The new Lincoln penny depicts the political difference

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between the Republican and Democratic parties in one image. The reverse shows Lincoln sitting on a log with his axe leaning against it while he is reading a book. No doubt there is a Democrat somewhere in the woods working his ass off splitting rails. There sits young Lincoln, when he sees the boss coming he will go back and offer to give the Democrat a break. When the boss shows up and comments on all the work he has done he will take all the credit and bitch about the Democrat being lazy and overpaid. I told that to a Republican this morning and he blew a fuse and started yelling you Democrats are all on welfare. http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/lincolnRedesign/index.cfm?action=lincolnPenny&Aspect=2

[vadawg]

1. so now lincoln is a lazy dude who dosent deserve credit for what he did

you know you can stop sniffing the paint can once in a while and get some fresh air.

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[C_U_L8R]

2. That's not Abe... It's Paul Bunyon !

There should be a Blue Ox on the other side

[imdjh]

4. We should get George W Bush put on the penny.

[Warpy]

9. No, put his picture on foreclosure notices.

Reagan's already got the bounced checks.

[imdjh]

12. Yeah, but thirty years from now, worthless pennies with worthless Bush will still be in circulation.

[imdjh]

3. Actually it's a sledge hammer, not an axe. And I applaud "e pluribus unum" the true national motto

[Laelth]

13. +1 Much better.

:dem:

-Laelth

[MineralMan]

6. I see...

Wait...what?

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[NYC_SKP]

8. It's about hard work and self betterment through education. I love it!

And spelling checks for above posts: "doesn't", and "Bunyan". :P

[C_U_L8R]

15. Oh drat... yes Bunyan !!

[DavidDvorkin]

10. No, in his day, a lot of Democrats were sitting back while their slaves did all the work.

[PVnRT]

11. There's something political on that coin? Huh?

Lincoln was a self-taught man who did physical labor much of his young life, and that is what the coin represents. Period. The only thing to be read into that is that there sits a man working his ass off so he doesn't have to spend the rest of his life splitting rails and living in poverty.

Besides, when Lincoln entered politics, the Republicans were the party opposing slavery and supporting free labor.

[Rebubula]

14. Imagination

That is the beauty...you can make anything out of nothing.

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16. Man you guys are thick headed, the joke had nothing to do with

President Lincoln. It was a commentary on today's big business Republican CEO types that sit on their ass and make millions on others labor then think labor is overpaid. I think it is a pretty good analogy of today's Republican party. Heck that thick headed Republican knew what I meant. Never mind Roseanne Rossanadana