I think that picking Lincoln is intellectually dishonest and manipulative at worst or naive at best.
“I think that picking Lincoln is intellectually dishonest and manipulative at worst or naive at best.”
Concisely and articulately put. Ironically, those were my first two choices, and I hadn’t yet picked a third. The Founding Fathers knew that they too would have been tried for treason if they had lost their war. They risked their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. Sadly our leaders haven’t been that way for the better part of two centuries (one can argue some aspects of their favorites, though).