Bennett on Obama

At Tavis Smiley's "Covenant With Black America" forum, Historian Lerone Bennett says he finds Barack Obama's use of Lincoln imagery/symbolism ironic.

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[FATToney12]

That's irrelevant when Lincoln absolutely separated himself from the abolitionists. He once said "If I could the save the union...but not abolish slavery...I would do it." Also, Lincoln didn't emancipate slavery, the Constitution did,(the Emancipation Proclamation was a military document that only mentioned the border states) Lincoln stated in his First Inaugural Address that he supported the Corwin Amendment, which would have made it illegal for Congress to abolish slavery.

[jaycob30]

Abraham Lincoln doesn't care about black people!

[santran]

@FATToney12 You're implying the proclamation was a document for military policy rather than political monologue. That's certainly debatable.

[FATToney12]

@santran LMAO. An Executive order is a military document. The President is the Commander in chief and Executive Orders are orders relating to the office of the Executive/Commander in Chief.

[santran]

@FATToney12 The proclamation was not a military document it was an executive order son.

[ricardofuego]

What a brave man.

[ricardofuego]

White America must die for Multicultural America to be born.

[MisterHougy]

@jaycob30

STFU.

[MisterHougy]

@FATToney12

Not really. "..all men are created equal" ring a bell? Lincoln wanted to preserve the union, and abolishing slavery was the only way to do so...which led to the war. Secondly, the Civil War wasn't about slavery, it was the South being treated as filth by the North (taxes, land and tax issues). Without the Confederate States, there'd be no Bill of Rights and government would have absolute control.

[qlaw04]

@seashell1111 Yes very true. Fact is you had to free slaves which is what Lincoln did. The Emmancipation Proclamation freed slaves in states controlled by the Union and by advancing Union states so what bennett says is a lie! The Emmancipation Proclamation was not perfect but did allow us to first end slavery and then outlaw it via the 13th Ammendment.

This guy is selling a flawed book. Like many other liberals he just want to attack the country and its heroes.

[qlaw04]

@ekiroto There's no evidence to this effect. People called him a "black president" because of his role in freeing the slaves, many meant such a comment as an insult.