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by: Emtronics Active Indicator LED Icon 4 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Mar 29, '15 1:20pm  
I reserved judgement on Aaron Schock's little problems because although I am no fan of the Republican party, I knew Aaron and I liked the guy. I din't really want to get in on the kicking the man while he is down party. Kind of like how I would like to be treated if I ever fell into the same circumstances, He, so I thought, was smart but got into "riding the serpent" that is Washington DC. He wasn't the first, nor the last.
 
What through me off Aaron though was his last speech. He doesn't seem to get it. Comparing himself to Abe Lincoln??? Except for the obvious reasons, hell, Lincoln wouldn't make it today in today's GOP.
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AnneC Active Indicator LED Icon 11
~ 9 years ago   Mar 29, '15 1:57pm  
Did you actually listen to (or read the transcript of) Schock's speech? I've reprinted it over in the politics forum. Please show me where he "compares himself" to Lincoln.
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 29, '15 2:08pm  
I reserved judgement on Aaron Schock's little problems because although I am no fan of the Republican party, I knew Aaron and I liked the guy. I din't really want to get in on the kicking the man while he is down party. Kind of like how I would like to be treated if I ever fell into the same circumstances, He, so I thought, was smart but got into "riding the serpent" that is Washington DC. He wasn't the first, nor the last.
 
What through me off Aaron though was his last speech. He doesn't seem to get it. Comparing himself to Abe Lincoln??? Except for the obvious reasons, hell, Lincoln wouldn't make it today in today's GOP.
 
Lincoln, Dirksen and Reagan would not make it in today's Republican Party. All of them had ties to Central Illinois too.
 
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bgbird68 Active Indicator LED Icon 8
~ 9 years ago   Mar 29, '15 4:29pm  
Like I said before....he did not compare himself to Lincoln.
 
The problem is the fact that he even brought up his name in his farewell speech....FOR STEALING TAXPAYERS MONEY. I think that's called "being tone deaf".
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HipKat Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 9 years ago   Mar 29, '15 6:15pm  
The REAL problem is that he's not sorry
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Emtronics Active Indicator LED Icon 4 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Mar 30, '15 5:32am  
Did you actually listen to (or read the transcript of) Schock's speech? I've reprinted it over in the politics forum. Please show me where he "compares himself" to Lincoln.
 
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But he did. He said he was honored to hold the SAME seat Lincoln once held. That puts him, in his mind, the same league as Lincoln. I mean I saw a connection but by far I wasn't the only one that did.....In fact, many news organizations, bloggers, and just people in social media blasted him for comparing himself to Lincoln. But it's all semantics. Who really cares if he actually compared himself to ol Abe? The point is, he used his name in his farewell speech.
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 30, '15 5:53am  
He did not compare himself to Lincoln. He invoked Lincolns name to convey the importance of the seat which he was resigning from. Question: If had invoked the name of God would he have been comparing himself to God?
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Emtronics Active Indicator LED Icon 4 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Mar 30, '15 6:15am  
He did not compare himself to Lincoln. He invoked Lincolns name to convey the importance of the seat which he was resigning from. Question: If had invoked the name of God would he have been comparing himself to God?
 
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Yes, if he said he sat in the same seat.
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 30, '15 7:37am  
It would seem Mr. Schock's writing skills are superior to most readers here. He certainly does invoke and compare himself to Lincoln. It is implicitly done by the structure of his writing, not through some explicit comparison.
 
Mr. Schock sees himself going through hardships and setbacks just like Lincoln, when Lincoln was still relatively inconsequential, just another name in the Congressional roll. Lincoln had setbacks. Through perseverance, like Lincoln, he will prevail. His choice of Lincoln over the multitudes of other inspiring triumphs over hardships, suggests that Schock sees himself aspiring to historical greatness.
 
Methinks his meteoric rise into the public consciousness has gone to his head. Important people said "soar, young man" and he soared. He got up high into the sky. Once there he couldn't find the direction and purpose he needed, instead choosing to just play around and follow the pack.
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Emtronics Active Indicator LED Icon 4 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Mar 30, '15 7:42am  
Mahkno, That is exactly how I read his speech. I knew some here at the Red State wouldn't see it that way.
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 30, '15 7:50am  
Aaron was and is a crook, and needs to be charged as such. Once tried and convicted throw his *** in prison and make him an example.
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AnneC Active Indicator LED Icon 11
~ 9 years ago   Mar 30, '15 8:14am  
June 3, 2014:
"This is what happens at the end of wars," President Barack Obama said Tuesday when he was asked about swapping American Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban terrorists.
"That was true for George Washington, that was true for Abraham Lincoln, that was true for FDR. That's been true of every combat situation, that at some point, you make sure that you try to get your folks back. And that's the right thing to do."
So...the POTUS can compare compare himself to Lincoln (AND Washington and FDR) when defending his treasonous acts, but a Congressman who doesn't pay his interior decorator can't?
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 30, '15 8:43am  
Wasn't the war over before Washington served as President? Lincoln was dead. Other than Obama not knowing history, I still say Aaron was trying to draw a comparison between Lincoln's adversity and his own. Your emperor has no clothes.
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 30, '15 8:48am  
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AnneC Active Indicator LED Icon 11
~ 9 years ago   Mar 30, '15 8:54am  
@cjsummers:
So, do you believe Obama is similarly comparing himself to Lincoln in the quote I posted above?
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~ 9 years ago   Mar 30, '15 9:48am  
Obama has compared himself to Lincoln in the past, as a president from Illinois.
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