If you have to ask about Lincoln, and invoke such neo-Confederate claptrap, there is no need to discuss matters further. Lincoln would be #1, if not for Washington, end of story.
Figures. Blind Republican cheerleaders often cry wolf here when objective people point out Lincoln's flaws. It's similar to liberals crying "racist" or "NAZI" towards conservatives.
Lincoln would be #1, if not for Washington, end of story.
Riiiiiiight. Lincoln and Washington aren't even in the same league! What did Lincoln stand for? He stood basically for invading a sovereign nation that wasn't interested in a tyranny of the majority anymore (the more populated northern states) and went their own way, which they had the right to do.
You probably actually believe that it was a Civil War, despite the southern states not wanting to siege or capture DC and take over the governing of the entire nation.
The initial southern states seceded from the Union because of Lincoln's election and the remainder seceded when it was apparent that Lincoln was going to have the Union Army cross their territory, despite them agreeing to stay in the Union as long as no federal troops invaded using their lands as the highway.
In the end, Lincoln's War advanced the power of the central government by a huge factor and it greatly diminished state's rights.