At a recent GOP function, during a discussion on the Lincoln Day
Dinner, a member made a wisecrack, a joke if you will,
disparaging Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States
of America during the Civil War, implying racism on his part.
The annual Lincoln Day Dinner is a big event for the Republican
Party as Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican to be elected
to the office of the President of the United States of America.
In fact, other than elections, it is probably the most major
event for members of the party. The wisecrack came, after the
announcement that an Abraham Lincoln impersonator would be the
keynote speaker at the dinner; Jefferson Davis could be the
Democrats keynote speaker. As we all know from High School
History, Lincoln was the President during the American Civil War
for the union side, Jefferson Davis for the breakaway Southern
Confederacy. Lincoln is credited with ending slavery, while
Davis is often accused of desiring to perpetuate slavery in the
South. Without going into ma