About this title: Cuomo argues that in today's charged political climate, Abraham Lincoln--founding member of the Republican Party--would be hard-pressed to recognize the issues in the contemporary GOP.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780151009992ISBN:0151009996
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt
Date Published: 2004-06-01
ISBN-13:9780151009992ISBN:0151009996
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Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. A devastating comparison between Lincoln's version of American democracy and the George W. Bush administration; read more
"A few years ago, I recall watching a nightly talk show where Mario Cuomo, the former governor of the state of New York, made a guest appearance. Pitching his new book, he talked about his lifelong passion and dedication to our sixteenth president. Governor Cuomo spoke with such eloquence and charm, that I brought the book up for discussion with my family. My mom, generous as always, ordered the book from Amazon for me. In typical fashion (procrastination), it only took me well over a year to actually read it.
While I have two complete biographies of Abraham Lincoln awaiting me on my future reading list, this was a positive, short little book, contrasting the current entanglements in which our nation finds itself, with the writings and philosophies of America's greatest war time presidents.
Not surprisingly to me, anyway, President Lincoln fits in excruciatingly few ways with the principles of the modern Republican party. In fact, Lincoln fits with no current political party philosophy and for a modern "Bush conservative" to refer to their allegiance to the "party of Lincoln" is beyond belief or credulity. Lincoln, speaking from the historical record of his speeches and writings, would identify with precious few principles held by today's neo-conservatives.
What then, would Lincoln be likely to say about the current state of our nation? Gov. Cuomo takes us through the writings of Lincoln to illustrate how his beliefs might be able to guide us today. Gov. Cuomo, it is plain to see, holds President Lincoln in the highest esteem and it's clear from this quick read that Mr. Cuomo believes, as do many, that we can derive a great deal of guidance in today's world from a careful and studied review of the man who saved the Union in times of civil war. Governor Cuomo compares, on a topic by topic case, the current state of affairs in American politics, economy, and world leadership with what the writings of President Lincoln suggest he himself might have instructed. While brief, it's clear that an enormous amount of research was poured into this work and my only qualm with the book was it's readability. Mario writes on a level that's probably inappropriately high for what is designed to be a brief piece. At points, his work reads more like a Supreme Court decision than an argument for and from history. So lofty was the writing at times, than I re-read the entire book only a few months after it's first reading. Nevertheless. this short and hopeful book was written on the eve of the presidential elections of 2004 and while Governor Cuomo frames Mr. Lincoln's views in that time frame, I almost wish that he had delayed the writing of this book until now, in the middle of President George W. Bush's second term. One can only imagine Lincoln's frustration with the current state of the country he led so convincingly and loved with all his gifting intellect and unusually passionate heart."
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