<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">I am no longer convinced as I was taught in school that the Republican Party is the Party of Abraham Lincoln. Compare and contrast <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City>'s beliefs and practices to that of today's Republicans. </FONT></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">1)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City> was against slavery on American Soil.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #993300; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Today's Republicans are for slavery work conditions off American Soil<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT style="RIGHT: auto" face="Times New Roman">2) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City> fought against the conservative oppressive values of many Southern States<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #993300; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Today's Republicans fight for the conservative oppressive values of many Southern States<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">3) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City> was from the countryside and understood the value of its natural beauty<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #993300; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Today's Republicans rip up the countryside and understand it only for its natural oil<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">3) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City> liked to chop down a tree<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #993300; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Today's Republicans like to chop down all the trees<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT style="RIGHT: auto" face="Times New Roman">4) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City> was for keeping the country as one<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #993300; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT style="RIGHT: auto" face="Times New Roman">Today's Republicans are for tearing it into two<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">5) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City> was for a honest wage for an honest day's work<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #993300; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Today's Republicans are against an honest wage for all those that work<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">6) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City> ran a mile to return a penny in change to a poor family<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #993300; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Today's Republicans go the extra mile to get the poor family's last penny<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">7) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City> was assassinated while working for the equality of all humans<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #993300; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Today's Republicans have worked to assassinate legislation for the equality all humans.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT style="RIGHT: auto" face="Times New Roman">8) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City> choose an incompetent southern liberal Democrat to be his last VP running mate<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; RIGHT: auto" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #993300; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT style="RIGHT: auto" face="Times New Roman">Republicans choose an incompetent northern conservative Republican for their last VP running mate<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">9) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City> was for the physical reconstruction of the Southern States after the Civil War<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #993300; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Today's Republicans were for the economic destruction of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> so we could have a foreign war.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">10) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City> had the support of 90% of Black Americans as did other Republicans<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #993300; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Republicans still have 10% of support of Black Americans because of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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