"Another time like that"

During last nights debate, Sen. Lieberman, noting Abraham Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus, declared, "We're in another time like that." Indeed, we are.

Let's compare 1861 to 2006 and you'll see that he's right.

1861:

When Abraham Lincoln, a known opponent of slavery, was elected president, the South Carolina legislature perceived a threat. Calling a state convention, the delegates voted to remove the state of South Carolina from the union known as the United States of America. The secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of six more states -- Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas -- and the threat of secession by four more -- Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of America.

2006:

Our Leader tanks in the polls. Support for the Iraq Phase of the Eternal War to Resubjugate Brown People nose dives. Tom Delay is forced to resign. Joe Lieberman is rejected by Connecticut Democrats. Democratic congressional candidates are competitive in Idaho, North Carolina, and Nebraska.

1861:

When President Lincoln planned to send supplies to Fort Sumter, he alerted the state in advance, in an attempt to avoid hostilities. South Carolina, however, feared a trick; the commander of the fort, Robert Anderson, was asked to surrender immediately. Anderson offered to surrender, but only after he had exhausted his supplies. His offer was rejected, and on April 12, the Civil War began with shots fired on the fort. Fort Sumter eventually was surrendered to South Carolina.

2006:

Keith Olbermann questions Our Leader's policies ON CABLE TELEVISION! Cliff Schecter appears on cable shows but refuses to play the role of a beaten, apologetic Democrat.

1861:

Union defeated in First Battle of Bull Run.

2006:

Our Leader is defeated beaten stopped demonstrates his craftiness by beating a strategic retreat on his social security initiative.

See, it really is "another time like that."