Comments on: Bush, Lincoln and Andrew Sullivan http://www.philipklein.com/2006/02/bush-lincoln-and-andrew-sullivan/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 28 Jun 2006 02:16:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alfonso http://www.philipklein.com/2006/02/bush-lincoln-and-andrew-sullivan/comment-page-1/#comment-660 Alfonso Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:10:03 +0000 http://www.philipklein.com/?p=899#comment-660 Great column! I really enjoyed it. It is hard for us nowadays to realize just how controversial Lincoln was as a wartime leader, and just how unpopular he was during much of the war. Like you said, Bush isn't Lincoln and Lincoln isn't Bush. And it is a matter of concern that the war on terror seems to have no quantifiable or definitive end. But to act like what's going on nowadays is somehow completely unprecedented (like the always readable but frequently hysterical Sullivan is doing) is to ignore the strong (and arguably illegal) executive-branch behavior that went on not only under Lincoln, but under Roosevelt. Great column! I really enjoyed it. It is hard for us nowadays to realize just how controversial Lincoln was as a wartime leader, and just how unpopular he was during much of the war. Like you said, Bush isn’t Lincoln and Lincoln isn’t Bush. And it is a matter of concern that the war on terror seems to have no quantifiable or definitive end. But to act like what’s going on nowadays is somehow completely unprecedented (like the always readable but frequently hysterical Sullivan is doing) is to ignore the strong (and arguably illegal) executive-branch behavior that went on not only under Lincoln, but under Roosevelt.

]]> By: William F. Sauerwein http://www.philipklein.com/2006/02/bush-lincoln-and-andrew-sullivan/comment-page-1/#comment-659 William F. Sauerwein Thu, 09 Feb 2006 02:12:49 +0000 http://www.philipklein.com/?p=899#comment-659 I really enjoyed this column regarding the hypocrisy of liberals in general, and Sullivan in particular. What made this column even more appropriate is the approaching (former) holiday of Lincoln's Birthday on February 12th. One minor correction, the draft enacted during the Civil War ended when the war ended. The next Selective Service Act was passed in 1917 for World War I, it also ended with the war. Our first peacetime draft occurred with the passage of the Selective Service Act of 1940. This ended in 1947 requiring the passage of a new act in 1948. While it underwent many revisions it was this "draft" which lasted until 1973. I really enjoyed this column regarding the hypocrisy of liberals in general, and Sullivan in particular. What made this column even more appropriate is the approaching (former) holiday of Lincoln’s Birthday on February 12th.

One minor correction, the draft enacted during the Civil War ended when the war ended. The next Selective Service Act was passed in 1917 for World War I, it also ended with the war. Our first peacetime draft occurred with the passage of the Selective Service Act of 1940. This ended in 1947 requiring the passage of a new act in 1948. While it underwent many revisions it was this “draft” which lasted until 1973.

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