Exclusive: Leading GOP senator ignites outcry over comments about “getting over” Lincoln

The left continues to set new standards for puniness. This haphazard grasping of straws is indicative of a group frustrated beyond words and unable to change their situation.

Senator Lindsey Graham has ignited a new furor in Washington over comments he made over the weekend referring to his states difficulty in "getting over"President Abraham Lincoln with the apparent reference to Lincolns role in the civil war and freeing of the American slaves.

The Democratic National Committee said Sen Graham's remarks were innapropriate and they echoed comments made by former Senate majority leader Trent Lott (R MS) which resulted in Lott's removal as Senate leader.

Apparent reference.....Apparent to whom?? I am a Yankee who has spent a decade in the South. I know the people down there, and I know how they think. When he made a joking remark about Lincoln, it's all about him being in charge of the armies of the North that kicked the crap out of them in the "War Between the States"( as they refer to it). The were no racial overtones
to his comments whatsoever, and they know it.

The South was all but destroyed during the war, then came 20 years of carpetbaggers and very hard times. This happened only a handful of generations ago, many ancestral stories are still fresh in peoples minds. Of course the animosity is gone now, but to this day their cultural ego still smarts and they tend to joke about it as a matter of group therapy. The slave aspect was extracted years ago. They are embarrassed their ancestors kept slaves and for many years now the war has become all about states rights. That's the way it started, the slave issue became a subtext, albeit an extremely important one.

This vicious race baiting has got to stop. The left in their zeal to destroy Republicans is fomenting racial tensions and doing substantial harm to the cause they profess to promote.