[TNdandelion]

Abraham Lincoln ultimately ordered the deaths, starvation and homelessness of a lot of men, women and children in the name of big government. I understand you have sensitivity issues over the man, but that’s a personal problem that you’ll need to balance with some reality and facts.

[wardaddy]

He also thinks Lincoln 'had a war to fight to free the slaves'...how can some folks here be so uninformed of history?

"If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it, and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also so that" from Abe to Horace 08/1862

Lincoln fought to stop the South from leaving...as did all Yankees....it's fantasy to think otherwise ....Ted Turner's BS docudramas notwithstanding

it's painfully easy to brainwash folks

[muawiyah]

"Big Government" in Lincoln's time was today's "little government".

The Dixiecrat compromises allowed entirely too much government growth. I blame this on Theodore Bilbo, et al.

[Non-Sequitur]

Abraham Lincoln ultimately ordered the deaths, starvation and homelessness of a lot of men, women and children in the name of big government.

Absolute nonsense.