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Lincoln was a slime ball no question he tailored his speech message to the crowd. He had no moral compass at all.

Nice that you've set yourself up as an expert slime ball.

Lincoln was a politician. That means knowing what appeals to a given audience. It doesn't necessarily mean one is without principle. One has to get elected. That means winning over people with different views, rather than antagonizing them.

I wonder if a lot of the animosity towards Lincoln as a politician (or statesman, which is what we call successful politicians who've passed on) doesn't reflect the long one party heritage of the South. South Carolina was a one party state before the Civil War, and didn't even count the popular vote for president. Mississippi wasn't far behind as a monoparty state.

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Lincoln was a politician. That means knowing what appeals to a given audience. I

Was Reagan like that? Bush 43? No. What you saw in one speech you got the same the next day.

Lincoln was a slime ball.