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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's too bad Lincoln's ancestors can't sue to make the GOP stop using his name
Hed certainly want no part of todays party. For that matter its too bad elephants dont have some legal standing. Those noble creatures would not want to be associated with them either.
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It's too bad Lincoln's ancestors can't sue to make the GOP stop using his name (Original Post)
captain queeg
Jun 2021
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whistler162
(11,155 posts)1. Ask Tom Hanks or Camille Cosby
to sue!
Blue Owl
(50,519 posts)2. Honest Abe would be rolling in his grave
RandiFan1290
(6,250 posts)3. Would be nice to stop calling them the 'gop' as well
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)5. GQP
FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)10. "greedy old pricks"
That seems appropriate
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)4. The Party Of Stinkin' Thinkin'
They act like a bunch of abusive alcoholics.
Oh, and Lincoln's ancestors are all dead.
He probably has living descendants though.
leftieNanner
(15,160 posts)6. Thank you for fixing that
Descendants, not ancestors.
peppertree
(21,675 posts)7. Greedy Old Pricks
FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)11. I swear I hadn't scrolled down this far yet
before posting the same thing.
If I had, I'd have said "grifting old pervs" instead
Retrograde
(10,162 posts)9. No known descendants
Only one of his four sons lived to adulthood, and his line died out in the 1960s IIRC
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)12. Oh, so tragic.
I knew they had suffered a series of horrible tragedies; didn't realize the line had died out.
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