[Iron Munro]

and certainly right behind him is Abraham Lincoln,

Stopped reading right there. The writer is obviously ignorant of history and constitutional principles, and not worthy of the time.

AGREED!

In my opinion Lincoln is consistently the most overrated president of all.

As far as I'm concerned Lincoln's usual high ranking is mostly due to the Halo-Effect. He was and is considered great by many people because many people consider him great. That had its genesis in the fact that his side won the war so they got to write the post war history books.

And now, of course, being the First Patron Saint of the Professional Black Victims of America, his stature is almost unquestioned (and unquestionable).

If Lincoln was anywhere near "great" he would have been enough of a leader to stop 625,000 of his countrymen from killing each other.

The death toll from the war between the states is about 2% of the 1860 US population. If a modern day president presided over the internecine war deaths of 6 million Americans would he be considered as great a leader as Lincoln?

[Sherman Logan]

Churchill's usual high ranking is mostly due to the Halo-Effect. He was and is considered great by many people because many people consider him great. That had its genesis in the fact that his side won the war so they got to write the post war history books...

If Churchill was anywhere near "great" he would have been enough of a leader to stop 60M of his fellow human beings from killing each other.

[liberty or death]

Been saying the same things for years. A “Great” President would not have allowed the slaughter of so many fellow Americans. He nearly ruined this country in the 1860’s and so damaged the 10th amendment that we are unable now to stop much if not all of the Federal overreach of Obama.