Lois Lerner Claimed Lincoln Was Worst President. Why She’s Wrong. Do you Agree?

She's a bitch. She's trying to throw attention off of her and to what she said about Lincoln. She has a terrible track record and shouldn't be taken seriously by anything she says. I don't need to defend Lincoln. He's one of the greatest people that ever lived. He was such a great President he was assassinated, by a coward. If you get what I mean.

COL Mikel J. Burroughs
I've already considered Lincoln to be in the same category as the other Presidents mentioned in the article, and the facts in the article back up those feelings.

On a personal note, I think Lerner is just so bat shit crazy that she's against all Republicans, even Lincoln. Even though his brand of Republicanism is far removed from the modern era Republican.

I wonder if this story were to get more exposure, would her own Democrat party disown her and label her a racist? The evidence presented in this article certainly seems to support my theory.

COL Mikel J. Burroughs .. yeah, I take everything Lois Lerner has to say to heart bc the woman just exudes credibility

Sir, this article is one that truly challenges critical thinking among other logic disciplines.

First, we must look at what she actually said, and THEN we must look at the article.

“Look my view is that Lincoln was our worst president not our best. He should’[v]e let the south go. We really do seem to have 2 totally different mindsets,”

Without the full context of the email (chain), which I was not able to find, we are making a huge argument based on three sentences, without having her rebuttal.

I have seen Joe Rogan tear a NASA expert apart on the Moon Landing (Conspiracy) because the expert was unprepared. That's on something we KNOW happened, and WATCHED on live Television. Of course we can tear Ms. Lerner apart with facts, because she never actually made an argument (See Straw Man Logical Fallacy), or had a chance to defend against it.

All that said, the article highlights A LOT of great things President Lincoln did. He did a lot of great things. But there were also things which "taken out of context" or even within context were far from perfect. So let's provide a few examples:

http://listverse.com/2013/12/05/10-reasons-lincoln-was-secretly-a-terrible-president/

Using the the above, Lincoln among the great things he did, also did somethings which were contrary to that. He did HORRIBLE things as well. Let's try to avoid looking at him through rose-tinted history glasses and remember he was a man, that we have turned into an ideal.

That said, though I may disagree with Ms. Lerner's SUBJECTIVE three (3) sentence assessment of one of our most recognizable Presidents, like all things the truth is probably in the middle. Her first sentence:

"Look my view is that Lincoln was our worst president not our best." is an opinion statement and cannot be viewed as anything other than that in Subjective terms, regardless of how many facts we rally around.

Her second sentence "He should’[v]e let the south go." is an assessment based on 150 years of historical data which Lincoln wouldn't have access to, however it is "generally accepted" that the current Nation is better than a divided nation. That's a mental exercise which we will never have an answer for.

Her final statement "We really do seem to have 2 totally different mindsets" honestly is accurate. It's only when combined with the first that one could become irate. Because we are challenging a core belief. If a person were to say:

"should’[v]e let the south go. We really do seem to have 2 totally different mindsets,” Would we have the same emotional outcry?

All that said, though I agree with many of the articles points, however it's a manipulative attempt to enhance emotion on an unrelated issue. When attempting objectively measure anything, using these emotional tools is counter to the philosophy of what we are going. It may be accomplishing its goal, but its doing it in the wrong way.

Something I have learned for a long time: Never speak ill of the dead.

I guess Lerner is forgetting that it's a black president that's keeping her out of jail ; she can thank president Lincoln for that

Very interesting. Good read

Unless this chick is over 150 years old, her opinion is invalid.

Her comments go to the mindset of the democrat leadership. She wouldn't have been hired for the job if she didn't think like they do. They do not represent the majority and those who follow them really need to start questioning the rational of their party leaders.