” told it like it was.
2. Ron Reagan-his speech in Berlin helped the decline of communism. He spoke to the people not above them.
Kage_Mann on February 07 at 1:59 p.m.
George Washington and in my lifetime Ronald Reagan.

Geo.Washington; for helping to found a republic and for not going to a monarchy, but forming a free democratic gov’t held by the people.

Ronald Reagan; who helped to bring an end to the cold war and the eventual collapse of some communist dictatorships including the Soviet Union..He had a strong resolve and was a highly principled man, with great moral values.
thawtfulreader on February 07 at 7:01 p.m.
“He (Ronald Reagan) had a strong resolve and was a highly principled man, with great moral values.”
-Kage Mann

Would those “great moral values” include not having sex before marriage?

Because Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis were married on Mar. 4, 1952, and on Oct. 21, 1952, Patricia Ann Reagan was born, and was not premature.

Do the math.

An early example in a long line of Reagan’s “immoral” transgressions.

Quite unremarkable, really, compared to trading arms to Iranian terrorists for hostages, in order to arm other terrorists in south America who brutally murdered Catholic priests.
JamesBond on February 08 at 8:58 a.m.
Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again. I have always thought that Hoover was vastly underrated.
Bob on February 08 at 9:14 a.m.
HerbertHoover was a great, President
He made a powerful vacuum cleaner. too.
Kage_Mann on February 08 at 10:03 a.m.
Bob on February 08 at 9:14 a.m.
HerbertHoover was a great, President
He made a powerful vacuum cleaner. too.

I hate to break it to you, but Herbert never went into the vacuum cleaning business. I’d like to vacuum your words up and
throw them into the recycle bin, where they belong.

thatawfulreader, to quote a great president:”Well, there you go again”. Lets get something straight. It’s mostly, democratic presidents who have been immoral and cheated on their first ladies.FDR-had a mistress for 20 years, Lady Bird caught Lyndon, using his Johnson on his secretary, JFK cheated on Jackie numerous times, Clinton who didn’t think doing the ‘Lewinski’ was cheating or even sex, cheated numerous times on Hillary, b/c he was trying to keep pace with his idol JFK.
Escapee on February 08 at 5:12 p.m.
My favorite Prezzident? Since I’ve been alive? That’s a tough one. As Kage Mann points out, they all have skeletons in the closet. What consitutes ‘favorite Prezzident’? Most Effective? Most personalble? The fact that I like one more than the other? This is really tough. I suppose the most honorable and decent would be Carter, Reagan and Ford. All with mixed legacies. Strongest Personality? Nixon. Say what you want, he was a scrappy fighter and I’ll remember him forever. Inspirational President? That would be Bill Clinton, although his legacy is severely tarnished; what a fool he was to throw it all away like that. Who does that leave for me? Eisenhower, I barely remember him. Except that he died in 1968 and I was in the hospital (appendicitis) the entire week his caisson was dragged all around the place. JFK? No one alive in 1963 will ever forget him. Could he have been a good President? We’ll never know. Both George Bush’s? Both disposable. So I guess my favorite President is Barack Obama, and he will be as long as he continues to light fires under Congress and stays out of anything that even barely approaches a far-distant hint of scandal. So far, so good…except for a couple of his nominations not working out. So we’ll see, I guess…
JamesBond on February 09 at 8:59 a.m.
Ya know, it seems like it’s about time Idaho honored Lincoln. Lincoln needs more accolades.

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