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No, I'll wait for it to be released on DVD. I don't know if it will be accurate--probably not, since it's made in hollywood.
It will not be historically accurate because nothing Hollywood has ever done has been historically accurate. Depending upon Spielberg's spin on Lincoln, I may watch it when it comes out on DVD.
Im seeing it but I dont think itll be historically accurate. I wonder if Speilberg will mention in the film that Lincoln was a Republican?
You have to be 5 years old to compare today's Republican and Democrat parties to the the versions that existed in 1861.
Only people who listen to talk radio all day think that has any bearing on the parties today. There's a reason why Strom Thurmond became a Republican in 1964. That's probably a wee bit more relevant.
You have to be 5 years old to compare today's Republican and Democrat parties to the the versions that existed in 1861.
Only people who listen to talk radio all day think that has any bearing on the parties today. There's a reason why Strom Thurmond became a Republican in 1964. That's probably a wee bit more relevant.
This is another textbook Democrat lie. How many pre-1964 southern racist Democrat bigots did NOT join the Republican party after 1964?
Orval Fabus
Benjamin Travis Laney
John Stennis
James Eastland
Allen Ellender
Russell Long
John Sparkman
John McClellan
Richard Russell
Herman Talmadge
George Wallace
Lester Maddox
John Rarick
Robert Byrd
Al Gore, Sr.
Bull Connor
In fact, it seems that MOST of the Dixiecrats did NOT join the Republican party, even though many of them lived long past 1964. Only a very FEW of them switched to the GOP, such as Strom Thurmond and Mills Godwin.And as we all know by now, the ONLY admitted former KKK member in Congress was Robert Byrd, a former KKK Kleagle, a recruiter who persuaded people to join the KKK.So where do we get this myth that "most" of the southern racist Democrats switched to the Republican party after 1964?
FACT.. Lincoln was a Republican and freed the slaves. Democrats sat back and talked about it and did nothing. The more things change the more they stay the same!
You have to be 5 years old to compare today's Republican and Democrat parties to the the versions that existed in 1861.
Only people who listen to talk radio all day think that has any bearing on the parties today. There's a reason why Strom Thurmond became a Republican in 1964. That's probably a wee bit more relevant.
Too true. You have a lot of people on this board who believe that 1) Texas is now a Republican State (true), and 2) that it has been Republican since the Alamo (not true, or even close to it).
Anyway, I believe there was another Lincoln movie recently, where the President kills vampires or such. I would give it at least the same historical weight as Mr. Speilberg's movie.
I will see it ,if I have a chance .Otherwise,it is in the DVD list to rent.It is supposed to be based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals.I am just beginning the book and, so far,it is an awesome read.The part that bothers me is at the end of the promo it says "based in part" so I wonder how much will be changed for a Hollywood ending? Not to much since the South lost the war,and Lincoln was killed in office.
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