{"id":41162,"date":"2008-11-06T17:54:13","date_gmt":"2008-11-07T01:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lookingcloser.wordpress.com\/?p=5106"},"modified":"2008-11-06T17:54:13","modified_gmt":"2008-11-07T01:54:13","slug":"browser-116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2008\/11\/browser-116\/","title":{"rendered":"Browser, 11\/6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

First, the previews\u2026<\/p>\n

<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=299WKQGZl9Q<\/a>\n

HD here.<\/a><\/p>\n

<h6><img src=\u201dhttp:\/\/lookingcloser.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/02\/the-eyes.thumbnail.jpg\u201d alt=\u201dthe-eyes.jpg\u201d \/> <strong><span style=\u201dcolor:#800000;\u201d>The Browser: News &amp; links to raise your eyebrows &amp; furrow your brow. New headlines may be added as the day goes on. Stay tuned.<\/span><\/strong><\/h6><\/p>\n

A reminder from The Writer\u2019s Almanac:<\/a><\/p>\n

It was on this day in 1860 that Abraham Lincoln was elected to his first term as president of the United States. Lincoln\u2019s only experience in national politics had been a single term as a congressional representative and two unsuccessful runs for senator. He had only one year of formal schooling and no administrative experience. Newspapers called him a \u201cthird-rate Western lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once he got the nomination, Lincoln lay low until the election. He only attended one campaign rally, in Springfield, and he didn\u2019t even make a speech.<\/p>\n

The Southern states took his election as a sign that slavery would be abolished, and before he even had a chance to take the oath of office, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas all seceded from the Union. Abraham Lincoln would spend all but the last few weeks of his life fighting to hold the country together.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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