1). Insults are much more insulting when you aren't using swear words but words that are actual intelligible.
My favorite part of the entire movie were the insults they tossed back and forth while debating the Amendment. Thaddeus Stevens is the funniest part of the movie. I wish I could remember the insults word for word, but I can't. I would see the movie again just for the insults. It makes you realize how silly people sound when their insults consist of the F bomb, the B word, etc. You really sound so much smarter when you use words with real meanings. It was like Shakespearean insults. Loved it.
2). Abraham Lincoln is long winded and tells strange stories.
President Lincoln would randomly start telling stories that were supposed to mean something to the people he was talking to. The first story he told was about a parrot who's owner killed him. That one wasn't very funny. However, there were other stories that were pretty funny. You should see it for the stories. After one of the stories Lincoln said, "I could write shorter sermons but once I get going I'm to lazy to stop."
3). Our country has come so far.
While watching Lincoln and witnessing how difficult it was for the 13th Amendment to be passed I realized that our country has really come so very far. In just 147 years we have changed so much that we now have a black president starting his second term! Do you think that the brave men who passed this amendment knew how far we would come in such a short amount of time? I may not have wanted Obama to win his second election but I do appreciate the steps it has taken for our nation to proudly have a black man as our president. Abraham Lincoln would be elated to see that what he worked so hard for has made a huge difference. We are an example to many other nations. We should be delighted to be citizens of this great nation.
