Random Thought While Reading

I had to post a new blog for this specific connection I had while trying to finish Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. I am at the part where Abe is debating against Stephen Douglas for a seat on the Senate in 1857. Douglas is trying to accuse Lincoln of being a radical abolitionist.

On page 233 it reads:
"[Douglas] excelled at whipping the crowd into a frenzy with images of freed slaves flocking to Illinois; of black settlements springing up in white backyards; of black men marrying white women.

If you desire [blacks] to vote on an equality with yourselves, and to make them eligible to office, to serve on juries, and to adjudge your rights, then support Mr. Lincoln and the Black Republican Party, who are in favor of the citizanship of the Negro!"

(The bold is what the author wrote about Douglas's speech and it is separate from what I had quoted above).

As I was reading this, I couldn't help but think to myself - If Stephen Douglas were to come back to life today, I really wonder what he would have to say about President Obama.