Posted by Don (152.163.194.212) on March 27, 2000 at 10:39:36:
In Reply to: Lesser of two evils?! posted by Dick - the POL! on March 23, 2000 at 14:03:59:
Dick,
In answer to your final questions, from the reading I've done, "Gorilla" and "Baboon" were two of the milder (and less racist) terms that were applied to Lincoln, both during the campaign and during the first term - and they were used by Northerners as well as those from the South.
Don