Repug Bullies complain Lincoln Memorial Film not Fair and Balanced

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19844-2003Nov9.html

The National Park Service, responding to intense conservative criticism, is hoping to unveil next month what a spokesman said was a "more balanced" version of a video that has been shown since 1995 as part of an exhibit at the Lincoln Memorial.

Conservatives have been complaining for months that the eight-minute video -- portions of which have President Abraham Lincoln's speeches read by an actor while footage is shown of historic moments and demonstrations at the memorial -- implies that Lincoln would have supported abortion and gay rights.

The video begins with Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech and Lincoln's condemnation of slavery. But it then shows demonstrations in favor of gun control, against the Vietnam War, favoring abortion, gay and women's rights, and against Soviet anti-Semitism. Marian Anderson is shown singing at the memorial after being barred by the Daughters of the American Revolution from singing at Constitutional Hall.

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A second change would be to add some conservative events, Barna said. One problem seems to be that there haven't been many conservative demonstrations at the memorial, which has been a focal point for liberals for many years.

So the plan now, Barna said, is to add footage of the Christian "Promise Keepers" rally in 1997 and a Desert Storm march after the 1991 Persian Gulf War. One problem, however, is that neither event took place at the memorial, but on the Mall.

[ThorsteinVeblen]

1. Conservatives have always hated Lincoln

They is why they never hold events there. They detest and loathe the man who freed the slaves.

[Mountainman]

2. Well do we cave to the facists or not?

The more you cave to bullies the meaner they get.

[tom_paine]

5. We have been so far...and they have been getting meaner

The Old American Republic, it appears, is headed to the asheap of history.

Imperial Amerika...how long will it last and how low will it go? Your guess is as good as mine...

Perhaps Leni Reifenstahl could remake this movie into something more acceptasble for the Party-Loyal Right-Wing Sub-Media.

Lincoln hated black folks, you know, and posthumously endorsed Ronald Raygun from the grave.

Oh yeah, that was Jeff Davis.

The Party of Lincoln has become the Party of Jeff Davis. And Adolf Hitler (but only in the realm of propaganda-style)

[Tyler Durden]

8. YOU can come visit us in CANADA.

The first thing we're going to do once we get settled there is start an Expatriate Database of people, skills, and needs. We'll help them cross reference the Canada Immigration Service and the Job Market.

[tom_paine]

3. Holy Shit, I thought this was a joke!

Nothing is too absurd to be a joke in Imperial Amerika.

As we approach the Soviet Phase of the Bushevik Occupation...

[madrchsod]

7. so did i,

i was looking for the onion url

[mmonk]

4. What a load of

crap.

[tom_paine]

6. By the way, that's "fehrunbalinst"

It sounds so much better in the original German, doesn't it?

[Military Brat]

9. Quote from Abe to give the religious RW a righteous dope-slap

"The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma."

Aw, gawd bless thee, Abe. Thou art a man after mine own heart.

[bookman]

10. It fooled me too!

I, too, thought it was a satirical piece.

America is losing it!

[Grins]

11. “PROMISE KEEPERS!!!!!!!”

Oh, jeeeeze. Well, why not? The founder, after all, is truly one of them.

From my little file on “Republican Family Values” (yes, I have one!):

"Bill McCartney
The "Promise Keepers" founder who didn't keep his “Promise” to his wife and then lied about it – for 20 years. On top of that he admits to alcoholism, a terrible temper, a hot-and-cold approach to parenting their four children, and his take-no-prisoners religious life.

"His wife hid in their home outside Boulder, Colo., fighting depression and bulimia and saw her only daughter deliver a second child out of wedlock - both fathered by McCartney’s football players. She lost 80 pounds and thought about suicide right about the time the coach confessed that, shortly before his 1974 "born again" conversion, he had committed adultery."

REPUIBLICAN. FAMILY. VALUES.

But, as 'Dubya would say, "He's a good man."