[DoodleDawg]

I heard lots of dictators won at the ballot box all the time.

Jeff Davis for example?

[DiogenesLamp]

Jeff Davis doing a wrong thing does not justify Lincoln doing a wrong thing.

And that's even if Jeff Davis did a wrong thing. It certainly doesn't justify Lincoln if Jeff Davis didn't do a wrong thing.

Did Jeff Davis lock someone up and accuse them of "treason" for writing a song praising a general he dismissed?

I hadn't heard of this.

I know Lincoln had a man arrested just for making a speech about Lincoln behaving like a King.