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[Walt] You seem to be P/O'd at FDR, and you've transferred that angst back to poor old Father Abraham.

I'm not po'd at either FDR or Abe. Your defense of many Lincoln administration actions is that he was an honorable man with good intentions. My objection is that the office is not reserved for honorable men and there can be no "honorable man" exemption.

The law applies to the office - without regard for whether the occupant of the office has honorable intent.

[WhiskeyPapa]

I'm not po'd at either FDR or Abe. Your defense of many Lincoln administration actions is that he was an honorable man with good intentions. My objection is that the office is not reserved for honorable men and there can be no "honorable man" exemption.

Nothing President Lincoln did was illegal or immoral.

Walt