Erick Erickson blesses us today with another of his deeply thoughtful musings:
The President who wrapped himself in Lincoln’s legacy could not be bothered to adjust his schedule to honor the day in Gettysburg. But let’s be honest. Had he, he would have been physically incapable of speaking just 272 words. Likewise, he would not have been able to use just a piece of paper. He’d have to use a whole teleprompter.
Witty, too.
What trash.
Were I an ultraconservative commentator who valued historical fidelity, I would, on this sacred day of remembrance, probably just keep my lips and laptop shut. For I would know that in reflecting on Lincoln's presidential tenure, comparisons to Obama's, on the whole, would balance far more favorably than sarcastically: the 16th president's almost superhuman sufferance of rank fools, for example, or his quiet determination, or his dismissal of noisy guttersnipes, or his embrace of enemies, or his profound belief in government as a national good--all were characterological as well as philosophical hallmarks of the man who spoke on November 19, 1863. And, love him or not, Obama's similarities to that man are both striking and incontestable.
Or, as an ignorant ultraconservative commentator who cares not one whit about historical fidelity, I would open my laptop and spew puerilities on it, such as tee-heeing about Obama's use of "whole" teleprompters.