>>DiogenesLamp wrote: “People can’t envision Lincoln as a ruthless manipulator, but the more I learn of him, the more apparent it seems that he would accomplish what he wanted by hook or by crook. He was a master at manipulating people, and this is why he was such a good lawyer as well.”
Lincoln was, after all, a high-powered railroad lawyer (who was born in a log cabin he helped his daddy build.)
Mr. Kalamata
He certainly knew how to schmooze. He played people like a fiddle.